diff --git a/config/schemas/settings.json b/config/schemas/settings.json
index 9baa638c6..f2df37927 100644
--- a/config/schemas/settings.json
+++ b/config/schemas/settings.json
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@
 					"properties" : {
 						"format" : {
 							"type" : "string",
-							"default" : "%l %n [%t] - %m"
+							"default" : "[%c] %l %n - %m"
 						}
 					}
 				},
diff --git a/lib/logging/CLogger.cpp b/lib/logging/CLogger.cpp
index 564e6a6de..dfec2d018 100644
--- a/lib/logging/CLogger.cpp
+++ b/lib/logging/CLogger.cpp
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ std::string CLogFormatter::format(const LogRecord & record) const
 	boost::algorithm::replace_first(message, "%n", record.domain.getName());
 	boost::algorithm::replace_first(message, "%t", record.threadId);
 	boost::algorithm::replace_first(message, "%m", record.message);
+	boost::algorithm::replace_first(message, "%c", boost::posix_time::to_simple_string(record.timeStamp));
 
 	//return boost::to_string (boost::format("%d %d %d[%d] - %d") % dateStream.str() % level % record.domain.getName() % record.threadId % record.message);