diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 48a40c5..5498d42 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) !void {
 
     lib.root_module.addImport("zmpl", zmpl_dep.module("zmpl"));
     jetzig_module.addImport("zmpl", zmpl_dep.module("zmpl"));
-    lib.root_module.addImport("args", zig_args_dep.module("args"));
+    jetzig_module.addImport("args", zig_args_dep.module("args"));
 
     // This is the way to make it look nice in the zig build script
     // If we would do it the other way around, we would have to do
diff --git a/build.zig.zon b/build.zig.zon
index 3f72aa0..1bc2895 100644
--- a/build.zig.zon
+++ b/build.zig.zon
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
             .hash = "1220e5ede084ca6b94defd466a8f8779aab151d37bf688fefb928fded6f02cde4135",
         },
         .args = .{
-            .url = "https://github.com/MasterQ32/zig-args/archive/89f18a104d9c13763b90e97d6b4ce133da8a3e2b.tar.gz",
-            .hash = "12203ded54c85878eea7f12744066dcb4397177395ac49a7b2aa365bf6047b623829",
+            .url = "https://github.com/bobf/zig-args/archive/e827c93f00e8bd95bd4b970c59593f393a6b08d5.tar.gz",
+            .hash = "12208a1de366740d11de525db7289345949f5fd46527db3f89eecc7bb49b012c0732",
         },
     },
 
diff --git a/cli/build.zig.zon b/cli/build.zig.zon
index 9350709..f703560 100644
--- a/cli/build.zig.zon
+++ b/cli/build.zig.zon
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 
     .dependencies = .{
         .args = .{
-            .url = "https://github.com/MasterQ32/zig-args/archive/89f18a104d9c13763b90e97d6b4ce133da8a3e2b.tar.gz",
-            .hash = "12203ded54c85878eea7f12744066dcb4397177395ac49a7b2aa365bf6047b623829",
+            .url = "https://github.com/bobf/zig-args/archive/e827c93f00e8bd95bd4b970c59593f393a6b08d5.tar.gz",
+            .hash = "12208a1de366740d11de525db7289345949f5fd46527db3f89eecc7bb49b012c0732",
         },
     },
     .paths = .{
diff --git a/cli/commands/generate.zig b/cli/commands/generate.zig
index b6fb6e9..5480a84 100644
--- a/cli/commands/generate.zig
+++ b/cli/commands/generate.zig
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ const view = @import("generate/view.zig");
 const partial = @import("generate/partial.zig");
 const layout = @import("generate/layout.zig");
 const middleware = @import("generate/middleware.zig");
+const secret = @import("generate/secret.zig");
 const util = @import("../util.zig");
 
 /// Command line options for the `generate` command.
 pub const Options = struct {
     pub const meta = .{
-        .usage_summary = "[view|partial|layout|middleware] [options]",
+        .usage_summary = "[view|partial|layout|middleware|secret] [options]",
         .full_text =
         \\Generates scaffolding for views, middleware, and other objects in future.
         \\
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ pub fn run(
         try args.printHelp(Options, "jetzig generate", writer);
         return;
     }
-    var generate_type: ?enum { view, partial, layout, middleware } = null;
+    var generate_type: ?enum { view, partial, layout, middleware, secret } = null;
     var sub_args = std.ArrayList([]const u8).init(allocator);
     defer sub_args.deinit();
 
@@ -57,6 +58,8 @@ pub fn run(
             generate_type = .layout;
         } else if (generate_type == null and std.mem.eql(u8, arg, "middleware")) {
             generate_type = .middleware;
+        } else if (generate_type == null and std.mem.eql(u8, arg, "secret")) {
+            generate_type = .secret;
         } else if (generate_type == null) {
             std.debug.print("Unknown generator command: {s}\n", .{arg});
             return error.JetzigCommandError;
@@ -71,6 +74,7 @@ pub fn run(
             .partial => partial.run(allocator, cwd, sub_args.items),
             .layout => layout.run(allocator, cwd, sub_args.items),
             .middleware => middleware.run(allocator, cwd, sub_args.items),
+            .secret => secret.run(allocator, cwd, sub_args.items),
         };
     } else {
         std.debug.print("Missing sub-command. Expected: [view|partial|layout|middleware]\n", .{});
diff --git a/cli/commands/generate/secret.zig b/cli/commands/generate/secret.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25da07f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/commands/generate/secret.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+
+/// Generate a secure random secret and output to stdout.
+pub fn run(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, cwd: std.fs.Dir, args: [][]const u8) !void {
+    _ = allocator;
+    _ = args;
+    _ = cwd;
+    const chars = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789";
+    var secret: [44]u8 = undefined;
+
+    for (0..44) |index| {
+        secret[index] = chars[std.crypto.random.intRangeAtMost(u8, 0, chars.len)];
+    }
+
+    std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{secret});
+}
diff --git a/demo/src/app/middleware/DemoMiddleware.zig b/demo/src/app/middleware/DemoMiddleware.zig
index accf8b9..a6758d2 100644
--- a/demo/src/app/middleware/DemoMiddleware.zig
+++ b/demo/src/app/middleware/DemoMiddleware.zig
@@ -33,14 +33,17 @@ pub fn init(request: *jetzig.http.Request) !*Self {
 /// Any calls to `request.render` or `request.redirect` will prevent further processing of the
 /// request, including any other middleware in the chain.
 pub fn afterRequest(self: *Self, request: *jetzig.http.Request) !void {
-    request.server.logger.debug("[DemoMiddleware:afterRequest] my_custom_value: {s}", .{self.my_custom_value});
+    try request.server.logger.DEBUG(
+        "[DemoMiddleware:afterRequest] my_custom_value: {s}",
+        .{self.my_custom_value},
+    );
     self.my_custom_value = @tagName(request.method);
 }
 
