diff --git a/python-sdk/indexify/cli.py b/python-sdk/indexify/cli.py
index 2e085c88d..8f70e12ca 100644
--- a/python-sdk/indexify/cli.py
+++ b/python-sdk/indexify/cli.py
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@
 import sys
 import threading
 import time
+from importlib.metadata import version
 from typing import Annotated, List, Optional
 
 import nanoid
+import structlog
 import typer
 from rich.console import Console
 from rich.panel import Panel
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@
     }
 )
 
+logging = structlog.get_logger(module=__name__)
 console = Console(theme=custom_theme)
 
 app = typer.Typer(pretty_exceptions_enable=False, no_args_is_help=True)
@@ -158,6 +161,9 @@ def build_default_image():
 @app.command(help="Joins the extractors to the coordinator server")
 def executor(
     server_addr: str = "localhost:8900",
+    dev: Annotated[
+        bool, typer.Option("--dev", "-d", help="Run the executor in development mode")
+    ] = False,
     workers: Annotated[
         int, typer.Option(help="number of worker processes for extraction")
     ] = 1,
@@ -174,19 +180,26 @@ def executor(
         "1", help="Requested Image Version for this executor"
     ),
 ):
+    # configure structured logging
+    if not dev:
+        processors = [
+            structlog.processors.dict_tracebacks,
+            structlog.processors.JSONRenderer(),
+        ]
+        structlog.configure(processors=processors)
+
     id = nanoid.generate()
-    console.print(
-        Panel(
-            f"Number of workers: {workers}\n"
-            f"Config path: {config_path}\n"
-            f"Server address: {server_addr}\n"
-            f"Executor ID: {id}\n"
-            f"Executor cache: {executor_cache}\n"
-            f"Name Alias: {name_alias}"
-            f"Image Version: {image_version}\n",
-            title="Agent Configuration",
-            border_style="info",
-        )
+    executor_version = version("indexify")
+    logging.info(
+        "executor started",
+        workers=workers,
+        server_addr=server_addr,
+        config_path=config_path,
+        executor_id=id,
+        executor_version=executor_version,
+        executor_cache=executor_cache,
+        name_alias=name_alias,
+        image_version=image_version,
     )
 
     from pathlib import Path
@@ -208,8 +221,8 @@ def executor(
 
     try:
         asyncio.get_event_loop().run_until_complete(agent.run())
-    except asyncio.CancelledError as ex:
-        console.print(Text(f"Exiting gracefully: {ex}", style="bold yellow"))
+    except asyncio.CancelledError:
+        logging.info("graceful shutdown")
 
 
 def _create_image(image: Image, python_sdk_path):
diff --git a/python-sdk/indexify/executor/agent.py b/python-sdk/indexify/executor/agent.py
index a99ddb69e..a4134ae5f 100644
--- a/python-sdk/indexify/executor/agent.py
+++ b/python-sdk/indexify/executor/agent.py
@@ -299,7 +299,12 @@ async def run(self):
                 image_version=image_version,
                 labels=runtime_probe.labels,
             ).model_dump()
-            logging.info("registering_executor", executor_id=self._executor_id, url=url)
+            logging.info(
+                "registering_executor",
+                executor_id=self._executor_id,
+                url=url,
+                executor_version=executor_version,
+            )
             try:
                 async with get_httpx_client(self._config_path, True) as client:
                     async with aconnect_sse(
diff --git a/python-sdk/poetry.lock b/python-sdk/poetry.lock
index 2bfa2f462..f147dc577 100644
--- a/python-sdk/poetry.lock
+++ b/python-sdk/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.4 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.3 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "annotated-types"
@@ -13,24 +13,24 @@ files = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "anyio"
-version = "4.6.2.post1"
+version = "4.7.0"
 description = "High level compatibility layer for multiple asynchronous event loop implementations"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9"
 files = [
-    {file = "anyio-4.6.2.post1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:6d170c36fba3bdd840c73d3868c1e777e33676a69c3a72cf0a0d5d6d8009b61d"},
-    {file = "anyio-4.6.2.post1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:4c8bc31ccdb51c7f7bd251f51c609e038d63e34219b44aa86e47576389880b4c"},
+    {file = "anyio-4.7.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:ea60c3723ab42ba6fff7e8ccb0488c898ec538ff4df1f1d5e642c3601d07e352"},
+    {file = "anyio-4.7.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2f834749c602966b7d456a7567cafcb309f96482b5081d14ac93ccd457f9dd48"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
 exceptiongroup = {version = ">=1.0.2", markers = "python_version < \"3.11\""}
 idna = ">=2.8"
 sniffio = ">=1.1"
-typing-extensions = {version = ">=4.1", markers = "python_version < \"3.11\""}
+typing_extensions = {version = ">=4.5", markers = "python_version < \"3.13\""}
 
 [package.extras]
-doc = ["Sphinx (>=7.4,<8.0)", "packaging", "sphinx-autodoc-typehints (>=1.2.0)", "sphinx-rtd-theme"]
-test = ["anyio[trio]", "coverage[toml] (>=7)", "exceptiongroup (>=1.2.0)", "hypothesis (>=4.0)", "psutil (>=5.9)", "pytest (>=7.0)", "pytest-mock (>=3.6.1)", "trustme", "truststore (>=0.9.1)", "uvloop (>=0.21.0b1)"]
+doc = ["Sphinx (>=7.4,<8.0)", "packaging", "sphinx-autodoc-typehints (>=1.2.0)", "sphinx_rtd_theme"]
+test = ["anyio[trio]", "coverage[toml] (>=7)", "exceptiongroup (>=1.2.0)", "hypothesis (>=4.0)", "psutil (>=5.9)", "pytest (>=7.0)", "pytest-mock (>=3.6.1)", "trustme", "truststore (>=0.9.1)", "uvloop (>=0.21)"]
 trio = ["trio (>=0.26.1)"]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1127,4 +1127,4 @@ files = [
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.9"
-content-hash = "31628f9c231567383a7d91a62d61aa2aa51477010443d7e7343a5191539969f7"
+content-hash = "21ca7f3c56f09eeb50f4ef3090349a0baaa5bbc839df8f8ceb06ef6dc7f593c0"