diff --git a/webapp/config/default.log4j.properties b/webapp/config/default.log4j.properties
index 4c236aebe..b6402ee20 100644
--- a/webapp/config/default.log4j.properties
+++ b/webapp/config/default.log4j.properties
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ log4j.appender.AllAppender.File= ${tomcat.home}/logs/${logfile.prefix}vitro.all.
 log4j.appender.AllAppender.MaxFileSize=10MB 
 log4j.appender.AllAppender.MaxBackupIndex=10 
 log4j.appender.AllAppender.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout 
-log4j.appender.AllAppender.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{DATE} %-5p %c{1} %m%n
+log4j.appender.AllAppender.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p [%c{1}] %m%n
 
 
 log4j.rootLogger=WARN, AllAppender