diff --git a/backend/src/api/pod-logs.ts b/backend/src/api/pod-logs.ts
index 3cd278f..852d05e 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/pod-logs.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/pod-logs.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ import { FastifyPluginAsync } from 'fastify'
 import { Controllers } from '../controllers.js'
 import { badRequest, forbidden, notFound } from './errors.js'
 import { authenticateSession } from '../auth/common.js'
-import pinoPretty from 'pino-pretty'
-import { Writable } from 'node:stream'
+import { prettifyLogs } from '../renovate/prettify-logs.js'
 import { enums, optional, type } from 'superstruct'
 import { WeakCache } from '../util/cache.js'
 
@@ -49,38 +48,3 @@ export const podLogsRoute = ({ logsController }: Controllers): FastifyPluginAsyn
     return logs
   })
 }
-
-async function prettifyLogs (logs: string): Promise<string> {
-  // TODO: This consumes a lot of memory. We should use streaming instead.
-  // TODO: There should be a way for clients to request logs over WebSocket instead of polling.
-  const chunks: string[] = []
-  const prettyLogs = pinoPretty({
-    translateTime: true,
-    ignore: 'v,name,pid,hostname,logContext',
-    colorize: false,
-    destination: new Writable({
-      write (chunk, enc, cb) {
-        chunks.push(chunk.toString())
-        cb()
-      }
-    })
-  })
-  // Process the string in chunks to avoid blocking the event loop.
-  for (const chunk of chunked(logs)) {
-    await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
-      if (!prettyLogs.write(chunk, 'utf8')) {
-        prettyLogs.once('drain', resolve)
-      } else {
-        setImmediate(resolve)
-      }
-    })
-  }
-  await new Promise<void>((resolve) => prettyLogs.end(resolve))
-  return chunks.join('')
-}
-
-function * chunked (str: string, size = 4096): Iterable<string> {
-  for (let i = 0; i < str.length; i += size) {
-    yield str.slice(i, i + size)
-  }
-}
diff --git a/backend/src/renovate/prettify-logs.ts b/backend/src/renovate/prettify-logs.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb1e703
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/renovate/prettify-logs.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import pinoPretty from 'pino-pretty'
+import { Writable } from 'node:stream'
+
+export async function prettifyLogs (logs: string): Promise<string> {
+  // TODO: This consumes a lot of memory. We should use streaming instead.
+  // TODO: There should be a way for clients to request logs over WebSocket instead of polling.
+  const chunks: string[] = []
+  const prettyLogs = pinoPretty({
+    translateTime: true,
+    ignore: 'v,name,pid,hostname,logContext',
+    colorize: false,
+    destination: new Writable({
+      write (chunk, enc, cb) {
+        chunks.push(chunk.toString())
+        cb()
+      }
+    })
+  })
+  // Process the string in chunks to avoid blocking the event loop.
+  for (const chunk of chunked(logs)) {
+    await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+      if (!prettyLogs.write(chunk, 'utf8')) {
+        prettyLogs.once('drain', resolve)
+      } else {
+        setImmediate(resolve)
+      }
+    })
+  }
+  await new Promise<void>((resolve) => prettyLogs.end(resolve))
+  return chunks.join('')
+}
+
+function * chunked (str: string, size = 4096): Iterable<string> {
+  for (let i = 0; i < str.length; i += size) {
+    yield str.slice(i, i + size)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/backend/test/renovate/prettify-logs.test.ts b/backend/test/renovate/prettify-logs.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da85c85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/test/renovate/prettify-logs.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert'
+import { prettifyLogs } from '../../src/renovate/prettify-logs.js'
+
+describe('renovate/prettify-logs.ts', () => {
+  describe('prettifyLogs()', () => {
+    const oldTimezone = process.env.TZ
+
+    before(() => {
+      process.env.TZ = 'UTC'
+    })
+
+    after(() => {
+      process.env.TZ = oldTimezone
+    })
+
+    it('returns empty string for empty input', async () => {
+      const result = await prettifyLogs('')
+      assert.strictEqual(result, '')
+    })
+
+    it('returns the same string for non-JSON input', async () => {
+      const result = await prettifyLogs('hello world\nError: {"key":"value"}\n')
+      assert.strictEqual(result, 'hello world\nError: {"key":"value"}\n')
+    })
+
+    it('formats JSON logs', async () => {
+      const log = [
+        '{"name":"renovate","hostname":"renovate-foo-bar","pid":10,"level":30,"logContext":"abcd","msg":"test message","time":"2024-07-12T17:00:06.051Z","v":0}',
+        '{"name":"renovate","hostname":"renovate-foo-bar","pid":10,"level":40,"logContext":"abcd","foo":{"bar":"baz"},"qux":42,"msg":"another message","time":"2024-07-12T17:00:25.512Z","v":0}'
+      ].join('\n')
+      const prettyLog = [
+        '[17:00:06.051] INFO: test message',
+        '[17:00:25.512] WARN: another message',
+        '    foo: {',
+        '      "bar": "baz"',
+        '    }',
+        '    qux: 42',
+        ''
+      ].join('\n')
+      const result = await prettifyLogs(log)
+      assert.strictEqual(result, prettyLog)
+    })
+
+    it('formats autodiscovery logs', async () => {
+      const log = '{"name":"renovate","hostname":"renovate-1337","pid":10,"level":30,"logContext":"abcd","length":4,"repositories":["foo/bar", "foo/baz/qux", "random", "stuff"],"msg":"Autodiscovered repositories","time":"2024-07-12T17:00:08.848Z","v":0}\n'
+      const prettyLog = [
+        '[17:00:08.848] INFO: Autodiscovered repositories',
+        '    length: 4',
+        '    repositories: [',
+        '      "foo/bar",',
+        '      "foo/baz/qux",',
+        '      "random",',
+        '      "stuff"',
+        '    ]',
+        ''
+      ].join('\n')
+      const result = await prettifyLogs(log)
+      assert.strictEqual(result, prettyLog)
+    })
+
+    it('formats repository started', async () => {
+      const log = '{"name":"renovate","hostname":"renovate-1337","pid":10,"level":30,"logContext":"abcd","repository":"foo/bar/baz","renovateVersion":"12.345.6","msg":"Repository started","time":"2024-07-12T17:00:08.861Z","v":0}\n'
+      const prettyLog = [
+        '[17:00:08.861] INFO: Repository started',
+        '    repository: "foo/bar/baz"',
+        '    renovateVersion: "12.345.6"',
+        ''
+      ].join('\n')
+      const result = await prettifyLogs(log)
+      assert.strictEqual(result, prettyLog)
+    })
+  })
+})