diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b8ec600..c3cc7ed 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     "dependencies": {
         "@lumeweb/dht-flood": "https://git.lumeweb.com/LumeWeb/dht-flood.git",
         "@protobuf-ts/plugin": "^2.8.1",
+        "@protobuf-ts/runtime": "^2.8.2",
         "b4a": "^1.6.1",
         "compact-encoding": "^2.11.0",
         "hypercore-crypto": "^3.3.0",
@@ -13,12 +14,14 @@
         "loglevel": "^1.8.1",
         "lru": "^3.1.0",
         "ordered-json": "^0.1.1",
+        "pino": "^8.8.0",
         "protocol-buffers-encodings": "^1.2.0",
         "protomux-rpc": "^1.3.0"
     },
     "devDependencies": {
         "@types/b4a": "^1.6.0",
         "@types/debug": "^4.1.7",
+        "@types/node": "^18.11.17",
         "crypto": "^1.0.1",
         "debug": "^4.3.4",
         "hyperswarm": "^4.3.5",
@@ -26,6 +29,7 @@
         "protoc": "^1.1.3",
         "sodium-universal": "^3.1.0",
         "tape": "^5.6.1",
-        "ts-proto": "^1.131.2"
+        "ts-proto": "^1.131.2",
+        "typescript": "^4.9.4"
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 557755e..5186844 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { Message, State, Type } from "./messages.js";
 import sodium from "sodium-universal";
 import type { PartialMessage } from "@protobuf-ts/runtime";
 import DHTFlood from "@lumeweb/dht-flood";
-import log, { getLogger } from "loglevel";
+import type { Logger } from "pino";
 
 type Bootstrap = {
   [key: string]: State;
@@ -33,18 +33,24 @@ export default class DHTCache extends EventEmitter {
   private heartBeatInterval: number;
 
   protected flood: DHTFlood;
-  private log: log.Logger;
+  private log: Logger;
 
   constructor(
     swarm: any,
     {
       id = swarm.keyPair.publicKey,
+      logger,
       heartBeatInterval = 60,
       ...opts
-    }: { id?: Buffer; [key: string]: any } = {}
+    }: { id?: Buffer; logger?: Logger; [key: string]: any } = {}
   ) {
     super();
-    if (!id) throw new TypeError("Must provide id for self");
+    if (!id) {
+      throw new TypeError("Must provide id for self");
+    }
+    if (!logger) {
+      throw new TypeError("Must logger for self");
+    }
 
     this.id = b4a.from(id) as Buffer;
     this.bootstrapped = false;
@@ -55,7 +61,7 @@ export default class DHTCache extends EventEmitter {
     this._online = new Set([this._maybeHexify(this.id)]);
     this.swarm = swarm;
     this.flood = new DHTFlood({ id, swarm, ...opts });
-    this.log = getLogger("dht-cache");
+    this.log = logger;
 
     this.flood.on("peer-open", (peer) => this.addPeerHandler(peer));
     this.flood.on("peer-remove", (peer) => this.removePeerHandler(peer));