diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index bed9e90..bb0b7a0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 4
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bitflags"
+version = "1.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bef38d45163c2f1dde094a7dfd33ccf595c92905c8f8f4fdc18d06fb1037718a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "convert_case"
 version = "0.6.0"
@@ -11,6 +17,47 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-segmentation",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "defmt"
+version = "0.3.100"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f0963443817029b2024136fc4dd07a5107eb8f977eaf18fcd1fdeb11306b64ad"
+dependencies = [
+ "defmt 1.0.1",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "defmt"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "548d977b6da32fa1d1fda2876453da1e7df63ad0304c8b3dae4dbe7b96f39b78"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "defmt-macros",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "defmt-macros"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3d4fc12a85bcf441cfe44344c4b72d58493178ce635338a3f3b78943aceb258e"
+dependencies = [
+ "defmt-parser",
+ "proc-macro-error2",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "defmt-parser"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "10d60334b3b2e7c9d91ef8150abfb6fa4c1c39ebbcf4a81c2e346aad939fee3e"
+dependencies = [
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "enum_stringify"
 version = "0.6.4"
@@ -94,6 +141,28 @@ dependencies = [
  "toml_edit",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "proc-macro-error-attr2"
+version = "2.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "96de42df36bb9bba5542fe9f1a054b8cc87e172759a1868aa05c1f3acc89dfc5"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "proc-macro-error2"
+version = "2.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "11ec05c52be0a07b08061f7dd003e7d7092e0472bc731b4af7bb1ef876109802"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro-error-attr2",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.103"
@@ -107,6 +176,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "protocol_300"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "defmt 0.3.100",
  "enum_stringify",
  "log",
  "num_enum",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a72e8dd..cb2029f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ categories = ["encoding", "decoding"]
 
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
-std = ["serde/std", "serde_json/std", "thiserror/std", "num_enum/std"]
+std = ["serde/std", "serde_json/std", "thiserror/std", "num_enum/std", "log"]
 json = ["serde_json"]
+defmt = ["dep:defmt"]
+log = ["dep:log"]
 
 [dependencies]
 serde = { version = "1.0", default-features = false}
@@ -21,7 +23,8 @@ thiserror = {version="2.0.17", default-features = false}
 # chrono = { version = "0.4", features = ["serde"] }
 enum_stringify = "0.6.4"
 num_enum = {version="0.7.5", default-features = false}
-log = { version = "0.4" }
+log = { version = "0.4", optional = true }
+defmt = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
 
 
 [lints.clippy]
diff --git a/src/message.rs b/src/message.rs
index 5df011e..9b2db82 100644
--- a/src/message.rs
+++ b/src/message.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+#[cfg(feature = "defmt")]
+use defmt::{warn, error};
+
+#[cfg(feature = "log")]
 use log::{warn, error};
 
 extern crate alloc;
@@ -223,7 +227,11 @@ impl Protocol300Message {
         
         // Fail if the checksums do not match
         if checksum != checksum_calculated {
+            #[cfg(feature = "log")]
             error!("Failed to decode message: checksum mismatch - received: 0x{checksum:02X}, calculated: 0x{checksum_calculated:02X}, address: 0x{data_address:04X}, message_id: {message_identifier}, function: {function_code}");
+            #[cfg(feature = "defmt")]
+            error!("Failed to decode message: checksum mismatch - received: 0x{:02X}, calculated: 0x{:02X}, address: 0x{:04X}, message_id: {}, function: {}", checksum, checksum_calculated, data_address, defmt::Debug2Format(&message_identifier), defmt::Debug2Format(&function_code));
+            
             return Err(MessageDecodingError::Checksum)
         }
 
diff --git a/src/transmission.rs b/src/transmission.rs
index 7d652d0..c0746c1 100644
--- a/src/transmission.rs
+++ b/src/transmission.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 use crate::{Protocol300Message, message};
 use thiserror::Error;
-use log::error;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "defmt")]
+use defmt::{error};
+
+#[cfg(feature = "log")]
+use log::{error};
+
 extern crate alloc;
 
 use alloc::vec;
@@ -36,7 +42,7 @@ impl Protocol300Transmission {
             [0x16, 0x00, 0x00] => Ok(Self::Init),
             [0x41, ..] => Ok(Self::Message(Protocol300Message::try_from_bytes(bytes)?)),
             _ => {
-                error!("Failed to parse Protocol300 transmission: invalid byte sequence (length: {}, first byte: 0x{:02X?})", 
+                error!("Failed to parse Protocol300 transmission: invalid byte sequence (length: {}, first byte: 0x{:02X})", 
                        bytes.len(), 
                        bytes.first().unwrap_or(&0x00));
                 Err(FromBytesError::InvalidByte)