diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 558a8da50..9d178321f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -526,6 +526,16 @@ version = "0.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c34f04666d835ff5d62e058c3995147c06f42fe86ff053337632bca83e42702d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "env_filter"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a009aa4810eb158359dda09d0c87378e4bbb89b5a801f016885a4707ba24f7ea"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "regex",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "env_logger"
 version = "0.10.2"
@@ -539,6 +549,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "termcolor",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "env_logger"
+version = "0.11.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "38b35839ba51819680ba087cd351788c9a3c476841207e0b8cee0b04722343b9"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstream",
+ "anstyle",
+ "env_filter",
+ "humantime",
+ "log",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "equivalent"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -952,7 +975,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap 4.5.8",
  "cli-table",
  "dirs",
- "env_logger",
+ "env_logger 0.10.2",
  "limbo_core",
  "rustyline",
 ]
@@ -1006,7 +1029,9 @@ name = "limbo_sqlite3"
 version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "cbindgen",
+ "env_logger 0.11.3",
  "limbo_core",
+ "log",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/sqlite3/Cargo.toml b/sqlite3/Cargo.toml
index 1a4f0ee13..1ea36f305 100644
--- a/sqlite3/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sqlite3/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,4 +16,6 @@ doc = false
 cbindgen = "0.24.0"
 
 [dependencies]
+env_logger = "0.11.3"
 limbo_core = { path = "../core" }
+log = "0.4.22"
diff --git a/sqlite3/src/lib.rs b/sqlite3/src/lib.rs
index e060bc8b4..f724e6ab8 100644
--- a/sqlite3/src/lib.rs
+++ b/sqlite3/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #![allow(clippy::missing_safety_doc)]
 #![allow(non_camel_case_types)]
 
+use log::trace;
 use std::cell::RefCell;
 use std::ffi;
 use std::rc::Rc;
@@ -36,8 +37,13 @@ impl<'a> sqlite3_stmt<'a> {
     }
 }
 
+static INIT_DONE: std::sync::Once = std::sync::Once::new();
+
 #[no_mangle]
 pub unsafe extern "C" fn sqlite3_initialize() -> ffi::c_int {
+    INIT_DONE.call_once(|| {
+        env_logger::init();
+    });
     SQLITE_OK
 }
 
@@ -51,6 +57,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn sqlite3_open(
     filename: *const ffi::c_char,
     db_out: *mut *mut sqlite3,
 ) -> ffi::c_int {
+    trace!("sqlite3_open");
     let rc = sqlite3_initialize();
     if rc != SQLITE_OK {
         return rc;
@@ -87,11 +94,13 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn sqlite3_open_v2(
     _flags: ffi::c_int,
     _z_vfs: *const ffi::c_char,
 ) -> ffi::c_int {
+    trace!("sqlite3_open_v2");
     sqlite3_open(filename, db_out)
 }
 
 #[no_mangle]
 pub unsafe extern "C" fn sqlite3_close(db: *mut sqlite3) -> ffi::c_int {
+    trace!("sqlite3_close");
     if db.is_null() {
         return SQLITE_OK;
     }
@@ -101,6 +110,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn sqlite3_close(db: *mut sqlite3) -> ffi::c_int {
 
 #[no_mangle]
 pub unsafe extern "C" fn sqlite3_close_v2(db: *mut sqlite3) -> ffi::c_int {
+    trace!("sqlite3_close_v2");
     sqlite3_close(db)
 }