diff --git a/js-peer/package-lock.json b/js-peer/package-lock.json
index 21c1bcc1..0dc8f474 100644
--- a/js-peer/package-lock.json
+++ b/js-peer/package-lock.json
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
         "@libp2p/circuit-relay-v2": "^1.0.22",
         "@libp2p/identify": "^2.0.0",
         "@libp2p/interface-pubsub": "^4.0.1",
+        "@libp2p/logger": "^4.0.10",
         "@libp2p/pubsub-peer-discovery": "^10.0.2",
         "@libp2p/webrtc": "^4.0.31",
         "@libp2p/websockets": "^8.0.22",
diff --git a/js-peer/package.json b/js-peer/package.json
index a5384b3c..4e072555 100644
--- a/js-peer/package.json
+++ b/js-peer/package.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     "@libp2p/circuit-relay-v2": "^1.0.22",
     "@libp2p/identify": "^2.0.0",
     "@libp2p/interface-pubsub": "^4.0.1",
+    "@libp2p/logger": "^4.0.10",
     "@libp2p/pubsub-peer-discovery": "^10.0.2",
     "@libp2p/webrtc": "^4.0.31",
     "@libp2p/websockets": "^8.0.22",
diff --git a/js-peer/src/components/chat.tsx b/js-peer/src/components/chat.tsx
index 9a217c04..584a8723 100644
--- a/js-peer/src/components/chat.tsx
+++ b/js-peer/src/components/chat.tsx
@@ -1,18 +1,12 @@
 import { useLibp2pContext } from '@/context/ctx'
 import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'
-import type { Message } from '@libp2p/interface'
 import { CHAT_FILE_TOPIC, CHAT_TOPIC, FILE_EXCHANGE_PROTOCOL } from '@/lib/constants'
-import { createIcon } from '@download/blockies'
 import { ChatFile, ChatMessage, useChatContext } from '../context/chat-ctx'
 import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid'
-import { pipe } from 'it-pipe'
-import map from 'it-map'
-import { fromString as uint8ArrayFromString } from 'uint8arrays/from-string'
-import { toString as uint8ArrayToString } from 'uint8arrays/to-string'
-import * as lp from 'it-length-prefixed'
 import { MessageComponent } from './message'
+import { forComponent } from '@/lib/logger'
 
-interface MessageProps extends ChatMessage {}
+const log = forComponent('chat')
 
 export default function ChatContainer() {
   const { libp2p } = useLibp2pContext()
@@ -23,13 +17,13 @@ export default function ChatContainer() {
   const sendMessage = useCallback(async () => {
     if (input === '') return
 
-    console.log(
+    log(
       `peers in gossip for topic ${CHAT_TOPIC}:`,
       libp2p.services.pubsub.getSubscribers(CHAT_TOPIC).toString(),
     )
 
     const res = await libp2p.services.pubsub.publish(CHAT_TOPIC, new TextEncoder().encode(input))
-    console.log(
+    log(
       'sent message to: ',
       res.recipients.map((peerId) => peerId.toString()),
     )
@@ -55,13 +49,13 @@ export default function ChatContainer() {
       }
       setFiles(files.set(file.id, file))
 
-      console.log(
+      log(
         `peers in gossip for topic ${CHAT_FILE_TOPIC}:`,
         libp2p.services.pubsub.getSubscribers(CHAT_FILE_TOPIC).toString(),
       )
 
       const res = await libp2p.services.pubsub.publish(CHAT_FILE_TOPIC, new TextEncoder().encode(file.id))
-      console.log(
+      log(
         'sent file to: ',
         res.recipients.map((peerId) => peerId.toString()),
       )
diff --git a/js-peer/src/context/chat-ctx.tsx b/js-peer/src/context/chat-ctx.tsx
index 4375cc5d..b98dab7d 100644
--- a/js-peer/src/context/chat-ctx.tsx
+++ b/js-peer/src/context/chat-ctx.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ import { fromString as uint8ArrayFromString } from 'uint8arrays/from-string'
 import { pipe } from 'it-pipe'
 import map from 'it-map'
 import * as lp from 'it-length-prefixed'
+import { forComponent } from '@/lib/logger';
+
+const log = forComponent('chat-context')
 
 
 export interface ChatMessage {
@@ -68,7 +71,7 @@ export const ChatProvider = ({ children }: any) => {
 
   const chatMessageCB = (evt: CustomEvent<Message>, topic: string, data: Uint8Array) => {
     const msg = new TextDecoder().decode(data)
-    console.log(`${topic}: ${msg}`)
+    log(`${topic}: ${msg}`)
 
