diff --git a/inoculate/Cargo.toml b/inoculate/Cargo.toml
index 3163fc75..18784fd9 100644
--- a/inoculate/Cargo.toml
+++ b/inoculate/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ license = "MIT"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { version = "4.1.8", features = ["derive", "env"] }
 tracing = "0.1.23"
-tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.1", features = ["env-filter"] }
+tracing-subscriber = "0.3.16"
 tracing-error = "0.2"
 color-eyre = "0.6"
 bootloader = "0.11.2"
diff --git a/inoculate/src/term.rs b/inoculate/src/term.rs
index 781b59ce..05087a19 100644
--- a/inoculate/src/term.rs
+++ b/inoculate/src/term.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ pub struct OutputOptions {
         global = true,
         group = ARG_GROUP,
     )]
-    pub log: String,
+    pub log: tracing_subscriber::filter::Targets,
 }
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq, clap::ValueEnum)]
diff --git a/inoculate/src/trace.rs b/inoculate/src/trace.rs
index c1d95846..c682e589 100644
--- a/inoculate/src/trace.rs
+++ b/inoculate/src/trace.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ impl OutputOptions {
         tracing_subscriber::registry()
             .with(fmt)
             .with(tracing_error::ErrorLayer::default())
-            .with(self.log.parse::<tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter>()?)
+            .with(self.log.clone())
             .try_init()?;
         Ok(())
     }