diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
index 23a8a73..2dd6ff4 100644
--- a/server/server.go
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -64,13 +64,12 @@ func Listen() {
 	isReady.Store(true)
 
 	if config.UITLSCert != "" && config.UITLSKey != "" {
-		logger.Log().Infof("[http] starting secure server on https://%s%s", config.HTTPListen, config.Webroot)
+		logger.Log().Infof("[http] starting secure server on https://%s%s", logger.CleanIP(config.HTTPListen), config.Webroot)
 		logger.Log().Fatal(http.ListenAndServeTLS(config.HTTPListen, config.UITLSCert, config.UITLSKey, nil))
 	} else {
-		logger.Log().Infof("[http] starting server on http://%s%s", config.HTTPListen, config.Webroot)
+		logger.Log().Infof("[http] starting server on http://%s%s", logger.CleanIP(config.HTTPListen), config.Webroot)
 		logger.Log().Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(config.HTTPListen, nil))
 	}
-
 }
 
 func defaultRoutes() *mux.Router {
diff --git a/server/smtpd/smtpd.go b/server/smtpd/smtpd.go
index 6588710..1bafdb0 100644
--- a/server/smtpd/smtpd.go
+++ b/server/smtpd/smtpd.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func Listen() error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	logger.Log().Infof("[smtp] starting on %s", config.SMTPListen)
+	logger.Log().Infof("[smtp] starting on %s", logger.CleanIP(config.SMTPListen))
 
 	return listenAndServe(config.SMTPListen, mailHandler, authHandler)
 }
diff --git a/utils/logger/logger.go b/utils/logger/logger.go
index 63ca810..7496bdd 100644
--- a/utils/logger/logger.go
+++ b/utils/logger/logger.go
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
+// Package logger handles the logging
 package logger
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"regexp"
 
 	"github.com/axllent/mailpit/config"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -45,3 +47,14 @@ func PrettyPrint(i interface{}) {
 	s, _ := json.MarshalIndent(i, "", "\t")
 	fmt.Println(string(s))
 }
+
+// CleanIP returns a human-readable IP for the logging interface
+// when starting services. It translates [::]:<port> to "localhost:<port>"
+func CleanIP(s string) string {
+	re := regexp.MustCompile(`^\[\:\:\]\:\d+`)
+	if re.MatchString(s) {
+		return "0.0.0.0:" + s[5:]
+	}
+
+	return s
+}