diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 05673af..25cef14 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ clap = { version = "4.4", features = ["derive"] }
 log = "0.4"
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
-systemd-journal-logger = "1.0"
+systemd-journal-logger = { version = "1.0", features = ["systemd"] }
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index f588001..652e1b4 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -105,9 +105,7 @@ async fn main() {
         println!("🚀 Starting TimeTurner daemon...");
         #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
         {
-            // Manually initialize the logger as a workaround for build issues.
-            let logger = systemd_journal_logger::JournalLog::new().unwrap();
-            log::set_boxed_logger(Box::new(logger)).unwrap();
+            systemd_journal_logger::init().unwrap();
             log::set_max_level(log::LevelFilter::Info);
             log::info!("TimeTurner daemon started. API server is running.");
         }