diff --git a/backend/capellacollab/__main__.py b/backend/capellacollab/__main__.py
index 150b6512a..c5a0a099a 100644
--- a/backend/capellacollab/__main__.py
+++ b/backend/capellacollab/__main__.py
@@ -48,17 +48,20 @@
 
 from . import __version__
 
-handlers: list[logging.Handler] = [
-    logging.StreamHandler(),
-    core_logging.CustomTimedRotatingFileHandler(
-        str(config["logging"]["logPath"]) + "backend.log"
-    ),
-]
+stream_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+stream_handler.setFormatter(core_logging.CustomFormatter())
 
-for handler in handlers:
-    handler.setFormatter(core_logging.CustomFormatter())
+timed_rotating_file_handler = core_logging.CustomTimedRotatingFileHandler(
+    str(config["logging"]["logPath"]) + "backend.log"
+)
+timed_rotating_file_handler.setFormatter(
+    core_logging.CustomFormatter(colored_output=False)
+)
 
-logging.basicConfig(level=config["logging"]["level"], handlers=handlers)
+logging.basicConfig(
+    level=config["logging"]["level"],
+    handlers=[stream_handler, timed_rotating_file_handler],
+)
 
 
 async def startup():
diff --git a/backend/capellacollab/core/logging/__init__.py b/backend/capellacollab/core/logging/__init__.py
index 64e413d6b..a5474d0d5 100644
--- a/backend/capellacollab/core/logging/__init__.py
+++ b/backend/capellacollab/core/logging/__init__.py
@@ -20,20 +20,40 @@
 
 
 class CustomFormatter(logging.Formatter):
-    def __init__(self):
-        self._request_formatters = logging.Formatter(
-            'time="%(asctime)s" level=%(levelname)s function=%(funcName)s %(message)s'
-        )
-        self._default_formatter = logging.Formatter(
-            'time="%(asctime)s" level=%(levelname)s name=%(name)s function=%(funcName)s message="%(message)s"'
-        )
+    _colors = {
+        logging.DEBUG: "\x1b[37;40m",  # white
+        logging.INFO: "\x1b[34;40m",  # blue
+        logging.WARNING: "\x1b[93;40m",  # yellow
+        logging.ERROR: "\x1b[31;40m",  # red
+        logging.CRITICAL: "\x1b[31;40m",  # red
+        "reset": "\x1b[0m",
+    }
+
+    def __init__(self, colored_output: bool = True) -> None:
         super().__init__()
+        self.colored_output = colored_output
 
     def format(self, record):
+        log_format = 'time="%(asctime)s" level=%(levelname)s '
         if record.name == "capellacollab.request":
-            return self._request_formatters.format(record)
+            log_format += "function=%(funcName)s %(message)s"
+        else:
+            log_format += (
+                'name=%(name)s function=%(funcName)s message="%(message)s"'
+            )
+
+        if self.colored_output:
+            log_format = (
+                self._colors[record.levelno]
+                + log_format
+                + self._colors["reset"]
+            )
+
+        formatter = logging.Formatter(
+            log_format, datefmt="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z"
+        )
 
-        return self._default_formatter.format(record)
+        return formatter.format(record)
 
 
 class CustomTimedRotatingFileHandler(handlers.TimedRotatingFileHandler):
diff --git a/helm/templates/promtail/promtail.configmap.yaml b/helm/templates/promtail/promtail.configmap.yaml
index ad3d12d19..1cb1c53fb 100644
--- a/helm/templates/promtail/promtail.configmap.yaml
+++ b/helm/templates/promtail/promtail.configmap.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ data:
       - job_name: system
         pipeline_stages:
           - multiline:
-              firstline: '^time=\"\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{1,2}:\d{2}:\d{2},\d{3}\"'
+              firstline: '^time='
         static_configs:
           - targets:
               - localhost