diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1e53b5d..48fff88 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -90,6 +90,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lazy_static"
+version = "1.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bbd2bcb4c963f2ddae06a2efc7e9f3591312473c50c6685e1f298068316e66fe"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.139"
@@ -110,6 +116,7 @@ name = "luad"
 version = "0.1.1"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "lazy_static",
  "libc",
  "mlua",
  "nix",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2b80dcf..5d03454 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@ toml = "0.5"
 libc = "0.2"
 rand = "0.8.5"
 twoway = "0.2.2"
+lazy_static = "1.5.0"
 
 [profile.release]
 opt-level = 3
 # 's' for size
 lto = true
 # panic = 'abort'
-codegen-units = 1
\ No newline at end of file
+codegen-units = 1
diff --git a/config-example.toml b/config-example.toml
index ea98fed..2c2e6af 100644
--- a/config-example.toml
+++ b/config-example.toml
@@ -9,4 +9,8 @@ user = "dany"
 # group name
 group = "dany"
 
-debug = false
\ No newline at end of file
+debug = true
+
+workers = 5
+
+log_backend = "stderr" # or syslog (default)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index e8db6ce..2d6881b 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ mod utils;
 pub use utils::{is_unix_socket, on_exit, privdrop};
 
 mod logs;
-pub use logs::{LogLevel, LOG};
+pub use logs::{LogLevel, LogManager};
 
 mod fcgi;
 pub use fcgi::{fcgi_send_slice, process_request};
@@ -36,3 +36,6 @@ pub use luapi::{
     lua_new_bytes, lua_new_bytes_from_string, lua_new_from_slice, lua_slice_magic,
     vec_from_variadic, LuaSlice, LuabyteArray,
 };
+
+mod pool;
+pub use pool::ThreadPool;
diff --git a/src/logs.rs b/src/logs.rs
index 4881d76..459ff1c 100644
--- a/src/logs.rs
+++ b/src/logs.rs
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
-use crate::{APP_VERSION, DAEMON_NAME, ERR};
+use lazy_static::lazy_static;
+
+use crate::{APP_VERSION, DAEMON_NAME};
 use std::ffi::CString;
 use std::fmt::Arguments;
+use std::fmt::Write;
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+
+lazy_static! {
+    static ref G_LOG_BACKEND: Arc<Mutex<LogBackend>> = Arc::new(Mutex::new(LogBackend::None));
+}
 
 /// LOG_MASK is used to create the priority mask in setlogmask
 /// For a mask UPTO specified
 /// used with [Priority]
 ///
-/// # Examples
-///
-/// ```
-/// use luad::LOG_UPTO;
-/// LOG_UPTO!(LogLevel::ERROR)
-/// ```
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! LOG_UPTO
 {
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ macro_rules! LOG_UPTO
 macro_rules! INFO {
     ($($args:tt)*) => ({
         let prefix = format!(":info@[{}:{}]: ",file!(), line!());
-        let _ = crate::LOG::log(&prefix[..], &crate::LogLevel::INFO, format_args!($($args)*));
+        let _ = crate::LogManager::log(&prefix[..], crate::LogLevel::INFO, format_args!($($args)*));
     })
 }
 
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ macro_rules! INFO {
 macro_rules! WARN {
     ($($args:tt)*) => ({
         let prefix = format!(":warning@[{}:{}]: ",file!(), line!());
-        let _ = crate::LOG::log(&prefix[..], &crate::LogLevel::WARN, format_args!($($args)*));
+        let _ = crate::LogManager::log(&prefix[..], crate::LogLevel::WARN, format_args!($($args)*));
     })
 }
 
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ macro_rules! WARN {
 macro_rules! ERROR {
     ($($args:tt)*) => ({
         let prefix = format!(":error@[{}:{}]: ",file!(), line!());
-        let _ = crate::LOG::log(&prefix[..], &crate::LogLevel::ERROR, format_args!($($args)*));
+        let _ = crate::LogManager::log(&prefix[..], crate::LogLevel::ERROR, format_args!($($args)*));
     })
 }
 
@@ -56,27 +58,44 @@ macro_rules! ERROR {
 macro_rules! DEBUG {
     ($($args:tt)*) => ({
         let prefix = format!(":debug@[{}:{}]: ",file!(), line!());
-        let _ = crate::LOG::log(&prefix[..], &crate::LogLevel::DEBUG, format_args!($($args)*));
+        let _ = crate::LogManager::log(&prefix[..], crate::LogLevel::DEBUG, format_args!($($args)*));
     })
 }
 