 /// Invoked immediately before the response renders to the client.
 /// The response can be modified here if needed.
 pub fn beforeResponse(self: *Self, request: *jetzig.http.Request, response: *jetzig.http.Response) !void {
-    request.server.logger.debug(
+    try request.server.logger.DEBUG(
         "[DemoMiddleware:beforeResponse] my_custom_value: {s}, response status: {s}",
         .{ self.my_custom_value, @tagName(response.status_code) },
     );
@@ -51,7 +54,7 @@ pub fn beforeResponse(self: *Self, request: *jetzig.http.Request, response: *jet
 pub fn afterResponse(self: *Self, request: *jetzig.http.Request, response: *jetzig.http.Response) !void {
     _ = self;
     _ = response;
-    request.server.logger.debug("[DemoMiddleware:afterResponse] response completed", .{});
+    try request.server.logger.DEBUG("[DemoMiddleware:afterResponse] response completed", .{});
 }
 
 /// Invoked after `afterResponse` is called. Use this function to do any clean-up.
diff --git a/src/jetzig.zig b/src/jetzig.zig
index 91447f7..9f782a9 100644
--- a/src/jetzig.zig
+++ b/src/jetzig.zig
@@ -5,16 +5,19 @@ pub const zmpl = @import("zmpl").zmpl;
 pub const http = @import("jetzig/http.zig");
 pub const loggers = @import("jetzig/loggers.zig");
 pub const data = @import("jetzig/data.zig");
-pub const caches = @import("jetzig/caches.zig");
 pub const views = @import("jetzig/views.zig");
 pub const colors = @import("jetzig/colors.zig");
 pub const middleware = @import("jetzig/middleware.zig");
 pub const util = @import("jetzig/util.zig");
+pub const types = @import("jetzig/types.zig");
 
 /// The primary interface for a Jetzig application. Create an `App` in your application's
 /// `src/main.zig` and call `start` to launch the application.
 pub const App = @import("jetzig/App.zig");
 
+/// Configuration options for the application server with command-line argument parsing.
+pub const Environment = @import("jetzig/Environment.zig");
+
 /// An HTTP request which is passed to (dynamic) view functions and provides access to params,
 /// headers, and functions to render a response.
 pub const Request = http.Request;
@@ -43,36 +46,11 @@ pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !App {
     const args = try std.process.argsAlloc(allocator);
     defer std.process.argsFree(allocator, args);
 
-    const host: []const u8 = if (args.len > 1)
-        try allocator.dupe(u8, args[1])
-    else
-        try allocator.dupe(u8, "127.0.0.1");
-
-    // TODO: Fix this up with proper arg parsing
-    const port: u16 = if (args.len > 2) try std.fmt.parseInt(u16, args[2], 10) else 8080;
-    const use_cache: bool = args.len > 3 and std.mem.eql(u8, args[3], "--cache");
-    const server_cache = switch (use_cache) {
-        true => caches.Cache{ .memory_cache = caches.MemoryCache.init(allocator) },
-        false => caches.Cache{ .null_cache = caches.NullCache.init(allocator) },
-    };
-    var logger = loggers.Logger{ .development_logger = loggers.DevelopmentLogger.init(allocator) };
-    const secret = try generateSecret(allocator);
-    logger.debug(
-        "Running in development mode, using auto-generated cookie encryption key:\n  {s}",
-        .{secret},
-    );
-
-    const server_options = http.Server.ServerOptions{
-        .cache = server_cache,
-        .logger = logger,
-        .secret = secret,
-    };
+    const environment = Environment.init(allocator);
 
     return .{
-        .server_options = server_options,
+        .server_options = try environment.getServerOptions(),
         .allocator = allocator,
-        .host = host,
-        .port = port,
     };
 }
 
