diff --git a/logs.py b/logs.py
index e5ebc46..989e9df 100644
--- a/logs.py
+++ b/logs.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def set_channel_logger(channel_name, level=logging.INFO):
     os.makedirs("{}/logs/".format(os.getenv("DATA_FOLDER")), exist_ok=True)
     log_file = "{}/logs/{}.log".format(os.getenv("DATA_FOLDER"), channel_name)
     handler = TimedRotatingFileHandler(log_file, when="midnight", interval=1, utc=True)
-    handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter("[%(asctime)s] %(message)s", "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"))
+    handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter("%(message)s"))
     logger = logging.getLogger(channel_name)
     logger.setLevel(level)
     logger.addHandler(handler)
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index b45ad7a..6ddde63 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ def output_line(event):
                 raise Exception("Could not get block {}".format(block_number))
 
         # log the message and output to console
-        message = "{}:{} {}".format(decoded_data[0]['args']['Soul'], decoded_data[0]['args']['Aura'], decoded_data[0]['args']['LogLine'])
-        log_message(os.getenv('CHANNEL_NAME'), message)
         timestamp = datetime.fromtimestamp(block_cache[block_number]['timestamp'], tz=timezone.utc)
+        message = "{}:{} {}".format(decoded_data[0]['args']['Soul'], decoded_data[0]['args']['Aura'], decoded_data[0]['args']['LogLine'])
+        log_message(os.getenv('CHANNEL_NAME'), "[{}] {}".format(timestamp.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"), message))
         print("[{}] {}".format(timestamp.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"), message if os.getenv('SHOW_AURA_AND_SOUL') != '0' else decoded_data[0]['args']['LogLine']))
 
         # save latest block number