     // Append signed messages, otherwise discard
     if (evt.detail.type === 'signed') {
@@ -98,7 +101,7 @@ export const ChatProvider = ({ children }: any) => {
         async function(source) {
           for await (const data of source) {
             const body: Uint8Array = data.subarray()
-            console.log(`request_response: response received: size:${body.length}`)
+            log(`chat file message request_response: response received: size:${body.length}`)
 
             const msg: ChatMessage = {
               msg: newChatFileMessage(fileId, body),
diff --git a/js-peer/src/lib/libp2p.ts b/js-peer/src/lib/libp2p.ts
index 2e93fff6..edef0318 100644
--- a/js-peer/src/lib/libp2p.ts
+++ b/js-peer/src/lib/libp2p.ts
@@ -19,15 +19,18 @@ import { circuitRelayTransport } from '@libp2p/circuit-relay-v2'
 import { pubsubPeerDiscovery } from '@libp2p/pubsub-peer-discovery'
 import { BOOTSTRAP_PEER_IDS, CHAT_FILE_TOPIC, CHAT_TOPIC, PUBSUB_PEER_DISCOVERY } from './constants'
 import first from 'it-first'
+import { forComponent } from './logger'
+
+const log = forComponent('libp2p')
 
 export async function startLibp2p() {
   // enable verbose logging in browser console to view debug logs
-  localStorage.debug = 'libp2p*,-libp2p:connection-manager*,-*:trace'
+  localStorage.debug = 'ui*,libp2p*,-libp2p:connection-manager*,-*:trace'
 
   const delegatedClient = createDelegatedRoutingV1HttpApiClient('https://delegated-ipfs.dev')
   const { bootstrapAddrs, relayListenAddrs } = await getBootstrapMultiaddrs(delegatedClient)
+  log('starting libp2p with bootstrapAddrs %o and relayListenAddrs: %o', bootstrapAddrs, relayListenAddrs)
 
-  console.log('starting libp2p')
   const libp2p = await createLibp2p({
     addresses: {
       listen: [
@@ -97,7 +100,7 @@ export async function startLibp2p() {
 
   libp2p.addEventListener('self:peer:update', ({ detail: { peer } }) => {
     const multiaddrs = peer.addresses.map(({ multiaddr }) => multiaddr)
-    console.log(`changed multiaddrs: peer ${peer.id.toString()} multiaddrs: ${multiaddrs}`)
+    log(`changed multiaddrs: peer ${peer.id.toString()} multiaddrs: ${multiaddrs}`)
   })
 
   // 👇 explicitly dialling peers discovered via pubsub is only necessary
@@ -106,7 +109,7 @@ export async function startLibp2p() {
   //   const { multiaddrs, id } = event.detail
 
   //   if (libp2p.getConnections(id)?.length > 0) {
-  //     console.log(`Already connected to peer %s. Will not try dialling`, id)
+  //     log(`Already connected to peer %s. Will not try dialling`, id)
   //     return
   //   }
 
@@ -131,24 +134,24 @@ export async function msgIdFnStrictNoSign(msg: Message): Promise<Uint8Array> {
 async function dialWebRTCMaddrs(libp2p: Libp2p, multiaddrs: Multiaddr[]): Promise<void> {
   // Filter webrtc (browser-to-browser) multiaddrs
   const webRTCMadrs = multiaddrs.filter((maddr) => maddr.protoNames().includes('webrtc'))
-  console.log(`peer:discovery with maddrs: %o`, webRTCMadrs)
+  log(`dialling WebRTC multiaddrs: %o`, webRTCMadrs)
 
   for (const addr of webRTCMadrs) {
     try {
-      console.log(`woot attempting to dial webrtc multiaddr: %o`, addr)
+      log(`attempting to dial webrtc multiaddr: %o`, addr)
       await libp2p.dial(addr)
       return // if we succeed dialing the peer, no need to try another address
     } catch (error) {
-      console.error(`woot failed to dial webrtc multiaddr: %o`, addr)
+      log.error(`failed to dial webrtc multiaddr: %o`, addr)
     }
   }
 }
 
 export const connectToMultiaddr = (libp2p: Libp2p) => async (multiaddr: Multiaddr) => {
-  console.log(`dialling: ${multiaddr.toString()}`)
+  log(`dialling: %a`, multiaddr)
   try {
     const conn = await libp2p.dial(multiaddr)
-    console.info('connected to', conn.remotePeer, 'on', conn.remoteAddr)
+    log('connected to %p on %a', conn.remotePeer, conn.remoteAddr)
     return conn
   } catch (e) {
     console.error(e)
diff --git a/js-peer/src/lib/logger.ts b/js-peer/src/lib/logger.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cafa6054
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js-peer/src/lib/logger.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { prefixLogger } from '@libp2p/logger'
+
+const prefix = `ui`
+
+export const { forComponent } = prefixLogger(prefix)
diff --git a/js-peer/src/pages/index.tsx b/js-peer/src/pages/index.tsx
index 74212d5b..b354bebf 100644
--- a/js-peer/src/pages/index.tsx
+++ b/js-peer/src/pages/index.tsx
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ export default function Home() {
       }
       setDialling(true)
       try {
-        const connection = await connectToMultiaddr(libp2p)(multiaddr(maddr))
-        console.log('connection established: ', connection)
+        await connectToMultiaddr(libp2p)(multiaddr(maddr))
       } catch (e: any) {
         setErr(e?.message ?? 'Error connecting')
       } finally {