@@ -154,36 +132,3 @@ pub fn route(comptime routes: anytype) []views.Route {
 
     return &detected;
 }
-
-pub fn generateSecret(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) ![]const u8 {
-    const chars = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789";
-    var secret: [64]u8 = undefined;
-
-    for (0..64) |index| {
-        secret[index] = chars[std.crypto.random.intRangeAtMost(u8, 0, chars.len)];
-    }
-
-    return try allocator.dupe(u8, &secret);
-}
-
-pub fn base64Encode(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, string: []const u8) ![]const u8 {
-    const encoder = std.base64.Base64Encoder.init(
-        std.base64.url_safe_no_pad.alphabet_chars,
-        std.base64.url_safe_no_pad.pad_char,
-    );
-    const size = encoder.calcSize(string.len);
-    const ptr = try allocator.alloc(u8, size);
-    _ = encoder.encode(ptr, string);
-    return ptr;
-}
-
-pub fn base64Decode(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, string: []const u8) ![]const u8 {
-    const decoder = std.base64.Base64Decoder.init(
-        std.base64.url_safe_no_pad.alphabet_chars,
-        std.base64.url_safe_no_pad.pad_char,
-    );
-    const size = try decoder.calcSizeForSlice(string);
-    const ptr = try allocator.alloc(u8, size);
-    try decoder.decode(ptr, string);
-    return ptr;
-}
diff --git a/src/jetzig/App.zig b/src/jetzig/App.zig
index c0ea75b..f21e925 100644
--- a/src/jetzig/App.zig
+++ b/src/jetzig/App.zig
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 
+const args = @import("args");
+
 const jetzig = @import("../jetzig.zig");
 const mime_types = @import("mime_types").mime_types; // Generated at build time.
 
@@ -7,8 +9,6 @@ const Self = @This();
 
 server_options: jetzig.http.Server.ServerOptions,
 allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
-host: []const u8,
-port: u16,
 
 pub fn deinit(self: Self) void {
     _ = self;
@@ -48,30 +48,40 @@ pub fn start(self: Self, comptime_routes: []jetzig.views.Route) !void {
         self.allocator.destroy(route);
     };
 
+    if (self.server_options.detach) {
+        const argv = try std.process.argsAlloc(self.allocator);
+        defer std.process.argsFree(self.allocator, argv);
+        var child_argv = std.ArrayList([]const u8).init(self.allocator);
+        for (argv) |arg| {
+            if (!std.mem.eql(u8, "-d", arg) and !std.mem.eql(u8, "--detach", arg)) {
+                try child_argv.append(arg);
+            }
+        }
+        var child = std.process.Child.init(child_argv.items, self.allocator);
+        try child.spawn();
+        std.debug.print("Spawned child process. PID: {}. Exiting.\n", .{child.id});
+        std.process.exit(0);
+    }
+
     var server = jetzig.http.Server.init(
         self.allocator,
-        self.host,
-        self.port,
         self.server_options,
         routes.items,
         &mime_map,
     );
-
     defer server.deinit();
-    defer self.allocator.free(self.host);
-    defer self.allocator.free(server.options.secret);
 
