diff --git a/backend/Cargo.toml b/backend/Cargo.toml
index f96621d..8d3c8e7 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2024"
 
 [dependencies]
+anyhow = "1.0.100"
+clap = "4.5.53"
 crossbeam = { version = "0.8.4", features = ["crossbeam-channel"] }
+dotenv = "0.15.0"
 futures-util = "0.3.31"
 parking_lot = "0.12.5"
 rav1e = "0.8.1"
@@ -12,6 +15,8 @@ scap = "0.0.8"
 scopeguard = "1.2.0"
 tokio = { version = "1.48.0", features = ["full"] }
 tokio-tungstenite = "0.28.0"
+tracing = "0.1.44"
+tracing-subscriber = "0.3.22"
 v_frame = "0.3.9"
 vpx-rs = "0.2.1"
 yuv = "0.8.9"
diff --git a/backend/src/config.rs b/backend/src/config.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8cc723e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/config.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+use clap::Parser;
+use std::net::SocketAddr;
+
+#[derive(Parser, Debug, Clone)]
+#[command(version, about, long_about = None)]
+pub struct Args {
+    /// Address to listen on
+    #[arg(long, default_value = "0.0.0.0:8080")]
+    pub addr: SocketAddr,
+
+    /// Video width
+    #[arg(long, default_value_t = 1920)]
+    pub width: u32,
+
+    /// Video height
+    #[arg(long, default_value_t = 1080)]
+    pub height: u32,
+
+    /// Target FPS
+    #[arg(long, default_value_t = 30)]
+    pub fps: u32,
+
+    /// Bitrate in kbps
+    #[arg(long, default_value_t = 500)]
+    pub bitrate: u32,
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/engine.rs b/backend/src/engine.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..20bdd93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/engine.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+use std::num::NonZero;
+use std::thread;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+
+use anyhow::{Context, Result};
+use tokio::sync::broadcast;
+use tracing::{error, info, warn};
+use vpx_rs::enc::{CodecId, EncoderFrameFlags, EncodingDeadline};
+use vpx_rs::{Encoder, EncoderConfig, RateControl, Timebase};
+use scap::capturer::{Area, Capturer, Options, Point, Resolution, Size};
+use scap::frame::FrameType;
+
+use crate::config::Args;
+use crate::pixelutil;
+
+/// Represents a video packet to be sent to clients.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct VideoPacket {
+    pub data: Vec<u8>,
+    pub is_key: bool,
+}
+
+/// Manages video capture and encoding.
+pub struct VideoEngine {
+    args: Args,
+    packet_tx: broadcast::Sender<VideoPacket>,
+    shutdown_tx: broadcast::Sender<()>,
+}
+
+impl VideoEngine {
+    pub fn new(args: Args) -> Self {
+        let (packet_tx, _) = broadcast::channel(100);
+        let (shutdown_tx, _) = broadcast::channel(1);
+        Self {
+            args,
+            packet_tx,
+            shutdown_tx,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn subscribe(&self) -> broadcast::Receiver<VideoPacket> {
+        self.packet_tx.subscribe()
+    }
+
+    pub fn start(&self) {
+        let args = self.args.clone();
+        let packet_tx = self.packet_tx.clone();
+        let mut shutdown_rx = self.shutdown_tx.subscribe();
+
+        // Spawn the capture/encode loop in a separate dedicated thread
+        // because it involves blocking heavy computation.
+        thread::spawn(move || {
+            if let Err(e) = run_capture_loop(args, packet_tx, &mut shutdown_rx) {
+                error!("Capture loop failed: {:?}", e);
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub fn stop(&self) {
+        let _ = self.shutdown_tx.send(());
+    }
+}
+
+fn run_capture_loop(
+    args: Args,
+    packet_tx: broadcast::Sender<VideoPacket>,
+    shutdown_rx: &mut broadcast::Receiver<()>,
+) -> Result<()> {
+    // 1. Setup Capturer
+    let options = Options {
+        fps: args.fps,
+        show_cursor: true,
+        show_highlight: true,
+        output_type: FrameType::YUVFrame,
+        output_resolution: Resolution::_1080p,
+        crop_area: Some(Area {
+            origin: Point { x: 0.0, y: 0.0 },
+            size: Size {
+                width: args.width as f64,
+                height: args.height as f64,
+            },
+        }),
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
+
+    let mut capturer = Capturer::build(options).context("Failed to build capturer")?;
+    capturer.start_capture();
+
+    // 2. Setup Encoder
+    let mut config = EncoderConfig::<u8>::new(
+        CodecId::VP9,
+        args.width,
+        args.height,
+        Timebase {
+            num: NonZero::new(1).unwrap(),
+            den: NonZero::new(args.fps).unwrap(),
+        },
+        RateControl::ConstantBitRate(args.bitrate),
+    )
+    .context("Failed to create encoder config")?;
+    
+    config.threads = 4; // Use reasonable number of threads
+    config.lag_in_frames = 0; // Low latency
+
+    let mut encoder = Encoder::new(config).context("Failed to create encoder")?;
+
+    let frame_duration = Duration::from_secs_f64(1.0 / args.fps as f64);
+    let mut next_frame_time = Instant::now();
+    let mut pts: i64 = 0;
+
+    info!("Starting capture loop: {}x{} @ {}fps", args.width, args.height, args.fps);
+
+    loop {
+        // Check for shutdown signal
+        if shutdown_rx.try_recv().is_ok() {
+            info!("Shutting down capture loop");
+            break;
+        }
+
+        let now = Instant::now();
+        if now < next_frame_time {
+            thread::sleep(next_frame_time - now);
+        }
+        next_frame_time += frame_duration;
+
+        match capturer.get_next_frame() {
+            Ok(captured_frame) => {
+                // Convert frame
+                let yuv_buffer = pixelutil::frame_to_yuv(captured_frame);
+                let yuv_image = pixelutil::apply_frame(&yuv_buffer, args.width as usize, args.height as usize);
+
+                // Encode
+                // For real-time streaming, we force keyframes periodically could be an improvement,
+                // but for now relying on default behavior or client requests (not impl here).
+                let flags = EncoderFrameFlags::empty(); 
+                
+                match encoder.encode(
+                    pts,
+                    1, // Duration (in timebase units)
+                    yuv_image,
+                    EncodingDeadline::Realtime,
+                    flags,
+                ) {
+                    Ok(packets) => {
+                         for packet in packets {
+                            if let vpx_rs::Packet::CompressedFrame(frame) = packet {
+                                let video_packet = VideoPacket {
+                                    data: frame.data.to_vec(),
+                                    is_key: frame.flags.is_key,
+                                };
+                                
+                                // Broadcast to all connected clients
+                                // It's okay if no one is listening
+                                let _ = packet_tx.send(video_packet);
+                            }
+                        }
+                        pts += 1;
+                    },
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        error!("Encoding error: {:?}", e);
+                        // Continue loop, maybe transient
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                // Scap might return error if no frame is available yet or other issues
+                // We just log debug/warn and continue
+                 warn!("Capture error (might be transient): {:?}", e);
+                 thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(10));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/main.rs b/backend/src/main.rs
index 1aed546..9cbd9d3 100644
--- a/backend/src/main.rs
+++ b/backend/src/main.rs
@@ -1,189 +1,110 @@
-use std::borrow::Borrow;
-use std::num::NonZero;
-use std::thread;
-use std::time::Instant;
+use std::net::SocketAddr;
+use std::sync::Arc;
 
