diff --git a/wear/build.gradle.kts b/wear/build.gradle.kts
index 7c36dd7fe..f71c4297f 100644
--- a/wear/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/wear/build.gradle.kts
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ android {
     }
     buildFeatures {
         compose = true
+        buildConfig = true
     }
 
     tasks.register("testClasses")
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(libs.horologist.datalayer.watch)
     implementation(libs.horologist.datalayer.core)
     implementation(libs.horologist.datalayer.grpc)
+    implementation(libs.timber)
     androidTestImplementation(platform(libs.androidx.compose))
     androidTestImplementation(libs.androidx.ui.test.junit4)
     debugImplementation(libs.androidx.ui.tooling)
diff --git a/wear/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/wear/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index fc2d02eb3..c0ef65f44 100644
--- a/wear/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/wear/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
         android:allowBackup="true"
         android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
         android:label="@string/app_name"
+        android:name=".WatchApp"
         android:supportsRtl="true"
         android:theme="@android:style/Theme.DeviceDefault">
         <uses-library
diff --git a/wear/src/main/java/org/tasks/WatchApp.kt b/wear/src/main/java/org/tasks/WatchApp.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..087daa12e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wear/src/main/java/org/tasks/WatchApp.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package org.tasks
+
+import android.app.Application
+import timber.log.Timber
+
+class WatchApp : Application() {
+    override fun onCreate() {
+        super.onCreate()
+
+        if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
+            Timber.plant(Timber.DebugTree())
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/wear/src/main/java/org/tasks/presentation/MainActivityViewModel.kt b/wear/src/main/java/org/tasks/presentation/MainActivityViewModel.kt
index a99e146d9..55189178e 100644
--- a/wear/src/main/java/org/tasks/presentation/MainActivityViewModel.kt
+++ b/wear/src/main/java/org/tasks/presentation/MainActivityViewModel.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package org.tasks.presentation
 
 import android.app.Application
-import android.util.Log
 import androidx.lifecycle.AndroidViewModel
 import androidx.lifecycle.viewModelScope
 import com.google.android.horologist.annotations.ExperimentalHorologistApi
@@ -13,6 +12,7 @@ import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.MutableStateFlow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.asStateFlow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
 import org.tasks.extensions.wearDataLayerRegistry
+import timber.log.Timber
 
 @OptIn(ExperimentalHorologistApi::class)
 class MainActivityViewModel(
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class MainActivityViewModel(
 ) : AndroidViewModel(application) {
     fun installOnNode(nodeId: String?) = viewModelScope.launch {
         if (nodeId == null) {
-            Log.d("MainActivityViewModel", "Missing nodeId")
+            Timber.d("Missing nodeId")
         } else {
             helper.installOnNode(nodeId)
         }
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class MainActivityViewModel(
                     )
                 },
             ).also {
-                Log.d("MainActivityViewModel", "Loaded: $it")
+                Timber.d("Loaded: $it")
             }
         }
     }