diff --git a/api/Cargo.toml b/api/Cargo.toml
index 9f1db3f..3d8f76a 100644
--- a/api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/api/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,5 +12,3 @@ thiserror = "1.0.30"
 url = "2.2.2"
 urlencoding = "2.1.0"
 alphanumeric-sort = "1.4.3"
-tracing = "0.1.29"
-tracing-subscriber = "0.2.25"
diff --git a/ui/Cargo.toml b/ui/Cargo.toml
index 6e87b7f..66eac82 100644
--- a/ui/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ui/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,5 +8,3 @@ edition = "2021"
 api = { path = "../api" }
 eframe = "0.14.0"
 image = "0.23.14"
-tracing = "0.1.29"
-tracing-subscriber = "0.2.25"
diff --git a/ui/src/candidates.rs b/ui/src/candidates.rs
index daf9d22..9c181ae 100644
--- a/ui/src/candidates.rs
+++ b/ui/src/candidates.rs
@@ -260,11 +260,10 @@ impl SdkmanApp {
                             }
                             Err(e) => {
                                 *selected_candidate = None;
-                                let msg = format!(
-                                    "Loading all versions for candidate '{}' failed",
-                                    candidate.name
-                                );
-                                tracing::error!("{}:\n{}", msg, e)
+                                println!(
+                                    "Loading all versions for candidate '{}' failed with {}",
+                                    candidate.name, e
+                                )
                             }
                         }
                     }
@@ -419,11 +418,10 @@ impl SdkmanApp {
                                     }
                                     Err(e) => {
                                         *selected_candidate = None;
-                                        let msg = format!(
-                                            "Loading all versions for candidate '{}' failed",
-                                            candidate_search_term
+                                        println!(
+                                            "Loading all versions for candidate '{}' failed with {}",
+                                            candidate_search_term, e
                                         );
-                                        tracing::error!("{}:\n{}", msg, e)
                                     }
                                 }
                                 *candidate_search_dialog = false;
diff --git a/ui/src/main.rs b/ui/src/main.rs
index 80b7ea2..a9561b2 100644
--- a/ui/src/main.rs
+++ b/ui/src/main.rs
@@ -46,25 +46,24 @@ fn main() {
     } else if env::var("SDKMAN_DIR").is_err() {
         println!("sdkman is not installed!")
     } else {
-        tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();
 
         let remote_candidates_handle = thread::spawn(|| match fetch_remote_candidates() {
             Ok(candidates) => {
-                tracing::info!("Fetched {} candidates from server", candidates.len());
+                println!("Fetched {} candidates from server", candidates.len());
                 candidates
             }
             Err(e) => {
-                tracing::error!("Failed to retrieve remote candidates: {}", e);
+                println!("Failed to retrieve remote candidates: {}", e);
                 Vec::new()
             }
         });
         let local_candidates_handle = thread::spawn(|| match retrieve_local_candidates() {
             Ok(candidates) => {
-                tracing::info!("Found {} locally installed candidates.", candidates.len());
+                println!("Found {} locally installed candidates.", candidates.len());
                 candidates
             }
             Err(e) => {
-                tracing::error!("Failed to retrieve local candidates: {}", e);
+                println!("Failed to retrieve local candidates: {}", e);
                 Vec::new()
             }
         });
@@ -80,10 +79,10 @@ fn main() {
                 run_native(Box::new(app), win_option);
             }
             (Err(_), _) => {
-                tracing::error!("Remote candidates retrieval thread failed.");
+                println!("Remote candidates retrieval thread failed.");
             }
             (_, Err(_)) => {
-                tracing::error!("Local candidates retrieval thread failed.");
+                println!("Local candidates retrieval thread failed.");
             }
         }
     }