diff --git a/pbs-tape/Cargo.toml b/pbs-tape/Cargo.toml
index 142bbacd7..4f153feda 100644
--- a/pbs-tape/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pbs-tape/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ udev.workspace = true
 
 proxmox-io.workspace = true
 proxmox-lang.workspace=true
+proxmox-log.workspace=true
 proxmox-sys.workspace = true
 proxmox-time.workspace = true
 proxmox-uuid.workspace = true
diff --git a/pbs-tape/src/bin/pmt.rs b/pbs-tape/src/bin/pmt.rs
index 4a5e08e5e..9e39dbe16 100644
--- a/pbs-tape/src/bin/pmt.rs
+++ b/pbs-tape/src/bin/pmt.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 use anyhow::{bail, Error};
 use serde_json::Value;
 
+use proxmox_log::init_cli_logger;
 use proxmox_router::cli::*;
 use proxmox_router::RpcEnvironment;
 use proxmox_schema::{api, ArraySchema, IntegerSchema, Schema, StringSchema};
@@ -799,7 +800,7 @@ fn options(
 }
 
 fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
-    init_cli_logger("PBS_LOG", "info");
+    init_cli_logger("PBS_LOG", proxmox_log::LevelFilter::INFO)?;
 
     let uid = nix::unistd::Uid::current();
 
diff --git a/pbs-tape/src/bin/pmtx.rs b/pbs-tape/src/bin/pmtx.rs
index 6f34bc448..303353e6b 100644
--- a/pbs-tape/src/bin/pmtx.rs
+++ b/pbs-tape/src/bin/pmtx.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use std::fs::File;
 use anyhow::{bail, Error};
 use serde_json::Value;
 
+use proxmox_log::init_cli_logger;
 use proxmox_router::cli::*;
 use proxmox_router::RpcEnvironment;
 use proxmox_schema::api;
@@ -387,7 +388,7 @@ fn scan(param: Value) -> Result<(), Error> {
 }
 
 fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
-    init_cli_logger("PBS_LOG", "info");
+    init_cli_logger("PBS_LOG", proxmox_log::LevelFilter::INFO)?;
 
     let uid = nix::unistd::Uid::current();
 
diff --git a/proxmox-backup-client/Cargo.toml b/proxmox-backup-client/Cargo.toml
index 62dd97f9c..a91a4908b 100644
--- a/proxmox-backup-client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/proxmox-backup-client/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ pxar.workspace = true
 
 proxmox-async.workspace = true
 proxmox-human-byte.workspace = true
+proxmox-log.workspace = true
 proxmox-io.workspace = true
 proxmox-router = { workspace = true, features = [ "cli" ] }
 proxmox-schema = { workspace = true, features = [ "api-macro" ] }
diff --git a/proxmox-backup-client/src/main.rs b/proxmox-backup-client/src/main.rs
index c7bd5aa3d..e4034aa99 100644
--- a/proxmox-backup-client/src/main.rs
+++ b/proxmox-backup-client/src/main.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use xdg::BaseDirectories;
 use pathpatterns::{MatchEntry, MatchType, PatternFlag};
 use proxmox_async::blocking::TokioWriterAdapter;
 use proxmox_io::StdChannelWriter;
+use proxmox_log::init_cli_logger;
 use proxmox_router::{cli::*, ApiMethod, RpcEnvironment};
 use proxmox_schema::api;
 use proxmox_sys::fs::{file_get_json, image_size, replace_file, CreateOptions};
@@ -1928,7 +1929,7 @@ impl ReadAt for BufferedDynamicReadAt {
 
 fn main() {
     pbs_tools::setup_libc_malloc_opts();
-    init_cli_logger("PBS_LOG", "info");
+    init_cli_logger("PBS_LOG", proxmox_log::LevelFilter::INFO).expect("failed to initiate logger");
 
     let backup_cmd_def = CliCommand::new(&API_METHOD_CREATE_BACKUP)
         .arg_param(&["backupspec"])
diff --git a/proxmox-file-restore/Cargo.toml b/proxmox-file-restore/Cargo.toml
index f536e38d4..8f99ecf9b 100644
--- a/proxmox-file-restore/Cargo.toml
+++ b/proxmox-file-restore/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ pxar.workspace = true
 proxmox-async.workspace = true
 proxmox-compression.workspace = true
 proxmox-lang.workspace=true
+proxmox-log.workspace=true
 proxmox-router = { workspace = true, features = [ "cli" ] }
 proxmox-schema = { workspace = true, features = [ "api-macro" ] }
 proxmox-sys = { workspace = true, features = [ "logrotate" ] }
diff --git a/proxmox-file-restore/src/main.rs b/proxmox-file-restore/src/main.rs
index 69d811fc1..cda4e911c 100644
--- a/proxmox-file-restore/src/main.rs
+++ b/proxmox-file-restore/src/main.rs
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@ use serde_json::{json, Value};
 use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
 
 use proxmox_compression::zstd::ZstdEncoder;
+use proxmox_log::init_cli_logger;
 use proxmox_router::cli::{
     complete_file_name, default_table_format_options, format_and_print_result_full,
-    get_output_format, init_cli_logger, run_cli_command, CliCommand, CliCommandMap, CliEnvironment,
-    ColumnConfig, OUTPUT_FORMAT,
+    get_output_format, run_cli_command, CliCommand, CliCommandMap, CliEnvironment, ColumnConfig,
+    OUTPUT_FORMAT,
 };
 use proxmox_router::{http_err, HttpError};
 use proxmox_schema::api;
@@ -645,10 +646,10 @@ where
 