     server.listen() catch |err| {
         switch (err) {
             error.AddressInUse => {
-                server.logger.debug(
+                try server.logger.ERROR(
                     "Socket unavailable: {s}:{} - unable to start server.\n",
-                    .{ self.host, self.port },
+                    .{ self.server_options.bind, self.server_options.port },
                 );
                 return;
             },
             else => {
-                server.logger.debug("Encountered error: {}\nExiting.\n", .{err});
+                try server.logger.ERROR("Encountered error: {}\nExiting.\n", .{err});
                 return err;
             },
         }
diff --git a/src/jetzig/Environment.zig b/src/jetzig/Environment.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73f2d84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/jetzig/Environment.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+
+const args = @import("args");
+
+const jetzig = @import("../jetzig.zig");
+
+const Environment = @This();
+
+allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
+
+const Options = struct {
+    help: bool = false,
+    bind: []const u8 = "127.0.0.1",
+    port: u16 = 8080,
+    environment: []const u8 = "development",
+    log: []const u8 = "-",
+    @"log-error": []const u8 = "-",
+    @"log-level": jetzig.loggers.LogLevel = .DEBUG,
+    detach: bool = false,
+
+    pub const shorthands = .{
+        .h = "help",
+        .b = "bind",
+        .p = "port",
+        .e = "environment",
+        .d = "detach",
+    };
+
+    pub const wrap_len = 80;
+
+    pub const meta = .{
+        .option_docs = .{
+            .bind = "IP address/hostname to bind to (default: 127.0.0.1)",
+            .port = "Port to listen on (default: 8080)",
+            .environment = "Load an environment configuration from src/app/environments/<environment>.zig",
+            .log = "Path to log file. Use '-' for stdout (default: -)",
+            .@"log-error" =
+            \\Optional path to separate error log file. Use '-' for stdout. If omitted, errors are logged to the location specified by the `log` option.
+            ,
+            .@"log-level" =
+            \\Specify the minimum log level. Log events below the given level are ignored. Must be one of: TRACE, DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, FATAL (default: DEBUG)
+            ,
+            .detach =
+            \\Run the server in the background. Must be used in conjunction with --log (default: false)
+            ,
+            .help = "Print help and exit",
+        },
+    };
+};
+
+pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) Environment {
+    return .{ .allocator = allocator };
+}
+
+/// Generate server initialization options using command line args with defaults.
+pub fn getServerOptions(self: Environment) !jetzig.http.Server.ServerOptions {
+    const options = try args.parseForCurrentProcess(Options, self.allocator, .print);
+
+    if (options.options.help) {
+        const writer = std.io.getStdErr().writer();
+        try args.printHelp(Options, options.executable_name orelse "<app-name>", writer);
+        std.process.exit(0);
+    }
+
+    var logger = jetzig.loggers.Logger{
+        .development_logger = jetzig.loggers.DevelopmentLogger.init(
+            self.allocator,
+            try getLogFile(options.options.log),
+        ),
+    };
+
+    if (options.options.detach and std.mem.eql(u8, options.options.log, "-")) {
+        try logger.ERROR("Must pass `--log` when using `--detach`.", .{});
+        std.process.exit(1);
+    }
+
+    // TODO: Generate nonce per session - do research to confirm correct best practice.
+    const secret_len = jetzig.http.Session.Cipher.key_length + jetzig.http.Session.Cipher.nonce_length;
+    const secret = try self.getSecret(&logger, secret_len);
+
+    if (secret.len != secret_len) {
+        try logger.ERROR("Expected secret length: {}, found: {}.", .{ secret_len, secret.len });
+        try logger.ERROR("Use `jetzig generate secret` to create a secure secret value.", .{});
+        std.process.exit(1);
+    }
+
+    return .{
+        .logger = logger,
+        .secret = secret,
+        .bind = try self.allocator.dupe(u8, options.options.bind),
+        .port = options.options.port,
+        .detach = options.options.detach,
+    };
+}
+
+fn getLogFile(path: []const u8) !std.fs.File {
+    if (std.mem.eql(u8, path, "-")) return std.io.getStdOut();
+
+    const file = try std.fs.createFileAbsolute(path, .{ .truncate = false });
+    try file.seekFromEnd(0);
+    return file;
+}
+
+fn getSecret(self: Environment, logger: *jetzig.loggers.Logger, comptime len: u10) ![]const u8 {
+    return std.process.getEnvVarOwned(self.allocator, "JETZIG_SECRET") catch |err| {
+        switch (err) {
+            error.EnvironmentVariableNotFound => {
+                // TODO: Make this a failure when running in non-development mode.
+                const secret = try jetzig.util.generateSecret(self.allocator, len);
+                try logger.WARN(
+                    "Running in development mode, using auto-generated cookie encryption key: {s}",
+                    .{secret},
+                );
+                try logger.WARN(
+                    "Run `jetzig generate secret` and set `JETZIG_SECRET` to remove this warning.",
+                    .{},
+                );
+
+                return secret;
+            },
+            else => return err,
+        }
+    };
+}
diff --git a/src/jetzig/caches.zig b/src/jetzig/caches.zig
deleted file mode 100644
index 94a2dc4..0000000
--- a/src/jetzig/caches.zig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-const std = @import("std");
-
-const http = @import("http.zig");
-
-pub const Result = @import("caches/Result.zig");
-pub const MemoryCache = @import("caches/MemoryCache.zig");
-pub const NullCache = @import("caches/NullCache.zig");
-
-pub const Cache = union(enum) {
-    memory_cache: MemoryCache,
-    null_cache: NullCache,
-
-    pub fn deinit(self: *Cache) void {
-        switch (self.*) {
-            inline else => |*case| case.deinit(),
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn get(self: *Cache, key: []const u8) ?Result {
-        return switch (self.*) {
-            inline else => |*case| case.get(key),
-        };
-    }
-
-    pub fn put(self: *Cache, key: []const u8, value: http.Response) !Result {
-        return switch (self.*) {
-            inline else => |*case| case.put(key, value),
-        };
-    }
-};
diff --git a/src/jetzig/caches/Cache.zig b/src/jetzig/caches/Cache.zig
deleted file mode 100644
index 0769537..0000000
--- a/src/jetzig/caches/Cache.zig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-const std = @import("std");
-
-pub const Result = @import("Result.zig");
-pub const MemoryCache = @import("MemoryCache.zig");
-pub const NullCache = @import("NullCache.zig");
diff --git a/src/jetzig/caches/MemoryCache.zig b/src/jetzig/caches/MemoryCache.zig
deleted file mode 100644
index 1363b0e..0000000
--- a/src/jetzig/caches/MemoryCache.zig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-const std = @import("std");
-
-const http = @import("../http.zig");
-const Result = @import("Result.zig");
-
-allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
-cache: std.StringHashMap(http.Response),
-
-const Self = @This();
-
-pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) Self {
-    const cache = std.StringHashMap(http.Response).init(allocator);
-
-    return .{ .allocator = allocator, .cache = cache };
-}
-
-pub fn deinit(self: *Self) void {
-    var iterator = self.cache.keyIterator();
-    while (iterator.next()) |key| {
-        self.allocator.free(key.*);
-    }
-    self.cache.deinit();
-}
-
-pub fn get(self: *Self, key: []const u8) ?Result {
-    if (self.cache.get(key)) |value| {
-        return Result.init(self.allocator, value, true);
-    } else {
-        return null;
-    }
-}
-
-pub fn put(self: *Self, key: []const u8, value: http.Response) !Result {
-    const key_dupe = try self.allocator.dupe(u8, key);
-    const value_dupe = try value.dupe();
-    try self.cache.put(key_dupe, value_dupe);
-
-    return Result.init(self.allocator, value_dupe, true);
-}
diff --git a/src/jetzig/caches/NullCache.zig b/src/jetzig/caches/NullCache.zig
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c67aa0..0000000
--- a/src/jetzig/caches/NullCache.zig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-const std = @import("std");
-
-const http = @import("../http.zig");
-const Result = @import("Result.zig");
-
-const Self = @This();
-
-allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
-
-pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) Self {
-    return Self{ .allocator = allocator };
-}
-
-pub fn deinit(self: *const Self) void {
-    _ = self;
-}
-
-pub fn get(self: *const Self, key: []const u8) ?Result {
-    _ = key;
-    _ = self;
-    return null;
-}
-
-pub fn put(self: *const Self, key: []const u8, value: http.Response) !Result {
-    _ = key;
-    return Result{ .value = value, .cached = false, .allocator = self.allocator };
-}
diff --git a/src/jetzig/caches/Result.zig b/src/jetzig/caches/Result.zig
deleted file mode 100644
index 628645b..0000000
--- a/src/jetzig/caches/Result.zig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-const std = @import("std");
-
-const Self = @This();
-
-const jetzig = @import("../../jetzig.zig");
-
-value: jetzig.http.Response,
-cached: bool,
-allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
-
-pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, value: jetzig.http.Response, cached: bool) Self {
-    return .{ .allocator = allocator, .cached = cached, .value = value };
-}
-
-pub fn deinit(self: *const Self) void {
-    if (!self.cached) self.value.deinit();
-}
diff --git a/src/jetzig/http/Request.zig b/src/jetzig/http/Request.zig
index b4088de..9992bfb 100644
--- a/src/jetzig/http/Request.zig
+++ b/src/jetzig/http/Request.zig
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ pub fn process(self: *Self) !void {
     self.session.parse() catch |err| {
         switch (err) {
             error.JetzigInvalidSessionCookie => {
-                self.server.logger.debug("Invalid session cookie detected. Resetting session.", .{});
+                try self.server.logger.DEBUG("Invalid session cookie detected. Resetting session.", .{});
                 try self.session.reset();
             },
             else => return err,
@@ -310,7 +310,9 @@ pub fn hash(self: *Self) ![]const u8 {
     );
 }
 