 /// Different Logging levels for `LOG`
+#[repr(i32)]
+#[derive(Copy, Clone)]
 pub enum LogLevel {
     /// Error conditions
-    ERROR,
+    ERROR = libc::LOG_ERR,
     /// Normal, but significant, condition
-    INFO,
+    INFO = libc::LOG_NOTICE,
     /// Warning conditions
-    WARN,
+    WARN = libc::LOG_WARNING,
     /// Debugs message
-    DEBUG,
+    DEBUG = libc::LOG_INFO,
+}
+
+trait Log {
+    fn set_level(&mut self, level: LogLevel);
+    fn log(
+        &self,
+        prefix: &str,
+        level: LogLevel,
+        args: Arguments<'_>,
+    ) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>>;
+}
+enum LogBackend {
+    SysLog(SysLog),
+    Stderr(StderrLog),
+    None,
 }
 
 /// Log struct wrapper
 ///
-pub struct LOG {}
+struct SysLog {}
 
-impl LOG {
+impl SysLog {
     /// Init the system log
     ///
     /// This should be called only once in the entire lifetime
@@ -84,8 +103,7 @@ impl LOG {
     /// be keep alive during the lifetime of the program (the main function).
     /// When it is dropped, the connection to the system log will be
     /// closed automatically
-    #[must_use]
-    pub fn init_log() -> Self {
+    fn new() -> Self {
         // connect to the system log
         unsafe {
             libc::openlog(
@@ -97,11 +115,14 @@ impl LOG {
         }
         Self {}
     }
-    /// Enable the Log debug
+}
+
+impl Log for SysLog {
+    /// Set log level
     ///
-    pub fn enable_debug() {
+    fn set_level(&mut self, level: LogLevel) {
         unsafe {
-            let _ = libc::setlogmask(LOG_UPTO!(libc::LOG_INFO));
+            let _ = libc::setlogmask(LOG_UPTO!(level as i32));
         }
     }
 
@@ -117,29 +138,25 @@ impl LOG {
     /// # Errors
     ///
     /// * `std error` - All errors related to formatted and C string manipulation
-    pub fn log(prefix: &str, level: &LogLevel, args: Arguments<'_>) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
-        use std::fmt::Write;
-        let sysloglevel = match level {
-            LogLevel::ERROR => libc::LOG_ERR,
-            LogLevel::WARN => libc::LOG_WARNING,
-            LogLevel::INFO => libc::LOG_NOTICE,
-            _ => libc::LOG_INFO,
-        };
+    fn log(
+        &self,
+        prefix: &str,
+        level: LogLevel,
+        args: Arguments<'_>,
+    ) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
         let mut output = String::new();
-        if output.write_fmt(args).is_err() {
-            return Err(ERR!("Unable to create format string from arguments"));
-        }
-        let log_fmt = format!("{}(v{}){}%s\n", DAEMON_NAME, APP_VERSION, prefix);
+        output.write_fmt(args)?;
+        let log_fmt = format!("{}(v{}){}%s", DAEMON_NAME, APP_VERSION, prefix);
         let fmt = CString::new(log_fmt.as_bytes())?;
         let c_msg = CString::new(output.as_bytes())?;
         unsafe {
-            libc::syslog(sysloglevel, fmt.as_ptr(), c_msg.as_ptr());
+            libc::syslog(level as i32, fmt.as_ptr(), c_msg.as_ptr());
         }
         Ok(())
     }
 }
 
