diff --git a/config.sh b/config.sh
index 1392d00..cbad22d 100755
--- a/config.sh
+++ b/config.sh
@@ -5,5 +5,8 @@ WEBROOT="/tmp/webroot"
 ACME_PATH=".well-known/acme-challenge"
 LOCK_FILE="/tmp/certbot.lck"
 
+LOGGER_USE_TS=1
+SCRIPT_NAME=${0##*/}
+
 mkdir -p "$WEBROOT/$ACME_PATH" "$LE_DIR/failed"
 echo "ok" > "$WEBROOT/$ACME_PATH/test.txt"
diff --git a/logger.sh b/logger.sh
index 60fa156..f201fd6 100644
--- a/logger.sh
+++ b/logger.sh
@@ -19,15 +19,19 @@ log() {
     esac
 
     reset=$'\e[39m'
-    timestamp=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
+    if [[ -n $LOGGER_USE_TS ]]; then
+        timestamp=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S|")
+    else
+        timestamp=""
+    fi
 
     if [[ -t 1 || -n $CONTENT_TYPE ]]; then
-        echo -e "${color}-${level:0:1}|${timestamp}|${message}${reset}"
+        echo -e "${color}-${level:0:1}|${timestamp}${message}${reset}"
     else
-        echo "-${level:0:1}|${timestamp}|${message}"
+        echo "-${level:0:1}|${timestamp}${message}"
     fi
 
-    logger -t SCRIPT_NAME -p user.${level,,} "${timestamp} - ${level} - ${message}"
+    logger -t $SCRIPT_NAME -p user.${level,,} "${level} - ${message}"
 }
 
 log_info() {