-pub fn fmtMethod(self: *Self) []const u8 {
+pub fn fmtMethod(self: *Self, colorized: bool) []const u8 {
+    if (!colorized) return @tagName(self.method);
+
     return switch (self.method) {
         .GET => jetzig.colors.cyan("GET"),
         .PUT => jetzig.colors.yellow("PUT"),
diff --git a/src/jetzig/http/Server.zig b/src/jetzig/http/Server.zig
index ee9dd68..c3e3bca 100644
--- a/src/jetzig/http/Server.zig
+++ b/src/jetzig/http/Server.zig
@@ -11,37 +11,32 @@ else
     struct {};
 
 pub const ServerOptions = struct {
-    cache: jetzig.caches.Cache,
     logger: jetzig.loggers.Logger,
+    bind: []const u8,
+    port: u16,
     secret: []const u8,
+    detach: bool,
 };
 
 allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
-port: u16,
-host: []const u8,
-cache: jetzig.caches.Cache,
 logger: jetzig.loggers.Logger,
 options: ServerOptions,
 start_time: i128 = undefined,
 routes: []*jetzig.views.Route,
 mime_map: *jetzig.http.mime.MimeMap,
 std_net_server: std.net.Server = undefined,
+initialized: bool = false,
 
 const Self = @This();
 
 pub fn init(
     allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
-    host: []const u8,
-    port: u16,
     options: ServerOptions,
     routes: []*jetzig.views.Route,
     mime_map: *jetzig.http.mime.MimeMap,
 ) Self {
     return .{
         .allocator = allocator,
-        .host = host,
-        .port = port,
-        .cache = options.cache,
         .logger = options.logger,
         .options = options,
         .routes = routes,
@@ -50,15 +45,18 @@ pub fn init(
 }
 
 pub fn deinit(self: *Self) void {
-    self.std_net_server.deinit();
+    if (self.initialized) self.std_net_server.deinit();
+    self.allocator.free(self.options.secret);
+    self.allocator.free(self.options.bind);
 }
 
 pub fn listen(self: *Self) !void {
-    const address = try std.net.Address.parseIp("127.0.0.1", 8080);
+    const address = try std.net.Address.parseIp(self.options.bind, self.options.port);
     self.std_net_server = try address.listen(.{ .reuse_port = true });
 
-    const cache_status = if (self.options.cache == .null_cache) "disabled" else "enabled";
-    self.logger.debug("Listening on http://{s}:{} [cache:{s}]", .{ self.host, self.port, cache_status });
+    self.initialized = true;
+
+    try self.logger.INFO("Listening on http://{s}:{}", .{ self.options.bind, self.options.port });
     try self.processRequests();
 }
 
@@ -77,7 +75,6 @@ fn processRequests(self: *Self) !void {
 
         self.processNextRequest(allocator, &std_http_server) catch |err| {
             if (isBadHttpError(err)) {
-                std.debug.print("Encountered HTTP error: {s}\n", .{@errorName(err)});
                 std_http_server.connection.stream.close();
                 continue;
             } else return err;
@@ -113,7 +110,7 @@ fn processNextRequest(self: *Self, allocator: std.mem.Allocator, std_http_server
 
     const log_message = try self.requestLogMessage(&request);
     defer self.allocator.free(log_message);
-    self.logger.debug("{s}", .{log_message});
+    try self.logger.INFO("{s}", .{log_message});
 }
 
 fn renderResponse(self: *Self, request: *jetzig.http.Request) !void {
@@ -210,7 +207,7 @@ fn renderView(
     // `return request.render(.ok)`, but the actual rendered view is stored in
     // `request.rendered_view`.
     _ = route.render(route.*, request) catch |err| {
-        self.logger.debug("Encountered error: {s}", .{@errorName(err)});
+        try self.logger.ERROR("Encountered error: {s}", .{@errorName(err)});
         if (isUnhandledError(err)) return err;
         if (isBadRequest(err)) return try self.renderBadRequest(request);
         return try self.renderInternalServerError(request, err);
@@ -230,7 +227,7 @@ fn renderView(
             return .{ .view = rendered_view, .content = "" };
         }
     } else {
-        self.logger.debug("`request.render` was not invoked. Rendering empty content.", .{});
+        try self.logger.WARN("`request.render` was not invoked. Rendering empty content.", .{});
         request.response_data.reset();
         return .{
             .view = .{ .data = request.response_data, .status_code = .no_content },
@@ -254,7 +251,7 @@ fn renderTemplateWithLayout(
         if (zmpl.manifest.find(prefixed_name)) |layout| {
             return try template.renderWithLayout(layout, view.data);
         } else {
-            self.logger.debug("Unknown layout: {s}", .{layout_name});
+            try self.logger.WARN("Unknown layout: {s}", .{layout_name});
             return try template.render(view.data);
         }
     } else return try template.render(view.data);
@@ -299,7 +296,7 @@ fn renderInternalServerError(self: *Self, request: *jetzig.http.Request, err: an
     try object.put("error", request.response_data.string(@errorName(err)));
 
     const stack = @errorReturnTrace();
-    if (stack) |capture| try self.logStackTrace(capture, request, object);
+    if (stack) |capture| try self.logStackTrace(capture, request);
 
     return .{
         .view = jetzig.views.View{ .data = request.response_data, .status_code = .internal_server_error },
@@ -324,16 +321,13 @@ fn logStackTrace(
     self: *Self,
     stack: *std.builtin.StackTrace,
     request: *jetzig.http.Request,
-    object: *jetzig.data.Value,
 ) !void {
-    _ = self;
-    std.debug.print("\nStack Trace:\n{}", .{stack});
-    var array = std.ArrayList(u8).init(request.allocator);
-    const writer = array.writer();
+    try self.logger.ERROR("\nStack Trace:\n{}", .{stack});
+    var buf = std.ArrayList(u8).init(request.allocator);
+    defer buf.deinit();
+    const writer = buf.writer();
     try stack.format("", .{}, writer);
-    // TODO: Generate an array of objects with stack trace in useful data structure instead of
-    // dumping the whole formatted backtrace as a JSON string:
-    try object.put("backtrace", request.response_data.string(array.items));
+    try self.logger.ERROR("{s}", .{buf.items});
 }
 
 fn requestLogMessage(self: *Self, request: *jetzig.http.Request) ![]const u8 {
@@ -345,13 +339,16 @@ fn requestLogMessage(self: *Self, request: *jetzig.http.Request) ![]const u8 {
         ),
     };
 
-    const formatted_duration = try jetzig.colors.duration(self.allocator, self.duration());
+    const formatted_duration = if (self.logger.isColorized())
+        try jetzig.colors.duration(self.allocator, self.duration())
+    else
+        try std.fmt.allocPrint(self.allocator, "{}", .{self.duration()});
     defer self.allocator.free(formatted_duration);
 
     return try std.fmt.allocPrint(self.allocator, "[{s}/{s}/{s}] {s}", .{
         formatted_duration,
-        request.fmtMethod(),
-        status.format(),
+        request.fmtMethod(self.logger.isColorized()),
+        status.format(self.logger.isColorized()),
         request.path.path,
     });
 }
diff --git a/src/jetzig/http/Session.zig b/src/jetzig/http/Session.zig
index 9dd55e3..343a4a5 100644
--- a/src/jetzig/http/Session.zig
+++ b/src/jetzig/http/Session.zig
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const std = @import("std");
 const jetzig = @import("../../jetzig.zig");
 
 pub const cookie_name = "_jetzig-session";
-const Cipher = std.crypto.aead.aes_gcm.Aes256Gcm;
+pub const Cipher = std.crypto.aead.aes_gcm.Aes256Gcm;
 
 allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
 encryption_key: ?[]const u8,
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ fn save(self: *Self) !void {
     }
     self.encrypted = try self.encrypt(json);
 
-    const encoded = try jetzig.base64Encode(self.allocator, self.encrypted.?);
+    const encoded = try jetzig.util.base64Encode(self.allocator, self.encrypted.?);
     defer self.allocator.free(encoded);
 
     if (self.cookie) |*ptr| self.allocator.free(ptr.*.value);
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ fn save(self: *Self) !void {
 
 fn parseSessionCookie(self: *Self, cookie_value: []const u8) !void {
     self.data = jetzig.data.Data.init(self.allocator);
-    const decoded = try jetzig.base64Decode(self.allocator, cookie_value);
+    const decoded = try jetzig.util.base64Decode(self.allocator, cookie_value);
     defer self.allocator.free(decoded);
 
     const buf = self.decrypt(decoded) catch |err| {
diff --git a/src/jetzig/http/status_codes.zig b/src/jetzig/http/status_codes.zig
index cc4bad6..f1e0008 100644
--- a/src/jetzig/http/status_codes.zig
+++ b/src/jetzig/http/status_codes.zig
@@ -73,11 +73,12 @@ pub fn StatusCodeType(comptime code: []const u8, comptime message: []const u8) t
 
         const Self = @This();
 
-        pub fn format(self: Self) []const u8 {
+        pub fn format(self: Self, colorized: bool) []const u8 {
             _ = self;
-
             const full_message = code ++ " " ++ message;
 
+            if (!colorized) return full_message;
+
             if (std.mem.startsWith(u8, code, "2")) {
                 return jetzig.colors.green(full_message);
             } else if (std.mem.startsWith(u8, code, "3")) {
@@ -158,9 +159,9 @@ pub const TaggedStatusCode = union(StatusCode) {
 
     const Self = @This();
 
-    pub fn format(self: Self) []const u8 {
+    pub fn format(self: Self, colorized: bool) []const u8 {
         return switch (self) {
-            inline else => |capture| capture.format(),
+            inline else => |capture| capture.format(colorized),
         };
     }
 };
diff --git a/src/jetzig/loggers.zig b/src/jetzig/loggers.zig
index 53a4f6d..367678d 100644
--- a/src/jetzig/loggers.zig
+++ b/src/jetzig/loggers.zig
@@ -4,18 +4,56 @@ const Self = @This();
 
 pub const DevelopmentLogger = @import("loggers/DevelopmentLogger.zig");
 
-const LogLevel = enum {
-    debug,
-};
+pub const LogLevel = enum { TRACE, DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, FATAL };
 
 pub const Logger = union(enum) {
     development_logger: DevelopmentLogger,
 
-    pub fn debug(self: *Logger, comptime message: []const u8, args: anytype) void {
+    pub fn isColorized(self: Logger) bool {
+        switch (self) {
+            inline else => |logger| return logger.isColorized(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Log a TRACE level message to the configured logger.
+    pub fn TRACE(self: *const Logger, comptime message: []const u8, args: anytype) !void {
         switch (self.*) {
-            inline else => |*case| case.debug(message, args) catch |err| {
-                std.debug.print("{}\n", .{err});
-            },
+            inline else => |*logger| try logger.TRACE(message, args),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Log a DEBUG level message to the configured logger.
+    pub fn DEBUG(self: *const Logger, comptime message: []const u8, args: anytype) !void {
+        switch (self.*) {
+            inline else => |*logger| try logger.DEBUG(message, args),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Log an INFO level message to the configured logger.
+    pub fn INFO(self: *const Logger, comptime message: []const u8, args: anytype) !void {
+        switch (self.*) {
+            inline else => |*logger| try logger.INFO(message, args),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Log a WARN level message to the configured logger.
+    pub fn WARN(self: *const Logger, comptime message: []const u8, args: anytype) !void {
+        switch (self.*) {
+            inline else => |*logger| try logger.WARN(message, args),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Log an ERROR level message to the configured logger.
+    pub fn ERROR(self: *const Logger, comptime message: []const u8, args: anytype) !void {
+        switch (self.*) {
+            inline else => |*logger| try logger.ERROR(message, args),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Log a FATAL level message to the configured logger.
+    pub fn FATAL(self: *const Logger, comptime message: []const u8, args: anytype) !void {
+        switch (self.*) {
+            inline else => |*logger| try logger.FATAL(message, args),
         }
     }
 };
diff --git a/src/jetzig/loggers/DevelopmentLogger.zig b/src/jetzig/loggers/DevelopmentLogger.zig
index 90415e0..038ae92 100644
--- a/src/jetzig/loggers/DevelopmentLogger.zig
+++ b/src/jetzig/loggers/DevelopmentLogger.zig
@@ -1,19 +1,74 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 
+const jetzig = @import("../../jetzig.zig");
+
 const Self = @This();
-const Timestamp = @import("../types/Timestamp.zig");
+
+const Timestamp = jetzig.types.Timestamp;
+const LogLevel = jetzig.loggers.LogLevel;
 
 allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
+file: std.fs.File,
+colorized: bool,
 
-pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) Self {
-    return .{ .allocator = allocator };
+pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, file: std.fs.File) Self {
+    return .{ .allocator = allocator, .file = file, .colorized = file.isTty() };
 }
 
