diff --git a/astrai/__init__.py b/astrai/__init__.py
index 8272a60..6c65541 100644
--- a/astrai/__init__.py
+++ b/astrai/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,33 @@
 __version__ = "1.3.11"
 __author__ = "ViperEkura"
 
+import logging
+import os
+
+
+def setup_logging(level: str = "INFO"):
+    """Attach a handler to the ``astrai`` logger (only, not root).
+
+    Call once per process, e.g. at the top of CLI scripts.
+    Set ``ASTR_LOG_LEVEL`` to override the default ``INFO``.
+    """
+    _logger = logging.getLogger("astrai")
+    if _logger.handlers:
+        return
+    _level = getattr(
+        logging, os.environ.get("ASTR_LOG_LEVEL", level).upper(), logging.INFO
+    )
+    _logger.setLevel(_level)
+    _handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+    _handler.setFormatter(
+        logging.Formatter(
+            "%(asctime)s | %(levelname)-7s | %(name)s | %(message)s",
+            datefmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
+        )
+    )
+    _logger.addHandler(_handler)
+
+
 from astrai.config import (
     AutoRegressiveLMConfig,
     BaseModelConfig,
@@ -94,5 +121,6 @@ __all__ = [
     "only_on_rank",
     "run_server",
     "sample",
+    "setup_logging",
     "spawn_parallel_fn",
 ]
diff --git a/scripts/tools/benchmark.py b/scripts/tools/benchmark.py
index ced906a..57966b9 100644
--- a/scripts/tools/benchmark.py
+++ b/scripts/tools/benchmark.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import click
 import torch
 
+from astrai import setup_logging
 from astrai.config import AutoRegressiveLMConfig
 
 _DTYPES = ["bfloat16", "float16", "float32"]
@@ -204,4 +205,5 @@ def benchmark_command(
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
+    setup_logging()
     benchmark_command()
diff --git a/scripts/tools/generate.py b/scripts/tools/generate.py
index ec3131b..9848401 100644
--- a/scripts/tools/generate.py
+++ b/scripts/tools/generate.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import click
 import torch
 from tqdm import tqdm
 
+from astrai import setup_logging
 from astrai.inference import InferenceEngine
 from astrai.model import AutoModel
 from astrai.tokenize import AutoTokenizer
@@ -162,4 +163,5 @@ def generate_command(**kwargs):
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
+    setup_logging()
     generate_command()
diff --git a/scripts/tools/preprocess.py b/scripts/tools/preprocess.py
index 20bc971..3e4e4b2 100644
--- a/scripts/tools/preprocess.py
+++ b/scripts/tools/preprocess.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import click
 
+from astrai import setup_logging
 from astrai.config.preprocess_config import PipelineConfig
 from astrai.preprocessing.pipeline import Pipeline
 
@@ -47,4 +48,5 @@ def preprocess_command(inputs, output_dir, pipeline_config, tokenizer_path, batc
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
+    setup_logging()
     preprocess_command()
diff --git a/scripts/tools/server.py b/scripts/tools/server.py
index 66c62cb..31d43bf 100644
--- a/scripts/tools/server.py
+++ b/scripts/tools/server.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 import click
 import torch
 
+from astrai import setup_logging
 from astrai.inference import run_server
 
 _DTYPES = ["bfloat16", "float16", "float32"]
@@ -64,4 +65,5 @@ def server_command(
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
+    setup_logging()
     server_command()
diff --git a/scripts/tools/train.py b/scripts/tools/train.py
index ed3be26..ff765cc 100644
--- a/scripts/tools/train.py
+++ b/scripts/tools/train.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import click
 import torch
 from torch import Tensor, nn, optim
 
+from astrai import setup_logging
 from astrai.config import AutoRegressiveLMConfig, TrainConfig
 from astrai.dataset import DatasetFactory, dpo_collate_fn, grpo_collate_fn
 from astrai.model import AutoRegressiveLM
@@ -556,4 +557,5 @@ def train(
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
+    setup_logging()
     train_command()