diff --git a/devices/statistics_writer/statistics_writer.py b/devices/statistics_writer/statistics_writer.py
index fba1d8e515156e487aa6c5e3bc4eca1c6b2e01f0..8bf8fa64fbba9626f60abec0bb6cacb7e7288c51 100644
--- a/devices/statistics_writer/statistics_writer.py
+++ b/devices/statistics_writer/statistics_writer.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import sys
 import signal
 
 import logging
-logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format = '%(asctime)s:%(levelname)s: %(message)s')
 logger = logging.getLogger("statistics_writer")