+use anyhow::Result;
+use clap::Parser;
 use futures_util::{SinkExt, StreamExt};
-use rav1e::config::SpeedSettings;
-use rav1e::data::Rational;
-use scap::capturer::{Area, Capturer, Options, Point};
-use scap::frame::FrameType;
 use tokio::net::{TcpListener, TcpStream};
-use tokio_tungstenite::accept_async;
 use tokio_tungstenite::tungstenite::Message;
-use vpx_rs::enc::{CodecId, CompressedFrameFlags, EncoderProfile};
-use vpx_rs::{EncoderFlags, RateControl, Timebase, YUVImageData};
+use tracing::{error, info, warn};
+use tracing_subscriber::FmtSubscriber;
 
+mod config;
+mod engine;
 mod pixelutil;
 
-#[tokio::main(flavor = "multi_thread")]
-async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    let addr = "0.0.0.0:8080";
-    let listener = TcpListener::bind(&addr).await?;
-    println!("Listening on: {}", addr);
+use config::Args;
+use engine::VideoEngine;
 
-    while let Ok((stream, _)) = listener.accept().await {
-        tokio::spawn(accept_connection(stream));
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    // 1. Initialize logging
+    let subscriber = FmtSubscriber::builder()
+        .with_max_level(tracing::Level::INFO)
+        .finish();
+    tracing::subscriber::set_global_default(subscriber).expect("setting default subscriber failed");
+
+    // 2. Parse arguments
+    let args = Args::parse();
+    let addr = args.addr;
+
+    // 3. Start Video Engine
+    let engine = Arc::new(VideoEngine::new(args.clone()));
+    engine.start();
+
+    // 4. Start TCP Listener
+    let listener = TcpListener::bind(&addr).await?;
+    info!("Listening on: {}", addr);
+
+    // 5. Connection handling loop
+    while let Ok((stream, peer_addr)) = listener.accept().await {
+        let engine = engine.clone();
+        tokio::spawn(async move {
+            if let Err(e) = accept_connection(stream, peer_addr, engine).await {
+                error!("Connection error from {}: {:?}", peer_addr, e);
+            }
+        });
     }
 
