diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 6cff80b..46db442 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libgtk4-layer-shell.so ./target/release/moonlock
 - `auth.rs` — PAM-Authentifizierung via Raw FFI (unsafe extern "C" conv callback, msg_style-aware, Zeroizing<Vec<u8>>)
 - `fingerprint.rs` — fprintd D-Bus Listener (Rc<RefCell<FingerprintListener>>, self-wiring g-signal via connect_local)
 - `users.rs` — Aktuellen User via nix getuid, Avatar-Loading mit Symlink-Rejection
-- `power.rs` — Reboot/Shutdown via /usr/bin/loginctl
+- `power.rs` — Reboot/Shutdown via /usr/bin/systemctl
 - `i18n.rs` — Locale-Erkennung und String-Tabellen (DE/EN), faillock_warning mit konfigurierbarem max_attempts
 - `config.rs` — TOML-Config (background_path, fingerprint_enabled als Option<bool>) + Wallpaper-Fallback
 - `lockscreen.rs` — GTK4 UI, PAM-Auth via gio::spawn_blocking, Fingerprint-Indikator, Zeroizing<String> für Passwort, Power-Confirm
-- `main.rs` — Entry Point, Panic-Hook, Root-Check, ext-session-lock-v1 (Pflicht in Release), Multi-Monitor
+- `main.rs` — Entry Point, Panic-Hook, Root-Check, ext-session-lock-v1 (Pflicht in Release), Multi-Monitor, systemd-Journal-Logging
 
 ## Sicherheit
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2284076..2179842 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,65 +2,6 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 4
 
-[[package]]
-name = "aho-corasick"
-version = "1.1.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ddd31a130427c27518df266943a5308ed92d4b226cc639f5a8f1002816174301"
-dependencies = [
- "memchr",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "anstream"
-version = "1.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "824a212faf96e9acacdbd09febd34438f8f711fb84e09a8916013cd7815ca28d"
-dependencies = [
- "anstyle",
- "anstyle-parse",
- "anstyle-query",
- "anstyle-wincon",
- "colorchoice",
- "is_terminal_polyfill",
- "utf8parse",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "anstyle"
-version = "1.0.14"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "940b3a0ca603d1eade50a4846a2afffd5ef57a9feac2c0e2ec2e14f9ead76000"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "anstyle-parse"
-version = "1.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "52ce7f38b242319f7cabaa6813055467063ecdc9d355bbb4ce0c68908cd8130e"
-dependencies = [
- "utf8parse",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "anstyle-query"
-version = "1.1.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "40c48f72fd53cd289104fc64099abca73db4166ad86ea0b4341abe65af83dadc"
-dependencies = [
- "windows-sys",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "anstyle-wincon"
-version = "3.0.11"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "291e6a250ff86cd4a820112fb8898808a366d8f9f58ce16d1f538353ad55747d"
-dependencies = [
- "anstyle",
- "once_cell_polyfill",
- "windows-sys",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "anyhow"
 version = "1.0.102"
@@ -124,35 +65,6 @@ version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "613afe47fcd5fac7ccf1db93babcb082c5994d996f20b8b159f2ad1658eb5724"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "colorchoice"
-version = "1.0.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1d07550c9036bf2ae0c684c4297d503f838287c83c53686d05370d0e139ae570"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "env_filter"
-version = "1.0.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "32e90c2accc4b07a8456ea0debdc2e7587bdd890680d71173a15d4ae604f6eef"
-dependencies = [
- "log",
- "regex",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "env_logger"
-version = "0.11.10"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0621c04f2196ac3f488dd583365b9c09be011a4ab8b9f37248ffcc8f6198b56a"
-dependencies = [
- "anstream",
- "anstyle",
- "env_filter",
- "jiff",
- "log",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "equivalent"
 version = "1.0.2"
@@ -610,42 +522,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_core",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "is_terminal_polyfill"
-version = "1.70.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a6cb138bb79a146c1bd460005623e142ef0181e3d0219cb493e02f7d08a35695"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
 version = "1.0.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8f42a60cbdf9a97f5d2305f08a87dc4e09308d1276d28c869c684d7777685682"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "jiff"
-version = "0.2.23"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1a3546dc96b6d42c5f24902af9e2538e82e39ad350b0c766eb3fbf2d8f3d8359"
-dependencies = [
- "jiff-static",
- "log",
- "portable-atomic",
- "portable-atomic-util",
- "serde_core",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "jiff-static"
-version = "0.2.23"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2a8c8b344124222efd714b73bb41f8b5120b27a7cc1c75593a6ff768d9d05aa4"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "khronos_api"
 version = "3.1.0"
@@ -693,9 +575,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "moonlock"
-version = "0.4.1"
+version = "0.4.2"
 dependencies = [
- "env_logger",
  "gdk-pixbuf",
  "gdk4",
  "gio",
@@ -707,6 +588,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "nix",
  "serde",
+ "systemd-journal-logger",
  "tempfile",
  "toml 0.8.23",
  "zeroize",
@@ -730,12 +612,6 @@ version = "1.21.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9f7c3e4beb33f85d45ae3e3a1792185706c8e16d043238c593331cc7cd313b50"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "once_cell_polyfill"
-version = "1.70.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "384b8ab6d37215f3c5301a95a4accb5d64aa607f1fcb26a11b5303878451b4fe"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "pango"
 version = "0.22.0"
@@ -772,21 +648,6 @@ version = "0.3.32"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7edddbd0b52d732b21ad9a5fab5c704c14cd949e5e9a1ec5929a24fded1b904c"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "portable-atomic"
-version = "1.13.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c33a9471896f1c69cecef8d20cbe2f7accd12527ce60845ff44c153bb2a21b49"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "portable-atomic-util"
-version = "0.2.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "091397be61a01d4be58e7841595bd4bfedb15f1cd54977d79b8271e94ed799a3"
-dependencies = [
- "portable-atomic",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "prettyplease"
 version = "0.2.37"
@@ -830,35 +691,6 @@ version = "6.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f8dcc9c7d52a811697d2151c701e0d08956f92b0e24136cf4cf27b57a6a0d9bf"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "regex"
-version = "1.12.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e10754a14b9137dd7b1e3e5b0493cc9171fdd105e0ab477f51b72e7f3ac0e276"
-dependencies = [
- "aho-corasick",
- "memchr",
- "regex-automata",
- "regex-syntax",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "regex-automata"
-version = "0.4.14"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6e1dd4122fc1595e8162618945476892eefca7b88c52820e74af6262213cae8f"
-dependencies = [
- "aho-corasick",
- "memchr",
- "regex-syntax",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "regex-syntax"
-version = "0.8.10"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dc897dd8d9e8bd1ed8cdad82b5966c3e0ecae09fb1907d58efaa013543185d0a"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc_version"
 version = "0.4.1"
@@ -984,6 +816,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "version-compare",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "systemd-journal-logger"
+version = "2.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7266304d24ca5a4b230545fc558c80e18bd3e1d2eb1be149b6bcd04398d3e79c"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "rustix",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "target-lexicon"
 version = "0.13.3"
@@ -1116,12 +958,6 @@ version = "0.2.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ebc1c04c71510c7f702b52b7c350734c9ff1295c464a03335b00bb84fc54f853"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "utf8parse"
-version = "0.2.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "06abde3611657adf66d383f00b093d7faecc7fa57071cce2578660c9f1010821"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "version-compare"
 version = "0.2.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index be9134e..525bafe 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "moonlock"
-version = "0.4.1"
+version = "0.4.2"
 edition = "2024"
 description = "A secure Wayland lockscreen with GTK4, PAM and fingerprint support"
 license = "MIT"
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ nix = { version = "0.29", features = ["user"] }
 zeroize = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 libc = "0.2"
 log = "0.4"
-env_logger = "0.11"
+systemd-journal-logger = "2.2"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tempfile = "3"
diff --git a/pkg/PKGBUILD b/pkg/PKGBUILD
index 943cb05..bdb9492 100644
--- a/pkg/PKGBUILD
+++ b/pkg/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Maintainer: Dominik Kressler
 
