diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/toddlers/templates/fedora-messaging.toml b/roles/openshift-apps/toddlers/templates/fedora-messaging.toml
index 2d3ed71dc0..9a9985c2a1 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/toddlers/templates/fedora-messaging.toml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/toddlers/templates/fedora-messaging.toml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ version = 1
 disable_existing_loggers = true
 
 [log_config.formatters.simple]
-format = "[%(levelname)s %(name)s] %(message)s"
+format = "%(asctime)s - [%(levelname)s %(name)s] %(message)s"
 
 [log_config.handlers.console]
 class = "logging.StreamHandler"