diff --git a/src/pylorax/__init__.py b/src/pylorax/__init__.py
index 4f4fd837..c7d5ac07 100644
--- a/src/pylorax/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pylorax/__init__.py
@@ -429,6 +429,8 @@ def setup_logging(logfile, theLogger):
     f = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(logfile))+"/program.log"
     fh = logging.FileHandler(filename=f, mode="w")
     fh.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+    fmt = logging.Formatter("%(asctime)s %(levelname)s: %(message)s")
+    fh.setFormatter(fmt)
     program_log.addHandler(fh)
 
 
diff --git a/src/sbin/lorax b/src/sbin/lorax
index eca8b0f0..c08ccf8b 100755
--- a/src/sbin/lorax
+++ b/src/sbin/lorax
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ def setup_logging(opts):
     logfile = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(opts.logfile))+"/dnf.log"
     fh = logging.FileHandler(filename=logfile, mode="w")
     fh.setLevel(logging.NOTSET)
+    fmt = logging.Formatter("%(asctime)s %(levelname)s: %(message)s")
+    fh.setFormatter(fmt)
     dnf_log.addHandler(fh)
 
     # Setup librepo logging
diff --git a/src/sbin/lorax-composer b/src/sbin/lorax-composer
index 4690032f..37496a0a 100755
--- a/src/sbin/lorax-composer
+++ b/src/sbin/lorax-composer
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ def setup_logging(logfile):
     logfile = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(logfile))+"/program.log"
     fh = logging.FileHandler(filename=logfile)
     fh.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+    fmt = logging.Formatter("%(asctime)s %(levelname)s: %(message)s")
+    fh.setFormatter(fmt)
     program_log.addHandler(fh)
 
     # Server request logging
@@ -83,6 +85,8 @@ def setup_logging(logfile):
     logfile = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(logfile))+"/dnf.log"
     fh = logging.FileHandler(filename=logfile)
     fh.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+    fmt = logging.Formatter("%(asctime)s %(levelname)s: %(message)s")
+    fh.setFormatter(fmt)
     dnf_log.addHandler(fh)