diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 28f4849..f450b1b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -33,3 +33,5 @@ build/
 
 # unless supporting rvm < 1.11.0 or doing something fancy, ignore this:
 .rvmrc
+
+.idea
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/toiler/utils/logging.rb b/lib/toiler/utils/logging.rb
index 625b65a..db1c72d 100644
--- a/lib/toiler/utils/logging.rb
+++ b/lib/toiler/utils/logging.rb
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ def call(sev, time, progname, msg)
           time = time.utc.iso8601
           pid = Process.pid
           if progname.to_s.empty?
-            "#{time} Pid:#{pid} Level:#{sev}: #{formatted}\n"
+            JSON.dump(timestamp: "#{time}", pid:"#{pid}", level:"#{sev}", message:"#{formatted}") + "\n"
           else
-            "#{time} Pid:#{pid} Actor:#{progname} Level:#{sev}: #{formatted}\n"
+            JSON.dump(timestamp: "#{time}", pid:"#{pid}", actor:"#{progname}", level:"#{sev}", message:"#{formatted}") + "\n"
           end
         end
       end