 pkgname=moonlock-git
-pkgver=0.4.0.r0.g0000000
+pkgver=0.4.1.r1.g78bcf90
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="A secure Wayland lockscreen with GTK4, PAM and fingerprint support"
 arch=('x86_64')
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ depends=(
     'gtk4-layer-shell'
     'gtk-session-lock'
     'pam'
+    'systemd-libs'
 )
 makedepends=(
     'git'
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 5fb89e2..c679fc3 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -120,22 +120,11 @@ fn activate_without_lock(
 }
 
 fn setup_logging() {
-    let mut builder = env_logger::Builder::from_default_env();
-    builder.filter_level(log::LevelFilter::Info);
-
-    let log_dir = PathBuf::from("/var/cache/moonlock");
-    if log_dir.is_dir() {
-        let log_file = log_dir.join("moonlock.log");
-        if let Ok(file) = std::fs::OpenOptions::new()
-            .create(true)
-            .append(true)
-            .open(&log_file)
-        {
-            builder.target(env_logger::Target::Pipe(Box::new(file)));
-        }
-    }
-
-    builder.init();
+    systemd_journal_logger::JournalLog::new()
+        .unwrap()
+        .install()
+        .unwrap();
+    log::set_max_level(log::LevelFilter::Info);
 }
 
 fn install_panic_hook() {
diff --git a/src/power.rs b/src/power.rs
index 6b50e88..fef7c0f 100644
--- a/src/power.rs
+++ b/src/power.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// ABOUTME: Power actions — reboot and shutdown via loginctl.
+// ABOUTME: Power actions — reboot and shutdown via systemctl.
 // ABOUTME: Wrappers around system commands for the lockscreen UI.
 
 use std::fmt;
@@ -22,11 +22,10 @@ impl fmt::Display for PowerError {
 impl std::error::Error for PowerError {}
 
 fn run_command(action: &'static str, program: &str, args: &[&str]) -> Result<(), PowerError> {
-    let child = Command::new(program)
+    let output = Command::new(program)
         .args(args)
-        .spawn()
-        .map_err(|e| PowerError::CommandFailed { action, message: e.to_string() })?;
-    let output = child.wait_with_output()
+        .stderr(std::process::Stdio::piped())
+        .output()
         .map_err(|e| PowerError::CommandFailed { action, message: e.to_string() })?;
     if !output.status.success() {
         let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr);
@@ -37,8 +36,8 @@ fn run_command(action: &'static str, program: &str, args: &[&str]) -> Result<(),
     Ok(())
 }
 
-pub fn reboot() -> Result<(), PowerError> { run_command("reboot", "/usr/bin/systemctl", &["reboot"]) }
-pub fn shutdown() -> Result<(), PowerError> { run_command("shutdown", "/usr/bin/systemctl", &["poweroff"]) }
+pub fn reboot() -> Result<(), PowerError> { run_command("reboot", "/usr/bin/systemctl", &["--no-ask-password", "reboot"]) }
+pub fn shutdown() -> Result<(), PowerError> { run_command("shutdown", "/usr/bin/systemctl", &["--no-ask-password", "poweroff"]) }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {