diff --git a/bin/linspector b/bin/linspector
index 98bf00e..61e5977 100755
--- a/bin/linspector
+++ b/bin/linspector
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ def main():
         if not os.path.exists(os.path.dirname(log_file)):
             os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(log_file))
 
-        log_file_formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s:%(levelname)s:%(name)s:%(message)s')
+        log_file_formatter = \
+            logging.Formatter('[%(asctime)s]:[%(levelname)s]:[%(name)s]:%(message)s')
         log_file_handler = logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler(log_file,
                                                                 maxBytes=int(
                                                                     configuration.get_option(