diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index daf51ac..771d816 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -311,6 +311,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "litrs",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dotenvy"
+version = "0.15.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1aaf95b3e5c8f23aa320147307562d361db0ae0d51242340f558153b4eb2439b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "duct"
 version = "1.1.1"
@@ -497,6 +503,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "gitks"
 version = "1.0.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "dotenvy",
  "duct",
  "gix",
  "gix-archive",
@@ -510,6 +517,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tonic",
  "tonic-build",
  "tracing",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1663,6 +1671,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "static_assertions",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lazy_static"
+version = "1.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bbd2bcb4c963f2ddae06a2efc7e9f3591312473c50c6685e1f298068316e66fe"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "leb128fmt"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -1702,6 +1716,15 @@ version = "0.4.31"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "113b30b4cd05f7c06868fdb2854f66a7b9fece9a48425351cd532e810d74024f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "matchers"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d1525a2a28c7f4fa0fc98bb91ae755d1e2d1505079e05539e35bc876b5d65ae9"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex-automata",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "matchit"
 version = "0.7.3"
@@ -1776,6 +1799,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nu-ansi-term"
+version = "0.50.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7957b9740744892f114936ab4a57b3f487491bbeafaf8083688b16841a4240e5"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
 version = "1.21.4"
@@ -2165,6 +2197,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "digest 0.11.3",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sharded-slab"
+version = "0.1.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f40ca3c46823713e0d4209592e8d6e826aa57e928f09752619fc696c499637f6"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "shared_child"
 version = "1.1.1"
@@ -2333,6 +2374,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thread_local"
+version = "1.1.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f60246a4944f24f6e018aa17cdeffb7818b76356965d03b07d6a9886e8962185"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tinyvec"
 version = "1.11.0"
@@ -2520,6 +2570,36 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "db97caf9d906fbde555dd62fa95ddba9eecfd14cb388e4f491a66d74cd5fb79a"
 dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
+ "valuable",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-log"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ee855f1f400bd0e5c02d150ae5de3840039a3f54b025156404e34c23c03f47c3"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "once_cell",
+ "tracing-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-subscriber"
+version = "0.3.23"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cb7f578e5945fb242538965c2d0b04418d38ec25c79d160cd279bf0731c8d319"
+dependencies = [
+ "matchers",
+ "nu-ansi-term",
+ "once_cell",
+ "regex-automata",
+ "sharded-slab",
+ "smallvec",
+ "thread_local",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-core",
+ "tracing-log",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2570,6 +2650,12 @@ version = "0.2.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ebc1c04c71510c7f702b52b7c350734c9ff1295c464a03335b00bb84fc54f853"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "valuable"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ba73ea9cf16a25df0c8caa16c51acb937d5712a8429db78a3ee29d5dcacd3a65"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.5"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e0de082..9f405a6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ prost = "0.13"
 prost-types = "0.13"
 tonic = { version = "0.12", features = ["transport"] }
 tempfile = "3"
+dotenvy = "0.15"
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "gitks"
+path = "main.rs"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 tonic-build = "0.12"
diff --git a/main.rs b/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3aa86c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+use gitks::server::serve;
+
+const DEFAULT_HOST: &str = "0.0.0.0";
+const DEFAULT_PORT: &str = "50051";
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    dotenvy::dotenv().ok();
+    tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();
+    let host = std::env::var("GITKS_HOST").unwrap_or_else(|_| DEFAULT_HOST.into());
+    let port = std::env::var("GITKS_PORT").unwrap_or_else(|_| DEFAULT_PORT.into());
+    let addr: std::net::SocketAddr = format!("{host}:{port}").parse()?;
+    tracing::info!("starting gitks gRPC server on {addr}");
+    serve(addr).await?;
+    Ok(())
+}