diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 2bfd273..ef60524 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 mod api;
 mod management;
 mod sse_handler;
+mod tracing_handler;
 
 use cm_lib::{
     hx_request::HxRequest,
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@ use diesel_async::{
 use dotenvy::dotenv;
 use std::{net::SocketAddr, time::Duration};
 use tower_http::services::{ServeDir, ServeFile};
-use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt, util::SubscriberInitExt};
 
 use crate::templates::*;
 
@@ -66,13 +66,7 @@ impl AppState {
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
     // initialize tracing
-    tracing_subscriber::registry()
-        .with(
-            tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter::try_from_default_env()
-                .unwrap_or_else(|_| "clubmanager=debug,tower_http=debug".into()),
-        )
-        .with(tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer())
-        .init();
+    tracing_handler::init_tracing();
 
     let state = AppState::init();
 
diff --git a/src/tracing_handler.rs b/src/tracing_handler.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45e6320
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tracing_handler.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt, util::SubscriberInitExt};
+
+pub fn init_tracing() {
+    tracing_subscriber::registry()
+        .with(
+            tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter::try_from_default_env()
+                .unwrap_or_else(|_| "clubmanager=debug,tower_http=debug".into()),
+        )
+        .with(tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer())
+        .init();
+}