     Ok(())
 }
 
-async fn accept_connection(stream: TcpStream) {
-    let addr = stream
-        .peer_addr()
-        .expect("connected streams should have a peer addr");
-    println!("Peer address: {}", addr);
+async fn accept_connection(stream: TcpStream, peer_addr: SocketAddr, engine: Arc<VideoEngine>) -> Result<()> {
+    info!("New connection from: {}", peer_addr);
 
-    let ws_stream = match accept_async(stream).await {
-        Ok(ws) => ws,
-        Err(e) => {
-            eprintln!("Error during the websocket handshake occurred: {}", e);
-            return;
-        }
-    };
-
-    println!("New WebSocket connection: {}", addr);
+    let ws_stream = tokio_tungstenite::accept_async(stream).await?;
+    info!("WebSocket handshake success: {}", peer_addr);
 
     let (mut write, mut read) = ws_stream.split();
+    
+    // Subscribe to video feed
+    let mut rx = engine.subscribe();
 
-    // Channel to communicate between the video source thread and the websocket task
-    // We send (data, is_key)
-    let (tx, mut rx) = tokio::sync::mpsc::channel::<(Vec<u8>, bool)>(100);
+    // Task to send video frames to client
+    let mut send_task = tokio::spawn(async move {
+        loop {
+            match rx.recv().await {
+                Ok(packet) => {
+                    let mut payload = Vec::with_capacity(packet.data.len() + 1);
+                    // 1 = keyframe, 0 = delta
+                    payload.push(if packet.is_key { 1 } else { 0 });
+                    payload.extend_from_slice(&packet.data);
 
-    // Spawn a blocking thread for video processing (currently just a placeholder loop)
-    std::thread::spawn(move || {
-        if let Err(e) = process_video(tx) {
-            eprintln!("Video processing error: {}", e);
-        }
-    });
-
-    // Handle incoming messages (mostly to keep connection alive or handle close)
-    let mut read_task = tokio::spawn(async move {
-        while let Some(msg) = read.next().await {
-            match msg {
-                Ok(m) => {
-                    if m.is_close() {
+                    if let Err(e) = write.send(Message::Binary(payload.into())).await {
+                        // Client likely disconnected
+                        warn!("Failed to send to {}: {}", peer_addr, e);
                         break;
                     }
                 }
+                Err(tokio::sync::broadcast::error::RecvError::Lagged(skipped)) => {
+                    warn!("Client {} lagged, skipped {} frames", peer_addr, skipped);
+                }
+                Err(tokio::sync::broadcast::error::RecvError::Closed) => {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    });
+
+    // Task to read messages (keep-alive / close)
+    let mut recv_task = tokio::spawn(async move {
+        while let Some(msg) = read.next().await {
+            match msg {
+                Ok(Message::Close(_)) => break,
+                Ok(_) => {}, // Ignore other messages for now
                 Err(_) => break,
             }
         }
     });
 
-    // Write loop
-    let mut write_task = tokio::spawn(async move {
-        while let Some((data, is_key)) = rx.recv().await {
-            // Prefix: 0x1 for key frame, 0x0 for delta frame
-            let mut payload = Vec::with_capacity(data.len() + 1);
-            payload.push(if is_key { 1 } else { 0 });
-            payload.extend_from_slice(&data);
-
-            let msg = Message::Binary(payload.into());
-            if let Err(e) = write.send(msg).await {
-                eprintln!("Error sending message: {}", e);
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-        // Connection closed or processing done
-        let _ = write.close().await;
-    });
-
     tokio::select! {
-        _ = (&mut read_task) => {
-            write_task.abort();
-        },
-        _ = (&mut write_task) => {
-            read_task.abort();
-        }
+        _ = (&mut send_task) => {},
+        _ = (&mut recv_task) => {},
     };
 