-impl Drop for LOG {
+impl Drop for SysLog {
     /// The connection to the syslog will be closed
     /// automatically when the log object is drop
     fn drop(&mut self) {
@@ -149,3 +166,124 @@ impl Drop for LOG {
         }
     }
 }
+
+struct StderrLog {
+    level: LogLevel,
+}
+
+impl StderrLog {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            level: LogLevel::INFO,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Log for StderrLog {
+    fn set_level(&mut self, level: LogLevel) {
+        self.level = level
+    }
+
+    /// Wrapper function that log error or info message to the
+    /// stderr
+    ///
+    /// # Arguments
+    ///
+    /// * `prefix` - Prefix of the log message
+    /// * `level` - Log level
+    /// * `args` - Arguments object representing a format string and its arguments
+    ///
+    /// # Errors
+    ///
+    /// * `std error` - All errors related to formatted and C string manipulation
+    fn log(
+        &self,
+        prefix: &str,
+        level: LogLevel,
+        args: Arguments<'_>,
+    ) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+        let mut output = String::new();
+        if (self.level as i32) < (level as i32) {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+        output.write_fmt(args)?;
+        eprintln!("{}(v{}){}: {}", DAEMON_NAME, APP_VERSION, prefix, output);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+impl Log for Arc<Mutex<LogBackend>> {
+    fn set_level(&mut self, level: LogLevel) {
+        match self.lock().as_deref_mut().unwrap() {
+            LogBackend::SysLog(log) => log.set_level(level),
+            LogBackend::Stderr(log) => log.set_level(level),
+            LogBackend::None => (),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn log(
+        &self,
+        prefix: &str,
+        level: LogLevel,
+        args: Arguments<'_>,
+    ) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+        match self.lock().as_deref().unwrap() {
+            LogBackend::SysLog(log) => log.log(prefix, level, args),
+            LogBackend::Stderr(log) => log.log(prefix, level, args),
+            LogBackend::None => Ok(()),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Public log manager structure
+pub struct LogManager {}
+
+impl LogManager {
+    /// Init the logging system
+    ///
+    /// # Arguments
+    ///
+    /// - `backend` (`Option<String>`) - backend name
+    ///
+    pub fn init_log(backend: &Option<String>) {
+        *LogManager::log_instance().lock().as_deref_mut().unwrap() = match backend {
+            Some(s) if s == "syslog" => LogBackend::SysLog(SysLog::new()),
+            Some(s) if s == "stderr" => LogBackend::Stderr(StderrLog::new()),
+            Some(_) => LogBackend::None,
+            None => LogBackend::None,
+        };
+    }
+
+    fn log_instance() -> Arc<Mutex<LogBackend>> {
+        G_LOG_BACKEND.clone()
+    }
+
+    /// Set the log level
+    ///
+    /// # Arguments
+    ///
+    /// - `level` (`LogLevel`) - log level
+    ///
+    pub fn set_level(level: LogLevel) {
+        LogManager::log_instance().set_level(level);
+    }
+
+    /// Log a message
+    ///
+    /// # Arguments
+    ///
+    /// - `prefix` (`&str`) - Log prefix
+    /// - `level` (`LogLevel`) - Log level
+    /// - `args` (`Arguments<'_>`) - Arguments
+    ///
+    /// # Returns
+    ///
+    /// - `Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>>`
+    pub fn log(
+        prefix: &str,
+        level: LogLevel,
+        args: Arguments<'_>,
+    ) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+        LogManager::log_instance().log(prefix, level, args)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index dab3279..fa3798f 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ use std::os::fd::FromRawFd;
 use std::os::unix::io::AsRawFd;
 use std::os::unix::net::UnixListener;
 use std::path::Path;
-use std::thread;
+
+const DEFAULT_WORKER_NUMBER: usize = 4;
 
 /// Callback: clean up function
 ///
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ fn handle_request<T: Read + Write + AsRawFd>(stream: &mut T) {
 ///
 /// * `socket_opt` - The socket string that the server listens on
 fn serve(config: &Config) {
+    let pool = ThreadPool::new(config.workers.unwrap_or(DEFAULT_WORKER_NUMBER));
     // bind to a socket if any
     if let Some(socket_name) = config.socket.as_deref() {
         // test if the socket name is an unix domain socket
@@ -76,9 +78,7 @@ fn serve(config: &Config) {
             let listener = UnixListener::bind(socket_name.replace("unix:", "")).unwrap();
             for client in listener.incoming() {
                 let mut stream = client.unwrap();
-                let _ = thread::spawn(move || {
-                    handle_request(&mut stream);
-                });
+                pool.execute(move || handle_request(&mut stream));
             }
         } else {
             // TCP socket eg. 127.0.0.1:9000
@@ -86,9 +86,7 @@ fn serve(config: &Config) {
             let listener = TcpListener::bind(socket_name).unwrap();
             for client in listener.incoming() {
                 let mut stream = client.unwrap();
-                let _ = thread::spawn(move || {
-                    handle_request(&mut stream);
-                });
+                pool.execute(move || handle_request(&mut stream));
             }
         }
     } else {
@@ -103,9 +101,7 @@ fn serve(config: &Config) {
             for client in listener.incoming() {
                 let mut stream = client.unwrap();
 
