diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 723b6d26..355d2253 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -38,6 +38,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "android-tzdata"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e999941b234f3131b00bc13c22d06e8c5ff726d1b6318ac7eb276997bbb4fef0"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "android_system_properties"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "819e7219dbd41043ac279b19830f2efc897156490d7fd6ea916720117ee66311"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anstyle"
 version = "1.0.4"
@@ -291,6 +306,18 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "chrono"
+version = "0.4.35"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8eaf5903dcbc0a39312feb77df2ff4c76387d591b9fc7b04a238dcf8bb62639a"
+dependencies = [
+ "android-tzdata",
+ "iana-time-zone",
+ "num-traits",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.4",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
 version = "4.4.6"
@@ -345,17 +372,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tonic-build 0.8.4",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "colored"
-version = "2.0.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2674ec482fbc38012cf31e6c42ba0177b431a0cb6f15fe40efa5aab1bda516f6"
-dependencies = [
- "is-terminal",
- "lazy_static",
- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "config"
 version = "0.14.0"
@@ -528,15 +544,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "parking_lot_core",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "deranged"
-version = "0.3.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0f32d04922c60427da6f9fef14d042d9edddef64cb9d4ce0d64d0685fbeb1fd3"
-dependencies = [
- "powerfmt",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "dialoguer"
 version = "0.11.0"
@@ -651,6 +658,22 @@ version = "0.4.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0ce7134b9999ecaf8bcd65542e436736ef32ddca1b3e06094cb6ec5755203b80"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "flexi_logger"
+version = "0.27.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "469e584c031833564840fb0cdbce99bdfe946fd45480a188545e73a76f45461c"
+dependencies = [
+ "chrono",
+ "glob",
+ "is-terminal",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "log",
+ "nu-ansi-term",
+ "regex",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fnv"
 version = "1.0.7"
@@ -784,6 +807,12 @@ version = "0.28.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6fb8d784f27acf97159b40fc4db5ecd8aa23b9ad5ef69cdd136d3bc80665f0c0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "glob"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d2fabcfbdc87f4758337ca535fb41a6d701b65693ce38287d856d1674551ec9b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "h2"
 version = "0.3.21"
@@ -940,6 +969,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio-io-timeout",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "iana-time-zone"
+version = "0.1.60"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e7ffbb5a1b541ea2561f8c41c087286cc091e21e556a4f09a8f6cbf17b69b141"
+dependencies = [
+ "android_system_properties",
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "iana-time-zone-haiku",
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "windows-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "iana-time-zone-haiku"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f31827a206f56af32e590ba56d5d2d085f558508192593743f16b2306495269f"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
 version = "1.9.3"
@@ -1181,6 +1233,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nu-ansi-term"
+version = "0.49.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c073d3c1930d0751774acf49e66653acecb416c3a54c6ec095a9b11caddb5a68"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num-traits"
 version = "0.2.17"
@@ -1201,15 +1262,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "num_threads"
-version = "0.1.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2819ce041d2ee131036f4fc9d6ae7ae125a3a40e97ba64d04fe799ad9dabbb44"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "object"
 version = "0.32.1"
@@ -1363,12 +1415,6 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8b870d8c151b6f2fb93e84a13146138f05d02ed11c7e7c54f8826aaaf7c9f184"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "powerfmt"
-version = "0.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "439ee305def115ba05938db6eb1644ff94165c5ab5e9420d1c1bcedbba909391"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ppv-lite86"
 version = "0.2.17"
@@ -1978,11 +2024,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "config",
  "ctrlc",
  "dialoguer",
+ "flexi_logger",
  "log",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sim-lib",
- "simple_logger",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
@@ -2013,18 +2059,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "triggered",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "simple_logger"
-version = "4.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2230cd5c29b815c9b699fb610b49a5ed65588f3509d9f0108be3a885da629333"
-dependencies = [
- "colored",
- "log",
- "time",
- "windows-sys 0.42.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "slab"
 version = "0.4.9"
@@ -2148,37 +2182,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.38",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "time"
-version = "0.3.30"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c4a34ab300f2dee6e562c10a046fc05e358b29f9bf92277f30c3c8d82275f6f5"
-dependencies = [
- "deranged",
- "itoa",
- "libc",
- "num_threads",
- "powerfmt",
- "serde",
- "time-core",
- "time-macros",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "time-core"
-version = "0.1.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ef927ca75afb808a4d64dd374f00a2adf8d0fcff8e7b184af886c3c87ec4a3f3"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "time-macros"
-version = "0.2.15"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4ad70d68dba9e1f8aceda7aa6711965dfec1cac869f311a51bd08b3a2ccbce20"
-dependencies = [
- "time-core",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tiny-keccak"
 version = "2.0.2"
@@ -2673,18 +2676,12 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
 
