diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8f46079..32440b2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,7 @@ dist/
 *.db-shm
 *.db-wal
 .env
+*.log
+.DS_Store
+.pytest_cache/
+.coverage
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c164407..67c620c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ description = "Decentralized link-sharing forum for TinyWeb"
 license = {text = "AGPL-3.0-only"}
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
 dependencies = [
-    "rns",
+    "rns>=0.8.0",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
diff --git a/tinyweb_forum/sync.py b/tinyweb_forum/sync.py
index e27b763..93f06b9 100644
--- a/tinyweb_forum/sync.py
+++ b/tinyweb_forum/sync.py
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 import json
+import logging
 import random
 import threading
 import time
 import RNS
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 from tinyweb_forum.bloom import BloomFilter
 
 FORUM_APP = "tinyweb-forum"
@@ -105,7 +108,7 @@ class ForumSync:
                 count += 1
             except Exception as e:
                 self.fdb.record_sync_result(inst["instance_hash"], False)
-                print(f"[forum] sync error with {inst['instance_hash'][:16]}: {e}")
+                logger.error("sync error with %s: %s", inst["instance_hash"][:16], e)
         return count
 
     def _start_sync_loop(self):
@@ -153,7 +156,7 @@ class ForumSync:
                         self._sync_with(inst["instance_hash"], my_topics)
                     except Exception as e:
                         self.fdb.record_sync_result(inst["instance_hash"], False)
-                        print(f"[forum] sync error with {inst['instance_hash'][:16]}: {e}")
+                        logger.error("sync error with %s: %s", inst["instance_hash"][:16], e)
             except Exception:
                 pass
             prune_counter += 1