diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1ca943f..d172fe6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,38 +2,34 @@
 name = "mcstat"
 version = "0.1.0"
 authors = ["LordMZTE <lord@mzte.de>"]
-edition = "2018"
+edition = "2021"
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
 base64 = "0.13.0"
-crossterm = "0.21.0"
-env_logger = "0.9.0"
-image = "0.23.14"
-itertools = "0.10.1"
-log = "0.4.14"
-miette = { version = "3.2.0", features = ["fancy"] }
-serde_json = "1.0.68"
+crossterm = "0.23.1"
+image = "0.24.1"
+itertools = "0.10.3"
+miette = { version = "4.3.0", features = ["fancy"] }
+serde_json = "1.0.79"
 smart-default = "0.6.0"
-structopt = "0.3.23"
+structopt = "0.3.26"
 term_size = "0.3.2"
-termcolor = "1.1.2"
-trust-dns-resolver = { version = "0.20.3", features = ["tokio-runtime"] }
+termcolor = "1.1.3"
+trust-dns-resolver = { version = "0.21.2", features = ["tokio-runtime"] }
 unicode-width = "0.1.9"
-viuer = "0.5.2"
+viuer = "0.6.0"
+serde = { version = "1.0.136", features = ["derive"] }
+tracing-subscriber = "0.3.10"
+tracing = "0.1.32"
 
 [dependencies.async-minecraft-ping]
 git = "https://github.com/LordMZTE/async-minecraft-ping.git"
 tag = "v0.3.0"
 
 [dependencies.tokio]
-version = "1.12.0"
+version = "1.17.0"
 features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros", "time"]
 
-[build-dependencies]
-clap = "2.33.3"
-lazy_static = "1.4.0"
-yaml-rust = "0.4.5"
-
 [features]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 36c2405..bbc595f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # mcstat
 ### This tool pings a minecraft server and displays information about it. 
-## Currently this includes
+## This includes
 - protocol version
 - server version
 - player count
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@
 
 ## TODO
 ---
-- [x] fork async-minecraft-ping in order to fix some bugs and implement mod list response (dev is not responding to [issue](https://github.com/jsvana/async-minecraft-ping/issues/3))
+- [x] fork async-minecraft-ping to fix some bugs and implement mod list response (dev is not responding to [issue](https://github.com/jsvana/async-minecraft-ping/issues/3))
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 479da76..e25a1d0 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
-#[macro_use]
-extern crate smart_default;
-
 use crate::output::Table;
+use async_minecraft_ping::StatusResponse;
 use crossterm::{
     style::{Attribute, Color, Print, ResetColor, SetAttribute, SetForegroundColor},
     ExecutableCommand,
 };
 use image::{DynamicImage, ImageFormat};
 use itertools::Itertools;
-use log::info;
 use miette::{bail, miette, IntoDiagnostic, WrapErr};
+use tracing::info;
 use std::{
     io::{self, Cursor, Write},
     net::IpAddr,
 };
 use trust_dns_resolver::TokioAsyncResolver;
+use serde::Deserialize;
 
 pub mod output;
 
@@ -35,6 +34,13 @@ macro_rules! none_if_empty {
     }};
 }
 
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+#[serde(untagged)]
+pub enum EitherStatusResponse {
+    Text { text: String },
+    Normal(StatusResponse),
+}
+
 pub async fn resolve_address(addr_and_port: &str) -> miette::Result<(String, u16)> {
     info!("Resolving address");
     let addr;
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 4a683b3..d20af9d 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,20 +1,16 @@
 use async_minecraft_ping::{ConnectionConfig, ServerDescription, StatusResponse};
 
 use itertools::Itertools;
-use log::info;
 use miette::{IntoDiagnostic, WrapErr};
 use structopt::StructOpt;
 use time::{Duration, Instant};
 use tokio::time;
 
 use mcstat::{
-    get_table,
-    mc_formatted_to_ansi,
-    none_if_empty,
-    output::Table,
-    parse_base64_image,
-    resolve_address,
+    get_table, mc_formatted_to_ansi, none_if_empty, output::Table, parse_base64_image,
+    resolve_address, EitherStatusResponse,
 };
+use tracing::info;
 
 #[derive(Debug, StructOpt)]
 #[structopt(
@@ -83,9 +79,7 @@ impl Opt {
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> miette::Result<()> {
-    env_logger::try_init()
-        .into_diagnostic()
-        .wrap_err("Failed to init logger")?;
+    tracing_subscriber::fmt().pretty().init();
 
     let opt = Opt::from_args();
 
@@ -125,7 +119,16 @@ async fn main() -> miette::Result<()> {
     }
 
     info!("Parsing status");
-    let response = serde_json::from_str::<StatusResponse>(&raw_response).into_diagnostic()?;
+    let response = serde_json::from_str::<EitherStatusResponse>(&raw_response).into_diagnostic()?;
+
+    let response = match response {
+        EitherStatusResponse::Text { text } => {
+            println!("The server says:\n{}", text);
+
+            return Ok(());
+        },
+        EitherStatusResponse::Normal(r) => r,
+    };
 
     // if the server has mods, and the user hasn't used the -m argument, notify
     // that.
diff --git a/src/output.rs b/src/output.rs
index 88a5cf3..fb30bf5 100644
--- a/src/output.rs
+++ b/src/output.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use std::{
     cmp::{max, min},
     io::{self, Write},
 };
+use smart_default::SmartDefault;
 use unicode_width::UnicodeWidthStr;
 
 #[derive(SmartDefault)]