diff --git a/packages/app-desktop/package-lock.json b/packages/app-desktop/package-lock.json
index 1ff71a9c0..dbe6ed734 100644
--- a/packages/app-desktop/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/app-desktop/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@joplin/app-desktop",
-  "version": "1.5.12",
+  "version": "1.6.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/lib/Logger.ts b/packages/lib/Logger.ts
index 9a5ab940c..5b3fb901d 100644
--- a/packages/lib/Logger.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/Logger.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const moment = require('moment');
 const time = require('./time').default;
 const { FsDriverDummy } = require('./fs-driver-dummy.js');
+const { sprintf } = require('sprintf-js');
 
 export enum TargetType {
 	Database = 'database',
@@ -24,6 +25,12 @@ interface Target {
 	prefix?: string;
 	path?: string;
 	source?: string;
+
+	// Default message format
+	format?: string;
+
+	// If specified, will use this as format if it's an info message
+	formatInfo?: string;
 }
 
 export interface LoggerWrapper {
@@ -173,9 +180,25 @@ class Logger {
 				if (level == LogLevel.Warn) fn = 'warn';
 				if (level == LogLevel.Info) fn = 'info';
 				const consoleObj = target.console ? target.console : console;
-				const prefixItems = [moment().format('HH:mm:ss')];
-				if (targetPrefix) prefixItems.push(targetPrefix);
-				const items = [`${prefixItems.join(': ')}:`].concat(...object);
+				let items:any[] = [];
+
+				if (target.format) {
+					const format = level === LogLevel.Info && target.formatInfo ? target.formatInfo : target.format;
+
+					const s = sprintf(format, {
+						date_time: moment().format('YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss'),
+						level: Logger.levelIdToString(level),
+						prefix: targetPrefix || '',
+						message: '',
+					});
+
+					items = [s.trim()].concat(...object);
+				} else {
+					const prefixItems = [moment().format('HH:mm:ss')];
+					if (targetPrefix) prefixItems.push(targetPrefix);
+					items = [`${prefixItems.join(': ')}:`].concat(...object);
+				}
+
 				consoleObj[fn](...items);
 			} else if (target.type == 'file') {
 				const timestamp = moment().format('YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss');
diff --git a/packages/server/src/app.ts b/packages/server/src/app.ts
index 675e23bfb..dacd721e7 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/app.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/app.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ shimInit();
 let appLogger_: LoggerWrapper = null;
 
 function appLogger(): LoggerWrapper {
-	if (!appLogger_) appLogger_ = Logger.create('App');
+	if (!appLogger_) {
+		appLogger_ = Logger.create('App');
+	}
 	return appLogger_;
 }
 
@@ -68,10 +70,15 @@ app.use(async (ctx: Koa.Context) => {
 			throw new ErrorNotFound();
 		}
 	} catch (error) {
-		appLogger().error(error);
+		if (error.httpCode >= 400 && error.httpCode < 500) {
+			appLogger().error(error.httpCode + ': ' + `${ctx.request.method} ${ctx.path}` + ' : ' + error.message);
+		} else {
+			appLogger().error(error);
+		}
+		
 		ctx.response.status = error.httpCode ? error.httpCode : 500;
 
-		const responseFormat = routeResponseFormat(match);
+		const responseFormat = routeResponseFormat(match, ctx.path);
 
 		if (responseFormat === RouteResponseFormat.Html) {
 			ctx.response.set('Content-Type', 'text/html');
@@ -86,7 +93,7 @@ app.use(async (ctx: Koa.Context) => {
 		} else { // JSON
 			ctx.response.set('Content-Type', 'application/json');
 			const r: any = { error: error.message };
-			if (env == 'dev' && error.stack) r.stack = error.stack;
+			if (env === 'dev' && error.stack) r.stack = error.stack;
 			if (error.code) r.code = error.code;
 			ctx.response.body = r;
 		}
@@ -102,8 +109,11 @@ async function main() {
 	await fs.mkdirp(config().logDir);
 	Logger.fsDriver_ = new FsDriverNode();
 	const globalLogger = new Logger();
-	globalLogger.addTarget(TargetType.File, { path: `${config().logDir}/app.txt` });
-	globalLogger.addTarget(TargetType.Console);
+	// globalLogger.addTarget(TargetType.File, { path: `${config().logDir}/app.txt` });
+	globalLogger.addTarget(TargetType.Console, {
+		format: '%(date_time)s: [%(level)s] %(prefix)s: %(message)s',	
+		formatInfo: '%(date_time)s: %(prefix)s: %(message)s',	
+	});
 	Logger.initializeGlobalLogger(globalLogger);
 
 	const pidFile = argv.pidfile as string;
diff --git a/packages/server/src/utils/routeUtils.ts b/packages/server/src/utils/routeUtils.ts
index 8f22112fa..5d4a4c5cf 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utils/routeUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/utils/routeUtils.ts
@@ -145,11 +145,13 @@ export function parseSubPath(p: string): SubPath {
 	return output;
 }
 
-export function routeResponseFormat(match: MatchedRoute): RouteResponseFormat {
-	if (!match) return RouteResponseFormat.Json;
-	if (match.route.responseFormat) return match.route.responseFormat;
-	const s = match.basePath ? match.basePath : match.subPath.raw;
-	return s.indexOf('api') === 0 ? RouteResponseFormat.Json : RouteResponseFormat.Html;
+export function routeResponseFormat(match: MatchedRoute, rawPath:string): RouteResponseFormat {
+	if (match && match.route.responseFormat) return match.route.responseFormat;
+
+	let path = rawPath;
+	if (match) path = match.basePath ? match.basePath : match.subPath.raw;
+
+	return path.indexOf('api') === 0 || path.indexOf('/api') === 0 ? RouteResponseFormat.Json : RouteResponseFormat.Html;
 }
 
 export function findMatchingRoute(path: string, routes: Routes): MatchedRoute {