 fn main() {
     let loglevel = match qemu_helper::debug_mode() {
-        true => "debug",
-        false => "info",
+        true => proxmox_log::LevelFilter::DEBUG,
+        false => proxmox_log::LevelFilter::INFO,
     };
-    init_cli_logger("PBS_LOG", loglevel);
+    init_cli_logger("PBS_LOG", loglevel).expect("failed to initiate logger");
 
     let list_cmd_def = CliCommand::new(&API_METHOD_LIST)
         .arg_param(&["snapshot", "path"])
diff --git a/pxar-bin/Cargo.toml b/pxar-bin/Cargo.toml
index d33b7174f..64dcf1496 100644
--- a/pxar-bin/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pxar-bin/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ pxar.workspace = true
 
 proxmox-async.workspace = true
 proxmox-human-byte.workspace = true
+proxmox-log.workspace = true
 proxmox-router = { workspace = true, features = ["cli", "server"] }
 proxmox-schema = { workspace = true, features = [ "api-macro" ] }
 proxmox-sys.workspace = true
diff --git a/pxar-bin/src/main.rs b/pxar-bin/src/main.rs
index 6549ccf13..71ce3bf78 100644
--- a/pxar-bin/src/main.rs
+++ b/pxar-bin/src/main.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ use pbs_client::pxar::{
 use pxar::EntryKind;
 
 use proxmox_human_byte::HumanByte;
+use proxmox_log::init_cli_logger;
 use proxmox_router::cli::*;
 use proxmox_schema::api;
 
@@ -568,7 +569,7 @@ fn dump_archive(archive: String, payload_input: Option<String>) -> Result<(), Er
 }
 
 fn main() {
-    init_cli_logger("PXAR_LOG", "info");
+    init_cli_logger("PXAR_LOG", proxmox_log::LevelFilter::INFO).expect("failed to initiate logger");
 
     let cmd_def = CliCommandMap::new()
         .insert(
diff --git a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-debug.rs b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-debug.rs
index a3589c167..35ad11c70 100644
--- a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-debug.rs
+++ b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-debug.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+use proxmox_log::init_cli_logger;
 use proxmox_router::{
-    cli::{init_cli_logger, run_cli_command, CliCommandMap, CliEnvironment},
+    cli::{run_cli_command, CliCommandMap, CliEnvironment},
     RpcEnvironment,
 };
 
@@ -7,7 +8,7 @@ mod proxmox_backup_debug;
 use proxmox_backup_debug::*;
 
 fn main() {
-    init_cli_logger("PBS_LOG", "info");
+    init_cli_logger("PBS_LOG", proxmox_log::LevelFilter::INFO).expect("failed to initiate logger");
 
     let cmd_def = CliCommandMap::new()
         .insert("inspect", inspect::inspect_commands())
diff --git a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-manager.rs b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-manager.rs
index 385142df7..420e96665 100644
--- a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-manager.rs
+++ b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-manager.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use std::io::{self, Write};
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
 use anyhow::{format_err, Error};
+use proxmox_log::init_cli_logger;
 use serde_json::{json, Value};
 
 use proxmox_router::{cli::*, RpcEnvironment};
@@ -491,7 +492,7 @@ async fn get_versions(verbose: bool, param: Value) -> Result<Value, Error> {
 }
 
 async fn run() -> Result<(), Error> {
-    init_cli_logger("PBS_LOG", "info");
+    init_cli_logger("PBS_LOG", proxmox_log::LevelFilter::INFO)?;
     proxmox_backup::server::notifications::init()?;
 
     let cmd_def = CliCommandMap::new()
diff --git a/src/bin/proxmox-tape.rs b/src/bin/proxmox-tape.rs
index 83793c346..8e8584b35 100644
--- a/src/bin/proxmox-tape.rs
+++ b/src/bin/proxmox-tape.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use serde_json::{json, Value};
 
 use proxmox_human_byte::HumanByte;
 use proxmox_io::ReadExt;
+use proxmox_log::init_cli_logger;
 use proxmox_router::cli::*;
 use proxmox_router::RpcEnvironment;
 use proxmox_schema::api;
@@ -997,7 +998,7 @@ async fn catalog_media(mut param: Value) -> Result<(), Error> {
 }
 
 fn main() {
-    init_cli_logger("PBS_LOG", "info");
+    init_cli_logger("PBS_LOG", proxmox_log::LevelFilter::INFO).expect("failed to initiate logger");
 
     let cmd_def = CliCommandMap::new()
         .insert(
diff --git a/src/bin/sg-tape-cmd.rs b/src/bin/sg-tape-cmd.rs
index 56399044d..cd14b660a 100644
--- a/src/bin/sg-tape-cmd.rs
+++ b/src/bin/sg-tape-cmd.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use pbs_tape::sg_tape::SgTape;
 use proxmox_backup::tape::encryption_keys::load_key;
 use serde_json::Value;
 
+use proxmox_log::init_cli_logger;
 use proxmox_router::{cli::*, RpcEnvironment};
 use proxmox_schema::api;
 use proxmox_uuid::Uuid;
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ fn set_encryption(
 }
 
 fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
-    init_cli_logger("PBS_LOG", "info");
+    init_cli_logger("PBS_LOG", proxmox_log::LevelFilter::INFO)?;
 
     // check if we are user root or backup
     let backup_uid = pbs_config::backup_user()?.uid;