 [[package]]
-name = "windows-sys"
-version = "0.42.0"
+name = "windows-core"
+version = "0.52.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5a3e1820f08b8513f676f7ab6c1f99ff312fb97b553d30ff4dd86f9f15728aa7"
+checksum = "33ab640c8d7e35bf8ba19b884ba838ceb4fba93a4e8c65a9059d08afcfc683d9"
 dependencies = [
- "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.42.2",
- "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.42.2",
- "windows_i686_gnu 0.42.2",
- "windows_i686_msvc 0.42.2",
- "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.42.2",
- "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.42.2",
- "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.42.2",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.4",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2735,6 +2732,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.48.5",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-targets"
+version = "0.52.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7dd37b7e5ab9018759f893a1952c9420d060016fc19a472b4bb20d1bdd694d1b"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.52.4",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.52.4",
+ "windows_i686_gnu 0.52.4",
+ "windows_i686_msvc 0.52.4",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.52.4",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.52.4",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.52.4",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
 version = "0.42.2"
@@ -2747,6 +2759,12 @@ version = "0.48.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2b38e32f0abccf9987a4e3079dfb67dcd799fb61361e53e2882c3cbaf0d905d8"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.52.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bcf46cf4c365c6f2d1cc93ce535f2c8b244591df96ceee75d8e83deb70a9cac9"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
 version = "0.42.2"
@@ -2759,6 +2777,12 @@ version = "0.48.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dc35310971f3b2dbbf3f0690a219f40e2d9afcf64f9ab7cc1be722937c26b4bc"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
+version = "0.52.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "da9f259dd3bcf6990b55bffd094c4f7235817ba4ceebde8e6d11cd0c5633b675"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_gnu"
 version = "0.42.2"
@@ -2771,6 +2795,12 @@ version = "0.48.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a75915e7def60c94dcef72200b9a8e58e5091744960da64ec734a6c6e9b3743e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_gnu"
+version = "0.52.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b474d8268f99e0995f25b9f095bc7434632601028cf86590aea5c8a5cb7801d3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_msvc"
 version = "0.42.2"
@@ -2783,6 +2813,12 @@ version = "0.48.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8f55c233f70c4b27f66c523580f78f1004e8b5a8b659e05a4eb49d4166cca406"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_msvc"
+version = "0.52.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1515e9a29e5bed743cb4415a9ecf5dfca648ce85ee42e15873c3cd8610ff8e02"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
 version = "0.42.2"
@@ -2795,6 +2831,12 @@ version = "0.48.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "53d40abd2583d23e4718fddf1ebec84dbff8381c07cae67ff7768bbf19c6718e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
+version = "0.52.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5eee091590e89cc02ad514ffe3ead9eb6b660aedca2183455434b93546371a03"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
 version = "0.42.2"
@@ -2807,6 +2849,12 @@ version = "0.48.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0b7b52767868a23d5bab768e390dc5f5c55825b6d30b86c844ff2dc7414044cc"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.52.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "77ca79f2451b49fa9e2af39f0747fe999fcda4f5e241b2898624dca97a1f2177"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
 version = "0.42.2"
@@ -2819,6 +2867,12 @@ version = "0.48.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ed94fce61571a4006852b7389a063ab983c02eb1bb37b47f8272ce92d06d9538"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
+version = "0.52.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "32b752e52a2da0ddfbdbcc6fceadfeede4c939ed16d13e648833a61dfb611ed8"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winnow"
 version = "0.5.17"
diff --git a/sim-cli/Cargo.toml b/sim-cli/Cargo.toml
index 74921025..7de2072b 100644
--- a/sim-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sim-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ dialoguer = "0.11.0"
 log = "0.4.20"
 serde = "1.0.183"
 serde_json = "1.0.104"
-simple_logger = "4.2.0"
 sim-lib = { path = "../sim-lib" }
 tokio = { version = "1.26.0", features = ["full"] }
 bitcoin = { version = "0.30.1" }
 ctrlc = "3.4.0"
 config ={ version = "0.14.0", features = ["ini"]}
+flexi_logger = { version = "0.27", features = ["colors"] }
diff --git a/sim-cli/src/main.rs b/sim-cli/src/main.rs
index ed5286d8..5eeaf5e8 100644
--- a/sim-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/sim-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use bitcoin::secp256k1::PublicKey;
 use config::{Config, File};
+use flexi_logger::{LogSpecBuilder, Logger};
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -14,7 +15,6 @@ use sim_lib::{
     cln::ClnNode, lnd::LndNode, ActivityDefinition, LightningError, LightningNode, NodeConnection,
     NodeId, SimParams, Simulation, SimulationConfig, WriteResults,
 };
-use simple_logger::SimpleLogger;
 
 /// The default directory where the simulation files are stored and where the results will be written to.
 pub const DEFAULT_DATA_DIR: &str = ".";
@@ -448,15 +448,20 @@ fn merge_cli() -> anyhow::Result<Cli> {
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    SimpleLogger::new().with_level(LevelFilter::Info).init()?;
+    let logger_handle = Logger::try_with_str("info")?
+        .set_palette("b1;3;2;4;6".to_string())
+        .start()?;
+
     let cli = merge_cli()?;
     let opts = cli.to_simulation_config();
 
-    SimpleLogger::new()
-        .with_level(LevelFilter::Warn)
-        .with_module_level("sim_lib", opts.log_level)
-        .with_module_level("sim_cli", opts.log_level)
-        .init()?;
+    logger_handle.set_new_spec(
+        LogSpecBuilder::new()
+            .default(LevelFilter::Warn)
+            .module("sim_lib", opts.log_level)
+            .module("sim_cli", opts.log_level)
+            .build(),
+    );
 
     let sim_path = read_sim_path(opts.data_dir.clone(), opts.sim_file).await?;
     let SimParams { nodes, activity } =