diff --git a/crates/demo/src/main.rs b/crates/demo/src/main.rs
index 4093f96..ed22a28 100644
--- a/crates/demo/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/demo/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 //! A demo of using `wallsocket`.
 
 use std::{pin::Pin, sync::Arc, task::Poll};
+use tracing_subscriber::{
+    EnvFilter, filter::LevelFilter, fmt, layer::SubscriberExt, util::SubscriberInitExt,
+};
 use wallsocket::{core::schema::FieldDesc, prelude::*};
 
 /// Our fancy service that does something useful.
@@ -33,7 +36,16 @@ impl Service<String> for UppercaseService {
 
 #[tokio::main(flavor = "current_thread")]
 async fn main() {
-    tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();
+    fmt()
+        .compact()
+        .without_time()
+        .finish()
+        .with(
+            EnvFilter::builder()
+                .with_default_directive(LevelFilter::INFO.into())
+                .from_env_lossy(),
+        )
+        .init();
 
     info!("initialising");