diff --git a/scripts/FofbTool b/scripts/FofbTool
index 15449ce191bbf07c576e4f4d5457e0724afde1a2..250111f15d9a446c0bc4d80574958249f37b9e49 100755
--- a/scripts/FofbTool
+++ b/scripts/FofbTool
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         logger.warning("Not logging to file, could not open location {}".format(logpath))
     else:
         fh.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-        fh.setFormatter(logging.Formatter("{levelname:8}: {message}", style='{'))
+        fh.setFormatter(logging.Formatter("{asctime} {levelname:8}: {message}", style='{'))
         logger.addHandler(fh)
 
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser("FofbTool", description="version {}".format(FofbTool.__version__))