diff --git a/src/cc/co/evenprime/bukkit/nocheat/LogFileFormatter.java b/src/cc/co/evenprime/bukkit/nocheat/LogFileFormatter.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b0d078d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cc/co/evenprime/bukkit/nocheat/LogFileFormatter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package cc.co.evenprime.bukkit.nocheat;
+
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.logging.Formatter;
+import java.util.logging.LogRecord;
+
+public class LogFileFormatter extends Formatter {
+    private final SimpleDateFormat date;
+
+    public LogFileFormatter() {
+        date = new SimpleDateFormat("yy.MM.dd HH:mm:ss");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String format(LogRecord record) {
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        Throwable ex = record.getThrown();
+
+        builder.append(date.format(record.getMillis()));
+        builder.append(" [");
+        builder.append(record.getLevel().getLocalizedName().toUpperCase());
+        builder.append("] ");
+        builder.append(record.getMessage());
+        builder.append('\n');
+
+        if (ex != null) {
+            StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
+            ex.printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(writer));
+            builder.append(writer);
+        }
+
+        return builder.toString();
+    }
+    
+}
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diff --git a/src/cc/co/evenprime/bukkit/nocheat/NoCheatConfiguration.java b/src/cc/co/evenprime/bukkit/nocheat/NoCheatConfiguration.java
index ac4371f1..c4c0666a 100644
--- a/src/cc/co/evenprime/bukkit/nocheat/NoCheatConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/cc/co/evenprime/bukkit/nocheat/NoCheatConfiguration.java
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public class NoCheatConfiguration {
 			try {
 				fh = new FileHandler(fileName, true);
 				fh.setLevel(fileLevel);
-				fh.setFormatter(Logger.getLogger("Minecraft").getHandlers()[0].getFormatter());
+				fh.setFormatter(new LogFileFormatter());
 				logger.addHandler(fh);
 
 			} catch (Exception e) {