diff --git a/bin/core/imag/Cargo.toml b/bin/core/imag/Cargo.toml
index 77472b8c..d40da6c3 100644
--- a/bin/core/imag/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bin/core/imag/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ log = "0.4.0"
 toml = "0.4"
 toml-query = "0.7"
 
-libimagrt    = { version = "0.9.0", path = "../../../lib/core/libimagrt" }
 libimagerror = { version = "0.9.0", path = "../../../lib/core/libimagerror" }
 
 [dependencies.clap]
@@ -41,3 +40,8 @@ version = "^2.29"
 default-features = false
 features = ["suggestions", "color", "wrap_help"]
 
+[dependencies.libimagrt]
+version  = "0.9.0"
+path     = "../../../lib/core/libimagrt"
+features = ["pub_logging_initialization"]
+
diff --git a/bin/core/imag/src/main.rs b/bin/core/imag/src/main.rs
index 37279dd0..1c469ec1 100644
--- a/bin/core/imag/src/main.rs
+++ b/bin/core/imag/src/main.rs
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ use libimagrt::spec::CliSpec;
 use libimagerror::io::ToExitCode;
 use libimagerror::exit::ExitUnwrap;
 use libimagerror::trace::trace_error;
+use libimagrt::configuration::InternalConfiguration;
 
 /// Returns the helptext, putting the Strings in cmds as possible
 /// subcommands into it
@@ -182,7 +183,9 @@ fn main() {
         }
     }
 
+    let enable_logging = app.enable_logging();
     let matches = app.matches();
+
     let rtp = ::libimagrt::runtime::get_rtp_match(&matches);
     let configpath = matches
         .value_of(Runtime::arg_config_name())
@@ -194,6 +197,10 @@ fn main() {
             exit(1)
         });
 
+    if enable_logging {
+        Runtime::init_logger(&matches, config.as_ref())
+    }
+
     debug!("matches: {:?}", matches);
 
     // Begin checking for arguments
@@ -261,6 +268,7 @@ fn main() {
                 None => Vec::new()
             };
 
+            debug!("Processing forwarding of commandline arguments");
             forward_commandline_arguments(&matches, &mut subcommand_args);
 
             let subcommand = String::from(subcommand);
@@ -366,6 +374,9 @@ fn fetch_aliases(config: Option<&Value>) -> Result<BTreeMap<String, String>, Str
 
 fn forward_commandline_arguments(m: &ArgMatches, scmd: &mut Vec<String>) {
     let push = |flag: Option<&str>, val_name: &str, m: &ArgMatches, v: &mut Vec<String>| {
+        debug!("Push({flag:?}, {val_name:?}, {matches:?}, {v:?}",
+               flag = flag, val_name = val_name, matches = m, v = v);
+
         let _ = m
             .value_of(val_name)
             .map(|val| {
diff --git a/lib/core/libimagrt/Cargo.toml b/lib/core/libimagrt/Cargo.toml
index 7c31ae64..611a49c2 100644
--- a/lib/core/libimagrt/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/core/libimagrt/Cargo.toml
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ features         = ["no_logging"]
 [features]
 default = []
 
+# Make logger initialization inside `runtime::Runtime` public.
+# This feature is _only_ used for the `imag` binary itself. You do not need this
+# feature and if you think you do you're doing it wrong.
+pub_logging_initialization = []
+
 # Enable testing functionality. Used for building the libimagrt for testing CLI
 # apps. Do not use in production!
 testing = []
diff --git a/lib/core/libimagrt/src/runtime.rs b/lib/core/libimagrt/src/runtime.rs
index 4dfe3b5f..f42ee88d 100644
--- a/lib/core/libimagrt/src/runtime.rs
+++ b/lib/core/libimagrt/src/runtime.rs
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ impl<'a> Runtime<'a> {
 
         debug!("RTP path    = {:?}", rtp);
         debug!("Store path  = {:?}", storepath);
+        debug!("CLI         = {:?}", matches);
 
         let store_result = if cli_app.use_inmemory_fs() {
             Store::new_with_backend(storepath,
@@ -317,14 +318,22 @@ impl<'a> Runtime<'a> {
         "logging-destinations"
     }
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "pub_logging_initialization")]
+    pub fn init_logger(matches: &ArgMatches, config: Option<&Value>) {
+        Self::_init_logger(matches, config)
+    }
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "pub_logging_initialization"))]
+    fn init_logger(matches: &ArgMatches, config: Option<&Value>) {
+        Self::_init_logger(matches, config)
+    }
+
     /// Initialize the internal logger
     ///
     /// If the environment variable "IMAG_LOG_ENV" is set, this simply
     /// initializes a env-logger instance. Errors are ignored in this case.
     /// If the environment variable is not set, this initializes the internal imag logger. On
     /// error, this exits (as there is nothing we can do about that)
-    ///
-    fn init_logger(matches: &ArgMatches, config: Option<&Value>) {
+    fn _init_logger(matches: &ArgMatches, config: Option<&Value>) {
         use log::set_max_level;
         use log::set_boxed_logger;
         use std::env::var as env_var;