diff --git a/cli/src/main.rs b/cli/src/main.rs
index 4bcaec2..ec55ab1 100644
--- a/cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/cli/src/main.rs
@@ -122,6 +122,15 @@ impl From<Args> for frontend_common::RunOptions {
 }
 
 fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    unsafe {
+        if std::env::var_os("RUST_BACKTRACE").is_none() {
+            std::env::set_var("RUST_BACKTRACE", "1");
+        }
+        if std::env::var_os("RUST_LOG").is_none() {
+            std::env::set_var("RUST_LOG", "cli=info,frontend_common=info,gb_emu_lib=info");
+        }
+    }
+
     env_logger::init();
     let args = Args::parse();