-pub fn debug(self: *Self, comptime message: []const u8, args: anytype) !void {
+/// Return true if logger was initialized with colorization (i.e. if log file is a tty)
+pub fn isColorized(self: Self) bool {
+    return self.colorized;
+}
+
+/// Log a TRACE level message to the configured logger.
+pub fn TRACE(self: *const Self, comptime message: []const u8, args: anytype) !void {
+    try self.log(.DEBUG, message, args);
+}
+
+/// Log a DEBUG level message to the configured logger.
+pub fn DEBUG(self: *const Self, comptime message: []const u8, args: anytype) !void {
+    try self.log(.DEBUG, message, args);
+}
+
+/// Log an INFO level message to the configured logger.
+pub fn INFO(self: *const Self, comptime message: []const u8, args: anytype) !void {
+    try self.log(.INFO, message, args);
+}
+
+/// Log a WARN level message to the configured logger.
+pub fn WARN(self: *const Self, comptime message: []const u8, args: anytype) !void {
+    try self.log(.WARN, message, args);
+}
+
+/// Log an ERROR level message to the configured logger.
+pub fn ERROR(self: *const Self, comptime message: []const u8, args: anytype) !void {
+    try self.log(.ERROR, message, args);
+}
+
+/// Log a FATAL level message to the configured logger.
+pub fn FATAL(self: *const Self, comptime message: []const u8, args: anytype) !void {
+    try self.log(.FATAL, message, args);
+}
+
+pub fn log(self: Self, comptime level: LogLevel, comptime message: []const u8, args: anytype) !void {
     const output = try std.fmt.allocPrint(self.allocator, message, args);
     defer self.allocator.free(output);
     const timestamp = Timestamp.init(std.time.timestamp(), self.allocator);
     const iso8601 = try timestamp.iso8601();
     defer self.allocator.free(iso8601);
-    std.debug.print("[{s}] {s}\n", .{ iso8601, output });
+    const writer = self.file.writer();
+    const level_formatted = if (self.colorized) colorizedLogLevel(level) else @tagName(level);
+    try writer.print("{s: >5} [{s}] {s}\n", .{ level_formatted, iso8601, output });
+    if (!self.file.isTty()) try self.file.sync();
+}
+
+fn colorizedLogLevel(comptime level: LogLevel) []const u8 {
+    return switch (level) {
+        .TRACE => jetzig.colors.white(@tagName(level)),
+        .DEBUG => jetzig.colors.cyan(@tagName(level)),
+        .INFO => jetzig.colors.blue(@tagName(level) ++ " "),
+        .WARN => jetzig.colors.yellow(@tagName(level) ++ " "),
+        .ERROR => jetzig.colors.red(@tagName(level)),
+        .FATAL => jetzig.colors.red(@tagName(level)),
+    };
 }
diff --git a/src/jetzig/middleware/HtmxMiddleware.zig b/src/jetzig/middleware/HtmxMiddleware.zig
index 453b5d0..ebedcfe 100644
--- a/src/jetzig/middleware/HtmxMiddleware.zig
+++ b/src/jetzig/middleware/HtmxMiddleware.zig
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ pub fn init(request: *jetzig.http.Request) !*Self {
 pub fn afterRequest(self: *Self, request: *jetzig.http.Request) !void {
     _ = self;
     if (request.getHeader("HX-Target")) |target| {
-        request.server.logger.debug(
+        try request.server.logger.DEBUG(
             "[middleware-htmx] htmx request detected, disabling layout. (#{s})",
             .{target},
         );
diff --git a/src/jetzig/util.zig b/src/jetzig/util.zig
index 495beaa..0301b75 100644
--- a/src/jetzig/util.zig
+++ b/src/jetzig/util.zig
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 
+/// Compare two strings with case-insensitive matching.
 pub fn equalStringsCaseInsensitive(expected: []const u8, actual: []const u8) bool {
     if (expected.len != actual.len) return false;
     for (expected, actual) |expected_char, actual_char| {
@@ -7,3 +8,39 @@ pub fn equalStringsCaseInsensitive(expected: []const u8, actual: []const u8) boo
     }
     return true;
 }
+
+/// Encode arbitrary input to Base64.
+pub fn base64Encode(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, string: []const u8) ![]const u8 {
+    const encoder = std.base64.Base64Encoder.init(
+        std.base64.url_safe_no_pad.alphabet_chars,
+        std.base64.url_safe_no_pad.pad_char,
+    );
+    const size = encoder.calcSize(string.len);
+    const ptr = try allocator.alloc(u8, size);
+    _ = encoder.encode(ptr, string);
+    return ptr;
+}
+
+/// Decode arbitrary input from Base64.
+pub fn base64Decode(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, string: []const u8) ![]const u8 {
+    const decoder = std.base64.Base64Decoder.init(
+        std.base64.url_safe_no_pad.alphabet_chars,
+        std.base64.url_safe_no_pad.pad_char,
+    );
+    const size = try decoder.calcSizeForSlice(string);
+    const ptr = try allocator.alloc(u8, size);
+    try decoder.decode(ptr, string);
+    return ptr;
+}
+
+/// Generate a secure random string of `len` characters (for cryptographic purposes).
+pub fn generateSecret(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, comptime len: u10) ![]const u8 {
+    const chars = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789";
+    var secret: [len]u8 = undefined;
+
+    for (0..len) |index| {
+        secret[index] = chars[std.crypto.random.intRangeAtMost(u8, 0, chars.len)];
+    }
+
+    return try allocator.dupe(u8, &secret);
+}