diff --git a/internal/logging/const.go b/internal/logging/const.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..22e233feb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/logging/const.go
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package logging
+
+const logFormatJSON = "json"
diff --git a/internal/logging/logger.go b/internal/logging/logger.go
index b81ddd927..d0b1e8ae5 100644
--- a/internal/logging/logger.go
+++ b/internal/logging/logger.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func InitializeLogger(format, filename string) error {
 	stackLevels := []logrus.Level{logrus.PanicLevel, logrus.FatalLevel, logrus.ErrorLevel}
 	logrus.AddHook(logrus_stack.NewHook(callerLevels, stackLevels))
 
-	if format == "json" {
+	if format == logFormatJSON {
 		logrus.SetFormatter(&logrus.JSONFormatter{})
 	} else {
 		logrus.SetFormatter(&logrus.TextFormatter{})
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ func InitializeLogger(format, filename string) error {
 			return err
 		}
 
+		if format != logFormatJSON {
+			logrus.SetFormatter(&logrus.TextFormatter{
+				DisableColors: true,
+				FullTimestamp: true,
+			})
+		}
+
 		logrus.SetOutput(f)
 	}