-    println!("Connection closed: {}", addr);
-}
-
-fn process_video(
-    tx: tokio::sync::mpsc::Sender<(Vec<u8>, bool)>,
-) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    let options = Options {
-        fps: 30,
-        target: None,
-        show_cursor: true,
-        show_highlight: true,
-        excluded_targets: None,
-        output_type: FrameType::YUVFrame,
-        output_resolution: scap::capturer::Resolution::_1080p,
-        crop_area: Some(Area {
-            origin: Point { x: 0.0, y: 0.0 },
-            size: scap::capturer::Size {
-                width: 1920.0,
-                height: 1080.0,
-            },
-        }),
-        ..Default::default()
-    };
-
-    let mut config: vpx_rs::EncoderConfig<u8> = vpx_rs::EncoderConfig::new(
-        CodecId::VP9,
-        1920,
-        1080,
-        Timebase {
-            num: NonZero::new(1).unwrap(),
-            den: NonZero::new(30).unwrap(),
-        },
-        RateControl::ConstantBitRate(500),
-    )?;
-    config.threads = 32;
-    config.lag_in_frames = 0;
-
-    let mut encoder = vpx_rs::Encoder::new(config)?;
-
-    let mut capturer = Capturer::build(options)?;
-    capturer.start_capture();
-
-    let (frame_tx, frame_rx) = crossbeam::channel::bounded::<Vec<u8>>(1);
-
-    thread::spawn(move || {
-        loop {
-            let instant = Instant::now();
-            if let Ok(captured_frame) = capturer.get_next_frame() {
-                let output_frame = pixelutil::frame_to_yuv(captured_frame);
-
-                let _ = frame_tx.try_send(output_frame);
-
-                let elapsed = instant.elapsed();
-                let frame_duration = std::time::Duration::from_millis(33); // ~30 FPS
-                if elapsed < frame_duration {
-                    std::thread::sleep(frame_duration - elapsed);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    });
-
-    loop {
-        let yuv_frame_raw = frame_rx.recv()?;
-        let yuv_frame = pixelutil::apply_frame(&yuv_frame_raw, 1920, 1080);
-
-        let pts = 0;
-        let duration = 1;
-        let deadline = vpx_rs::EncodingDeadline::Realtime;
-        let flags = vpx_rs::EncoderFrameFlags::empty();
-
-        let packets = encoder.encode(pts, duration, yuv_frame, deadline, flags)?;
-
-        for packet in packets {
-            match packet {
-                vpx_rs::Packet::CompressedFrame(frame) => {
-                    let is_key = frame.flags.is_key;
-                    let data = frame.data.to_vec();
-                    println!("encoded frame: size={}, is_key={}", data.len(), is_key);
-                    if let Err(e) = tx.blocking_send((data, is_key)) {
-                        eprintln!("Error sending encoded frame: {}", e);
-                        return Err(Box::new(e));
-                    }
-                }
-                _ => {}
-            }
-        }
-    }
+    info!("Connection closed: {}", peer_addr);
+    send_task.abort();
+    recv_task.abort();
+    
+    Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/backend/src/pixelutil.rs b/backend/src/pixelutil.rs
index 67025f6..53aa920 100644
--- a/backend/src/pixelutil.rs
+++ b/backend/src/pixelutil.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
 use std::time::Instant;
 
 use scap::frame::Frame as ScapFrame;
-use vpx_rs::{
-    ImageFormat, YUVImageData, YUVImageDataOwned,
-    image::{
-        UVImagePlanes, UVImagePlanesInterleaved, UVImagePlanesInterleavedMut, UVImagePlanesMut,
-    },
-};
-use yuv::{YuvBiPlanarImageMut, YuvPlanarImageMut};
+use vpx_rs::{ImageFormat, YUVImageData};
 
 pub fn frame_to_yuv<'a>(captured_frame: ScapFrame) -> Vec<u8> {
     match captured_frame {
@@ -20,9 +14,9 @@ pub fn frame_to_yuv<'a>(captured_frame: ScapFrame) -> Vec<u8> {
             let mut buf = Vec::new();
 
             //println!("Converting BGRx frame: width={}, height={}", width, height);
-            let start = Instant::now();
+            let _start = Instant::now();
 
-            let r = yuv::bgra_to_yuv420(
+            let _r = yuv::bgra_to_yuv420(
                 &mut wrap_yuv420_buf(width as usize, height as usize, &mut buf),
                 &bgrx_image.data,
                 width * 4,
diff --git a/backend/src/probe.rs b/backend/src/probe.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 1aa331e..0000000
--- a/backend/src/probe.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-use yuvutils_rs::{YuvBiPlanarImageMut, rgb_to_yuv_nv12, YuvRange, YuvStandardMatrix, YuvConversionMode};
-
-fn main() {
-   let _ = YuvRange::Limited;
-   let _ = YuvStandardMatrix::Bt709;
-   // Let's guess simple names first, compiler will correct me
-}