diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index d6350ac..8506157 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@
 - **Clarity over cleverness.** Be concise, but favour explicit over terse or
   obscure idioms. Prefer code that's easy to follow.
 - **Use functions and composition.** Avoid repetition by extracting reusable
-  logic. Prefer generators or comprehensions, and declarative code to imperative
-  repetition when readable.
+  logic. Prefer generators, comprehensions, and declarative code to
+  imperative repetition when readable.
 - **Small, meaningful functions.** Functions must be small, clear in purpose,
   single responsibility, and obey command/query segregation.
 - **Clear commit messages.** Commit messages should be descriptive, explaining
   what was changed and why.
 - **Name things precisely.** Use clear, descriptive variable and function names.
-  For booleans, prefer names with `is`, `has`, or `should`.
+  For booleans, prefer names with `is`, `has`, `should`.
 - **Structure logically.** Each file should encapsulate a coherent module. Group
   related code (e.g., models + utilities + fixtures) close together.
 - **Group by feature, not layer.** Colocate views, logic, fixtures, and helpers
@@ -25,12 +25,13 @@
   ("-ize" / "-yse" / "-our") spelling and grammar, with the exception of
   references to external APIs.
 - **Illustrate with clear examples.** Function documentation must include clear
-  examples demonstrating the usage and outcome of the function. Test documentation
-  should omit examples where the example serves only to reiterate the test logic.
-- **Keep file size managable.** No single code file may be longer than 400 lines.
-  Long switch statements or dispatch tables should be broken up by feature and
-  constituents colocated with targets. Large blocks of test data should be moved
-  to external data files.
+  examples demonstrating the usage and outcome of the function. Test
+  documentation should omit examples where the example serves only to reiterate
+  the test logic.
+- **Keep file size manageable.** No single code file may be longer than 400
+  lines. Long switch statements or dispatch tables should be broken up by
+  feature and constituents colocated with targets. Large blocks of test data
+  should be moved to external data files.
 
 ## Documentation Maintenance
 
@@ -42,8 +43,8 @@
   relevant file(s) in the `docs/` directory to reflect the latest state.
   **Ensure the documentation remains accurate and current.**
 - Documentation must use en-GB-oxendict ("-ize" / "-yse" / "-our") spelling
-  and grammar. (EXCEPTION: the naming of the "LICENSE" file, which
-  is to be left unchanged for community consistency.)
+  and grammar. (EXCEPTION: the naming of the "LICENSE" file, which is to be
+  left unchanged for community consistency.)
 
 ## Change Quality & Committing
 
@@ -153,19 +154,19 @@ project:
   specified in `Cargo.toml` must use SemVer-compatible caret requirements
   (e.g., `some-crate = "1.2.3"`). This is Cargo's default and allows for safe,
   non-breaking updates to minor and patch versions while preventing breaking
-  changes from new major versions. This approach is critical for ensuring
-  build stability and reproducibility.
+  changes from new major versions. This approach is critical for ensuring build
+  stability and reproducibility.
 - **Prohibit unstable version specifiers.** The use of wildcard (`*`) or
-  open-ended inequality (`>=`) version requirements is strictly forbidden
-  as they introduce unacceptable risk and unpredictability. Tilde requirements
+  open-ended inequality (`>=`) version requirements are strictly forbidden, as
+  they introduce unacceptable risk and unpredictability. Tilde requirements
   (`~`) should only be used where a dependency must be locked to patch-level
   updates for a specific, documented reason.
 
