diff --git a/src/log/console_appender.cpp b/src/log/console_appender.cpp
index 31341f3..c3c68f7 100644
--- a/src/log/console_appender.cpp
+++ b/src/log/console_appender.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 #include "console_defines.h"
 #include <fc/io/stdio.hpp>
 #include <fc/exception/exception.hpp>
+#include <iomanip>
+#include <sstream>
+
 
 namespace fc {
    console_appender::console_appender( const variant& args ) 
@@ -58,19 +61,46 @@ namespace fc {
       return get_console_color( lc[l] ); 
    }
    void console_appender::log( const log_message& m ) {
-      fc::string message = fc::format_string( m.get_format(), m.get_data() );
-      fc::variant lmsg(m);
+      //fc::string message = fc::format_string( m.get_format(), m.get_data() );
+      //fc::variant lmsg(m);
 
       FILE* out = stream::std_error ? stderr : stdout;
 
-      fc::string fmt_str = fc::format_string( cfg.format, mutable_variant_object(m.get_context())( "message", message)  );
+      //fc::string fmt_str = fc::format_string( cfg.format, mutable_variant_object(m.get_context())( "message", message)  );
+      std::stringstream file_line;
+      file_line << m.get_context().get_file() <<":"<<m.get_context().get_line_number() <<" ";
+
+      ///////////////
+      std::stringstream line;
+      line << (m.get_context().get_timestamp().time_since_epoch().count() % (1000ll*1000ll*60ll*60))/1000 <<"ms ";
+      line << std::setw( 10 ) << m.get_context().get_thread_name().substr(0,9).c_str() <<" "<<std::setw(20)<<file_line.str();
+
+      auto me = m.get_context().get_method();
+      // strip all leading scopes...
+      if( me.size() )
+      {
+         uint32_t p = 0;
+         for( uint32_t i = 0;i < me.size(); ++i )
+         {
+             if( me[i] == ':' ) p = i;
+         }
+
+         if( me[p] == ':' ) ++p;
+         line << std::setw( 20 ) << m.get_context().get_method().substr(p,20).c_str() <<" ";
+      }
+      line << "] ";
+      fc::string message = fc::format_string( m.get_format(), m.get_data() );
+      line << message;//.c_str();
+      //
+      //
+
 
       fc::unique_lock<boost::mutex> lock(log_mutex());
       #ifndef WIN32
       if(isatty(fileno(out))) fprintf( out, "\r%s", get_color( m.get_context().get_log_level() ) );
       #endif
 
-      fprintf( out, "%s", fmt_str.c_str() ); 
+      fprintf( out, "%s", line.str().c_str()); //fmt_str.c_str() ); 
 
       #ifndef WIN32
       if(isatty(fileno(out))) fprintf( out, "\r%s", CONSOLE_DEFAULT );