diff --git a/SDP/SDP/SDP.py b/SDP/SDP/SDP.py
index ee3209e07c141d3b029198bb148c5d15d920eb4c..88408be0444a98218baa6e73e2e0a43891396561 100644
--- a/SDP/SDP/SDP.py
+++ b/SDP/SDP/SDP.py
@@ -489,13 +489,4 @@ def main(args=None, **kwargs):
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    x = Device.error_stream
-
-    def new_error_stream(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        print("logging to python")
-        logger.error(*args, **kwargs)
-        print("logging to tango")
-        x.error_stream(self, *args, **kwargs)
-    Device.error_stream = new_error_stream
-
     main()
diff --git a/SDP/SDP/lofar_logging.py b/SDP/SDP/lofar_logging.py
index 5c3996dddeb5094621659b99e8ccae03a263f387..cf43235eb4d56d729f2e690125cd15a9ba884b57 100644
--- a/SDP/SDP/lofar_logging.py
+++ b/SDP/SDP/lofar_logging.py
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import logging
 from functools import wraps
 
+# Always also log the hostname because it makes the origin of the log clear.
+import socket
+hostname = socket.gethostname()
+
 def configure_logger(logger: logging.Logger, log_extra=None):
     logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
 
@@ -16,6 +20,15 @@ def configure_logger(logger: logging.Logger, log_extra=None):
 
         # install the handler
         logger.addHandler(handler)
+
+        # for now, also log to stderr
+        # Set up logging in a way that it can be understood by a human reader, be
+        # easily grep'ed, be parsed with a couple of shell commands and
+        # easily fed into an Kibana/Elastic search system.
+        handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+        formatter = logging.Formatter(fmt = '%(asctime)s.%(msecs)d %(levelname)s - HOST="{}" PID="%(process)d" TNAME="%(threadName)s" TID="%(thread)d" FILE="%(pathname)s" LINE="%(lineno)d" FUNC="%(funcName)s" MSG="%(message)s"'.format(hostname), datefmt = '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S')
+        handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+        logger.addHandler(handler)
     except Exception:
         logger.exception("Cannot import or configure logstash_async module, not forwarding logs to ELK stack.")