 ### Error Handling
 
 - **Prefer semantic error enums**. Derive `std::error::Error` (via the
-  `thiserror` crate) for any condition the caller might inspect, retry, or
-  map to an HTTP status.
+  `thiserror` crate) for any condition the caller might inspect, retry, or map
+  to an HTTP status.
 - **Use an *opaque* error only at the app boundary**. Use `eyre::Report` for
   human-readable logs; these should not be exposed in public APIs.
 - **Never export the opaque type from a library**. Convert to domain enums at
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f456bed..6059b6c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -561,6 +561,22 @@ version = "2.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "37909eebbb50d72f9059c3b6d82c0463f2ff062c9e95845c43a6c9c0355411be"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "figment"
+version = "0.10.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8cb01cd46b0cf372153850f4c6c272d9cbea2da513e07538405148f95bd789f3"
+dependencies = [
+ "atomic",
+ "parking_lot",
+ "pear",
+ "serde",
+ "tempfile",
+ "toml",
+ "uncased",
+ "version_check",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "filetime"
 version = "0.2.25"
@@ -3204,6 +3220,15 @@ version = "0.53.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "271414315aff87387382ec3d271b52d7ae78726f5d44ac98b4f4030c91880486"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winnow"
+version = "0.7.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f3edebf492c8125044983378ecb5766203ad3b4c2f7a922bd7dd207f6d443e95"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wit-bindgen-rt"
 version = "0.39.0"
diff --git a/crates/comenqd/src/daemon.rs b/crates/comenqd/src/daemon.rs
index 4a9b226..b13983a 100644
--- a/crates/comenqd/src/daemon.rs
+++ b/crates/comenqd/src/daemon.rs
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@ use crate::config::Config;
 use anyhow::Result;
 use comenq_lib::CommentRequest;
 use octocrab::Octocrab;
-use std::fs;
+use std::fs as stdfs;
 use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
+use tokio::fs;
 use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;
 use tokio::net::{UnixListener, UnixStream};
 use yaque::{Receiver, Sender, channel};
@@ -23,16 +24,23 @@ fn build_octocrab(token: &str) -> Result<Octocrab> {
 }
 
 fn prepare_listener(path: &Path) -> Result<UnixListener> {
-    if fs::metadata(path).is_ok() {
-        fs::remove_file(path)?;
+    if stdfs::metadata(path).is_ok() {
+        stdfs::remove_file(path)?;
     }
     let listener = UnixListener::bind(path)?;
-    fs::set_permissions(path, fs::Permissions::from_mode(0o660))?;
+    stdfs::set_permissions(path, stdfs::Permissions::from_mode(0o660))?;
     Ok(listener)
 }
 
+async fn ensure_queue_dir(path: &Path) -> Result<()> {
+    fs::create_dir_all(path).await?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 /// Start the daemon with the provided configuration.
 pub async fn run(config: Config) -> Result<()> {
+    ensure_queue_dir(&config.queue_path).await?;
+    tracing::info!(queue = %config.queue_path.display(), "Queue directory prepared");
     let octocrab = Arc::new(build_octocrab(&config.github_token)?);
     let (tx, rx) = channel(&config.queue_path)?;
     let cfg = Arc::new(config);
@@ -96,3 +104,47 @@ async fn run_worker(config: Arc<Config>, mut rx: Receiver, octocrab: Arc<Octocra
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use tempfile::tempdir;
+    use tokio::time::{Duration, Instant, sleep};
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn ensure_queue_dir_creates_directory() {
+        let dir = tempdir().expect("Failed to create temporary directory");
+        let path = dir.path().join("queue");
+        ensure_queue_dir(&path)
+            .await
+            .expect("Failed to ensure queue directory");
+        assert!(path.is_dir());
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn run_creates_queue_directory() {
+        let dir = tempdir().expect("Failed to create temporary directory");
+        let cfg = Config {
+            github_token: "t".into(),
+            socket_path: dir.path().join("sock"),
+            queue_path: dir.path().join("q"),
+            cooldown_period_seconds: 1,
+        };
+
+        assert!(!cfg.queue_path.exists());
+
+        let handle = tokio::spawn(run(cfg.clone()));
+
+        let start = Instant::now();
+        let timeout = Duration::from_secs(2);
+        loop {
+            if cfg.queue_path.is_dir() || start.elapsed() > timeout {
+                break;
+            }
+            sleep(Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
+        }
+
+        handle.abort();
+        assert!(cfg.queue_path.is_dir(), "queue directory not created");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/comenqd/src/logging.rs b/crates/comenqd/src/logging.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14162c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/comenqd/src/logging.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+//! Logging utilities for the daemon.
+//!
+//! Initializes structured logging using `tracing` and
+//! `tracing-subscriber`, reading filter settings from the `RUST_LOG`
+//! environment variable.
+
+use tracing_subscriber::fmt::MakeWriter;
+use tracing_subscriber::{EnvFilter, fmt};
+
+/// Initialize the global tracing subscriber.
+pub fn init() {
+    init_with_writer(fmt::writer::BoxMakeWriter::new(std::io::stdout));
+}
+
+/// Initialize logging with a custom writer.
+pub fn init_with_writer<W>(writer: W)
+where
+    W: for<'a> MakeWriter<'a> + Send + Sync + 'static,
+{
+    fmt()
+        .with_env_filter(EnvFilter::from_default_env())
+        .with_writer(writer)
+        .json()
+        .init();
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+    use tracing::info;
+
+    #[derive(Clone)]
+    struct BufMakeWriter {
+        buf: Arc<Mutex<Vec<u8>>>,
+    }
+
+    impl<'a> MakeWriter<'a> for BufMakeWriter {
+        type Writer = BufWriter;
+
+        fn make_writer(&'a self) -> Self::Writer {
+            BufWriter {
+                buf: self.buf.clone(),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    struct BufWriter {
+        buf: Arc<Mutex<Vec<u8>>>,
+    }
+
+    impl std::io::Write for BufWriter {
+        fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> std::io::Result<usize> {
+            self.buf
+                .lock()
+                .expect("Failed to lock log buffer")
+                .extend_from_slice(buf);
+            Ok(buf.len())
+        }
+
+        fn flush(&mut self) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+            Ok(())
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn init_logging() {
+        let buf = Arc::new(Mutex::new(Vec::new()));
+        std::env::set_var("RUST_LOG", "info");
+        init_with_writer(BufMakeWriter { buf: buf.clone() });
+        info!("captured");
+        let output = String::from_utf8(buf.lock().expect("Failed to lock log buffer").clone())
+            .expect("Captured output is not valid UTF-8");
+        assert!(output.contains("captured"));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/comenqd/src/main.rs b/crates/comenqd/src/main.rs
index 03e11b7..2caa17c 100644
--- a/crates/comenqd/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/comenqd/src/main.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 use tracing::info;
 
