diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c614ae4..2ff9b6b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 4
 
+[[package]]
+name = "aho-corasick"
+version = "1.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8e60d3430d3a69478ad0993f19238d2df97c507009a52b3c10addcd7f6bcb916"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anstream"
 version = "0.6.11"
@@ -166,18 +175,67 @@ version = "1.13.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "60b1af1c220855b6ceac025d3f6ecdd2b7c4894bfe9cd9bda4fbb4bc7c0d4cf0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "env_filter"
+version = "0.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "186e05a59d4c50738528153b83b0b0194d3a29507dfec16eccd4b342903397d0"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "regex",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "env_logger"
+version = "0.11.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "13c863f0904021b108aa8b2f55046443e6b1ebde8fd4a15c399893aae4fa069f"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstream",
+ "anstyle",
+ "env_filter",
+ "jiff",
+ "log",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
 version = "0.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "95505c38b4572b2d910cecb0281560f54b440a19336cbbcb27bf6ce6adc6f5a8"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "jiff"
+version = "0.2.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5a064218214dc6a10fbae5ec5fa888d80c45d611aba169222fc272072bf7aef6"
+dependencies = [
+ "jiff-static",
+ "log",
+ "portable-atomic",
+ "portable-atomic-util",
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "jiff-static"
+version = "0.2.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "199b7932d97e325aff3a7030e141eafe7f2c6268e1d1b24859b753a627f45254"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "krunkit"
 version = "0.2.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap",
+ "env_logger",
+ "log",
  "mac_address",
  "sysinfo",
 ]
@@ -188,6 +246,12 @@ version = "0.2.153"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9c198f91728a82281a64e1f4f9eeb25d82cb32a5de251c6bd1b5154d63a8e7bd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "log"
+version = "0.4.27"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "13dc2df351e3202783a1fe0d44375f7295ffb4049267b0f3018346dc122a1d94"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mac_address"
 version = "1.1.5"
@@ -235,20 +299,35 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "portable-atomic"
+version = "1.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "350e9b48cbc6b0e028b0473b114454c6316e57336ee184ceab6e53f72c178b3e"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "portable-atomic-util"
+version = "0.2.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d8a2f0d8d040d7848a709caf78912debcc3f33ee4b3cac47d73d1e1069e83507"
+dependencies = [
+ "portable-atomic",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.78"
+version = "1.0.95"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e2422ad645d89c99f8f3e6b88a9fdeca7fabeac836b1002371c4367c8f984aae"
+checksum = "02b3e5e68a3a1a02aad3ec490a98007cbc13c37cbe84a3cd7b8e406d76e7f778"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
-version = "1.0.35"
+version = "1.0.40"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "291ec9ab5efd934aaf503a6466c5d5251535d108ee747472c3977cc5acc868ef"
+checksum = "1885c039570dc00dcb4ff087a89e185fd56bae234ddc7f056a945bf36467248d"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
@@ -273,6 +352,55 @@ dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-utils",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "regex"
+version = "1.11.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b544ef1b4eac5dc2db33ea63606ae9ffcfac26c1416a2806ae0bf5f56b201191"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-automata",
+ "regex-syntax",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-automata"
+version = "0.4.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "809e8dc61f6de73b46c85f4c96486310fe304c434cfa43669d7b40f711150908"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-syntax",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-syntax"
+version = "0.8.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2b15c43186be67a4fd63bee50d0303afffcef381492ebe2c5d87f324e1b8815c"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serde"
+version = "1.0.219"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5f0e2c6ed6606019b4e29e69dbaba95b11854410e5347d525002456dbbb786b6"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde_derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_derive"
+version = "1.0.219"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5b0276cf7f2c73365f7157c8123c21cd9a50fbbd844757af28ca1f5925fc2a00"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
 version = "0.11.0"
@@ -281,9 +409,9 @@ checksum = "5ee073c9e4cd00e28217186dbe12796d692868f432bf2e97ee73bed0c56dfa01"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "2.0.48"
+version = "2.0.101"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0f3531638e407dfc0814761abb7c00a5b54992b849452a0646b7f65c9f770f3f"
+checksum = "8ce2b7fc941b3a24138a0a7cf8e858bfc6a992e7978a068a5c760deb0ed43caf"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2ba8006..a3ab97a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,3 +13,5 @@ anyhow = "1.0.79"
 clap = { version = "4.5.0", features = ["derive"] }
 mac_address = "1.1.5"
 sysinfo = "0.31.4"
+log = "0.4.0"
+env_logger = "0.11.8"
diff --git a/src/context.rs b/src/context.rs
index 7ea494b..c994f7f 100644
--- a/src/context.rs
+++ b/src/context.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ extern "C" {
     fn krun_set_vm_config(ctx_id: u32, num_vcpus: u8, ram_mib: u32) -> i32;
     fn krun_set_smbios_oem_strings(ctx_id: u32, oem_strings: *const *const c_char) -> i32;
     fn krun_set_nested_virt(ctx_id: u32, enabled: bool) -> i32;
+    fn krun_check_nested_virt() -> i32;
     fn krun_start_enter(ctx_id: u32) -> i32;
 }
 
@@ -40,6 +41,17 @@ impl TryFrom<Args> for KrunContext {
         // Start by setting up the desired log level for libkrun.
         unsafe { krun_set_log_level(args.krun_log_level) };
 
+        let log_level = match args.krun_log_level {
+            0 => "off",
+            1 => "error",
+            2 => "warn",
+            3 => "info",
+            4 => "debug",
+            _ => "trace",
+        };
+        env_logger::Builder::from_env(env_logger::Env::default().default_filter_or(log_level))
+            .init();
+
         // Create a new context in libkrun. Store identifier to later use to configure VM
         // resources and devices.
         let id = unsafe { krun_create_ctx() };
@@ -89,8 +101,16 @@ impl TryFrom<Args> for KrunContext {
 
         set_smbios_oem_strings(id, &args.oem_strings)?;
 
-        if args.nested && unsafe { krun_set_nested_virt(id, args.nested) } < 0 {
-            return Err(anyhow!("unable to set krun nested virtualization"));
+        if args.nested {
+            match unsafe { krun_check_nested_virt() } {
+                1 => {
+                    if unsafe { krun_set_nested_virt(id, args.nested) } < 0 {
+                        return Err(anyhow!("krun nested virtualization reported as supported, yet failed to enable"));
+                    }
+                }
+                0 => log::debug!("nested virtualization is not supported on this host. -n,--nested argument ignored"),
+                _ => return Err(anyhow!("unable to check nested virtualization is supported on this host")),
+            }
         }
 
         Ok(Self { id, args })