diff --git a/internal/capture/gst/gst.c b/internal/capture/gst/gst.c
index 1e28e86d..49aa3700 100644
--- a/internal/capture/gst/gst.c
+++ b/internal/capture/gst/gst.c
@@ -8,26 +8,71 @@ void gstreamer_init(void) {
   gst_init(NULL, NULL);
 }
 
+GMainLoop *gstreamer_main_loop = NULL;
+void gstreamer_loop(void) {
+  gstreamer_main_loop = g_main_loop_new (NULL, FALSE);
+  g_main_loop_run(gstreamer_main_loop);
+}
+
+static void gstreamer_pipeline_log(char* level, const char* format, ...) {
+  va_list argptr;
+  va_start(argptr, format);
+  char buffer[100];
+  vsprintf(buffer, format, argptr);
+  va_end(argptr);
+  goPipelineLog(level, buffer);
+}
+
 static gboolean gstreamer_bus_call(GstBus *bus, GstMessage *msg, gpointer data) {
   switch (GST_MESSAGE_TYPE(msg)) {
     case GST_MESSAGE_EOS: {
-      g_print("End of stream\n");
+      gstreamer_pipeline_log("panic", "end of stream");
       exit(1);
     }
 
+    case GST_MESSAGE_STATE_CHANGED: {
+      GstState old_state, new_state;
+      gst_message_parse_state_changed(msg, &old_state, &new_state, NULL);
+
+      gstreamer_pipeline_log("debug",
+        "element %s changed state from %s to %s",
+          GST_OBJECT_NAME(msg->src),
+          gst_element_state_get_name(old_state),
+          gst_element_state_get_name(new_state));
+      break;
+    }
+
+    case GST_MESSAGE_TAG: {
+      GstTagList *tags = NULL;
+      gst_message_parse_tag(msg, &tags);
+
+      gstreamer_pipeline_log("debug",
+        "got tags from element %s",
+          GST_OBJECT_NAME(msg->src));
+  
+      gst_tag_list_unref(tags);
+      break;
+    }
+
     case GST_MESSAGE_ERROR: {
-      gchar *debug;
-      GError *error;
+      GError *err = NULL;
+      gchar *dbg_info = NULL;
+      gst_message_parse_error(msg, &err, &dbg_info);
 
-      gst_message_parse_error(msg, &error, &debug);
-      g_free(debug);
+      gstreamer_pipeline_log("error",
+        "error from element %s: %s",
+          GST_OBJECT_NAME(msg->src), err->message);
+      gstreamer_pipeline_log("warn",
+        "debugging info: %s",
+          (dbg_info) ? dbg_info : "none");
 
-      g_printerr("Error: %s\n", error->message);
-      g_error_free(error);
-      exit(1);
+      g_error_free(err);
+      g_free(dbg_info);
+      break;
     }
 
     default:
+      gstreamer_pipeline_log("trace", "unknown message");
       break;
   }
 
diff --git a/internal/capture/gst/gst.go b/internal/capture/gst/gst.go
index d0f5d05a..2a92d691 100644
--- a/internal/capture/gst/gst.go
+++ b/internal/capture/gst/gst.go
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ import (
 	"unsafe"
 
 	"demodesk/neko/internal/types"
+
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 )
 
 type Pipeline struct {
@@ -28,6 +31,8 @@ var registry *C.GstRegistry
 
 func init() {
 	C.gstreamer_init()
+	go C.gstreamer_loop()
+
 	registry = C.gst_registry_get()
 }
 
@@ -113,6 +118,21 @@ func goHandlePipelineBuffer(buffer unsafe.Pointer, bufferLen C.int, duration C.i
 			Duration: time.Duration(duration),
 		}
 	} else {
-		fmt.Printf("discarding buffer, no pipeline with id %d", int(pipelineID))
+		log.Warn().
+			Str("module", "capture").
+			Str("submodule", "gstreamer").
+			Msgf("discarding buffer, no pipeline with id %d", int(pipelineID))
 	}
 }
+
+//export goPipelineLog
+func goPipelineLog(levelUnsafe *C.char, msgUnsafe *C.char) {
+	levelStr := C.GoString(levelUnsafe)
+	msg := C.GoString(msgUnsafe)
+
+	level, _ := zerolog.ParseLevel(levelStr)
+	log.WithLevel(level).
+		Str("module", "capture").
+		Str("submodule", "gstreamer").
+		Msg(msg)
+}
diff --git a/internal/capture/gst/gst.h b/internal/capture/gst/gst.h
index a51d7682..fc72c4a0 100644
--- a/internal/capture/gst/gst.h
+++ b/internal/capture/gst/gst.h
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include <gst/gst.h>
 #include <gst/app/gstappsrc.h>
 
 extern void goHandlePipelineBuffer(void *buffer, int bufferLen, int samples, int pipelineId);
+extern void goPipelineLog(char *level, char *msg);
 
 void gstreamer_pipeline_attach_appsink(GstElement *pipeline, char *sinkName, int pipelineId);
 GstElement *gstreamer_pipeline_create(char *pipelineStr, GError **error);
@@ -12,3 +14,4 @@ void gstreamer_pipeline_stop(GstElement *pipeline);
 void gstreamer_pipeline_push(GstElement *pipeline, char *srcName, void *buffer, int bufferLen);
 
 void gstreamer_init(void);
+void gstreamer_loop(void);