+mod logging;
+
 mod config;
 mod daemon;
 use config::Config;
@@ -11,7 +13,7 @@ use daemon::run;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();
+    logging::init();
     let cfg = Config::load()?;
     info!(socket = ?cfg.socket_path, queue = ?cfg.queue_path, "Comenqd daemon started");
     run(cfg).await
diff --git a/docs/comenq-design.md b/docs/comenq-design.md
index 135ffc3..7b72ec8 100644
--- a/docs/comenq-design.md
+++ b/docs/comenq-design.md
@@ -1013,7 +1013,10 @@ async fn run_worker(config: Arc<Config>, mut rx: Receiver<CommentRequest>, octoc
 The repository initialises the workspace with `comenq-lib` at the root and two
 binary crates under `crates/`. `CommentRequest` resides in the library and
 derives both `Serialize` and `Deserialize`. The daemon now spawns a Unix
-listener and queue worker as described above.
+listener and queue worker as described above. Structured logging is initialised
+using `tracing_subscriber` with JSON output controlled by the `RUST_LOG`
+environment variable. The queue directory is created asynchronously on start if
+it does not already exist before `yaque` opens it.
 
 ## Works cited
 
diff --git a/docs/roadmap.md b/docs/roadmap.md
index 7d321d8..a632f45 100644
--- a/docs/roadmap.md
+++ b/docs/roadmap.md
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@
   (`/etc/comenqd/config.toml`) for parameters like `github_token`,
   `socket_path`, and `queue_path`.
 
-- [ ] Set up structured logging using the `tracing` and `tracing-subscriber`
+- [x] Set up structured logging using the `tracing` and `tracing-subscriber`
   crates.
 
-- [ ] Initialize the `yaque` persistent queue at the path specified in the
+- [x] Initialize the `yaque` persistent queue at the path specified in the
   configuration.
 
-- [ ] Structure the daemon's `main` function to spawn the two primary,
+- [x] Structure the daemon's `main` function to spawn the two primary,
   long-running `tokio` tasks: the UDS listener and the queue worker.
 
 ## Milestone 4: `comenqd` Daemon — UDS Listener Task