diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0eccd72a9..67397cbb8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3947,6 +3947,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "napi",
  "napi-build",
  "napi-derive",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
  "turso_core",
 ]
 
diff --git a/bindings/javascript/Cargo.toml b/bindings/javascript/Cargo.toml
index 8d367f177..b86cc0811 100644
--- a/bindings/javascript/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bindings/javascript/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 turso_core = { workspace = true }
 napi = { version = "3.1.3", default-features = false }
 napi-derive = { version = "3.1.1", default-features = true }
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.19", features = ["env-filter"] }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 napi-build = "2.2.3"
diff --git a/bindings/javascript/src/lib.rs b/bindings/javascript/src/lib.rs
index 9d7316461..1616d6b87 100644
--- a/bindings/javascript/src/lib.rs
+++ b/bindings/javascript/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,13 +4,27 @@ use std::cell::{RefCell, RefMut};
 use std::num::{NonZero, NonZeroUsize};
 
 use std::rc::Rc;
-use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::sync::{Arc, OnceLock};
 
 use napi::bindgen_prelude::{JsObjectValue, Null, Object, ToNapiValue};
 use napi::{bindgen_prelude::ObjectFinalize, Env, JsValue, Unknown};
 use napi_derive::napi;
+use tracing_subscriber::fmt::format::FmtSpan;
+use tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter;
 use turso_core::{LimboError, StepResult};
 
+static TRACING_INIT: OnceLock<()> = OnceLock::new();
+
+fn init_tracing() {
+    TRACING_INIT.get_or_init(|| {
+        tracing_subscriber::fmt()
+            .with_thread_ids(true)
+            .with_span_events(FmtSpan::ACTIVE)
+            .with_env_filter(EnvFilter::from_default_env())
+            .init();
+    });
+}
+
 #[derive(Default)]
 #[napi(object)]
 pub struct OpenDatabaseOptions {
@@ -68,6 +82,8 @@ impl ObjectFinalize for Database {
 impl Database {
     #[napi(constructor)]
     pub fn new(path: String, options: Option<OpenDatabaseOptions>) -> napi::Result<Self, String> {
+        init_tracing();
+
         let memory = path == ":memory:";
         let io: Arc<dyn turso_core::IO> = if memory {
             Arc::new(turso_core::MemoryIO::new())