-                let _ = thread::spawn(move || {
-                    handle_request(&mut stream);
-                });
+                pool.execute(move || handle_request(&mut stream));
             }
         } else {
             DEBUG!("Stdin is used as TCP Socket");
@@ -113,9 +109,7 @@ fn serve(config: &Config) {
             for client in listener.incoming() {
                 let mut stream = client.unwrap();
 
-                let _ = thread::spawn(move || {
-                    handle_request(&mut stream);
-                });
+                pool.execute(move || handle_request(&mut stream));
             }
         }
     }
@@ -128,6 +122,8 @@ struct Config {
     user: Option<String>,
     group: Option<String>,
     debug: bool,
+    workers: Option<usize>,
+    log_backend: Option<String>,
 }
 
 /// Main application entry
@@ -135,7 +131,6 @@ struct Config {
 /// Run a `fastCGI` server
 fn main() {
     on_exit(clean_up);
-    let _log = LOG::init_log();
     let matches = clap::App::new(DAEMON_NAME)
         .author(APP_AUTHOR)
         .about("Lua FastCGI daemon")
@@ -156,6 +151,8 @@ fn main() {
         user: None,
         group: None,
         debug: false,
+        workers: None,
+        log_backend: Some("syslog".to_string()),
     };
     if let Ok(val) = std::env::var("debug") {
         if val == "1" || val == "true" {
@@ -183,9 +180,10 @@ fn main() {
         }
         None => {}
     }
+    LogManager::init_log(&config.log_backend);
     if config.debug {
-        INFO!("Debug enabled");
-        LOG::enable_debug();
+        LogManager::set_level(LogLevel::DEBUG);
+        DEBUG!("Configuration: {:?}", config);
     }
     serve(&config);
 }
diff --git a/src/pool.rs b/src/pool.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eec0727
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pool.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+use std::sync::mpsc::{self, Receiver};
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+use std::thread;
+
+use crate::{INFO, WARN};
+
+/// A thread pool of workers
+///
+/// # Fields
+///
+/// - `workers` (`Vec<Worker>`) - all workers
+/// - `dispatcher` (`Option<mpsc::Sender<Job>>`) - job dispatcher
+///
+pub struct ThreadPool {
+    workers: Vec<Worker>,
+    dispatcher: Option<mpsc::Sender<Job>>,
+}
+
+struct Worker {
+    id: usize,
+    thread: thread::JoinHandle<()>,
+}
+
+type Job = Box<dyn FnOnce() + Send + 'static>;
+
+impl Worker {
+    pub fn new(id: usize, rx: Arc<Mutex<Receiver<Job>>>) -> Self {
+        let thread = thread::spawn(move || loop {
+            let message = rx.lock().unwrap().recv();
+            match message {
+                Ok(job) => job(),
+                Err(error) => {
+                    WARN!(
+                        "Unable to fetch job from dispatcher: {}. Shut down worker {}",
+                        error,
+                        id
+                    );
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        });
+        INFO!("Start new worker: {}", id);
+        Self { id, thread }
+    }
+}
+
+impl ThreadPool {
+    /// Create a new threadpool of workers
+    ///
+    /// # Arguments
+    ///
+    /// - `size` (`usize`) - number of worker
+    ///
+    /// # Returns
+    ///
+    /// - `Self`
+    ///
+    pub fn new(size: usize) -> Self {
+        assert!(size > 0);
+        let (dispatcher, receiver) = mpsc::channel();
+        let dispatcher = Some(dispatcher);
+        let receiver = Arc::new(Mutex::new(receiver));
+        let mut workers = Vec::with_capacity(size);
+        for id in 0..size {
+            workers.push(Worker::new(id, receiver.clone()));
+        }
+        ThreadPool {
+            workers,
+            dispatcher,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Execute a job
+    ///
+    /// # Arguments
+    ///
+    /// - `&self` (`undefined`)
+    /// - `f` (`F: F: FnOnce() + Send + 'static,`) - Job handle
+    ///
+    pub fn execute<F>(&self, f: F)
+    where
+        F: FnOnce() + Send + 'static,
+    {
+        let job = Box::new(f);
+        self.dispatcher.as_ref().unwrap().send(job).unwrap();
+    }
+}
+
+impl Drop for ThreadPool {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        drop(self.dispatcher.take());
+        for worker in self.workers.drain(..) {
+            INFO!("Dropping worker {}", worker.id);
+            worker.thread.join().unwrap();
+        }
+    }
+}