diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 60594f42..8c4de9f1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ checksum = "7f24254aa9a54b5c858eaee2f5bccdb46aaf0e486a595ed5fd8f86ba55232a70"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hl"
-version = "0.22.1"
+version = "0.23.0"
 dependencies = [
  "atoi",
  "bincode",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ab61d100..b4cd24d9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ categories = ["command-line-utilities"]
 description = "Utility for viewing json-formatted log files."
 keywords = ["cli", "human", "log"]
 name = "hl"
-version = "0.22.1"
+version = "0.23.0"
 edition = "2021"
 build = "build.rs"
 
diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index a95a83b1..efc43352 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ impl App {
             for (rxp, txw) in izip!(rxp, txw) {
                 workers.push(scope.spawn(closure!(ref parser, |_| -> Result<()> {
                     let formatter = self.formatter();
+                    let mut processor = SegmentProcessor::new(&parser, &formatter, &self.options.filter);
                     for (block, ts_min, i, j) in rxp.iter() {
                         let mut buf = Vec::with_capacity(2 * usize::try_from(block.size())?);
                         let mut items = Vec::with_capacity(2 * usize::try_from(block.lines_valid())?);
@@ -274,22 +275,17 @@ impl App {
                             if line.len() == 0 {
                                 continue;
                             }
-                            if let Ok(record) = json::from_slice(line.bytes()) {
-                                let record = parser.parse(record);
-                                if record.matches(&self.options.filter) {
-                                    let offset = buf.len();
-                                    formatter.format_record(&mut buf, record.with_source(line.bytes()));
-                                    if let Some(ts) = record.ts {
-                                        if let Some(unix_ts) = ts.unix_utc() {
-                                            items.push((unix_ts.into(), offset..buf.len()));
-                                        } else {
-                                            eprintln!("skipped message because timestamp cannot be parsed: {:#?}", ts)
-                                        }
+                            processor.run(line.bytes(), &mut buf, "", &mut |record: &Record, location: Range<usize>|{ 
+                                if let Some(ts) = &record.ts {
+                                    if let Some(unix_ts) = ts.unix_utc() {
+                                        items.push((unix_ts.into(), location));
                                     } else {
-                                        eprintln!("skipped message with missing timestamp")
+                                        eprintln!("skipped message because timestamp cannot be parsed: {:#?}", ts)
                                     }
+                                } else {
+                                    eprintln!("skipped message with missing timestamp")
                                 }
-                            }
+                            });  
                         }
 
                         let buf = Arc::new(buf);
@@ -705,12 +701,15 @@ impl<'a, F: RecordWithSourceFormatter> SegmentProcessor<'a, F> {
             if data.len() == 0 {
                 continue;
             }
-            let stream = json::Deserializer::from_slice(data).into_iter::<RawRecord>();
+            let extra_prefix = data.split(|c|*c==b'{').next().unwrap();
+            let xn = extra_prefix.len();
+            let json_data = &data[xn..];
+            let stream = json::Deserializer::from_slice(json_data).into_iter::<RawRecord>();
             let mut stream = StreamDeserializerWithOffsets(stream);
             let mut some = false;
             while let Some(Ok((record, offsets))) = stream.next() {
                 some = true;
-                let record = self.parser.parse(record);
+                let record = self.parser.parse(record).with_prefix(extra_prefix);
                 if record.matches(self.filter) {
                     let begin = buf.len();
                     buf.extend(prefix.as_bytes());
@@ -719,7 +718,7 @@ impl<'a, F: RecordWithSourceFormatter> SegmentProcessor<'a, F> {
                     observer.observe_record(&record, begin..end);
                 }
             }
-            let remainder = if some { &data[stream.0.byte_offset()..] } else { data };
+            let remainder = if some { &data[xn+stream.0.byte_offset()..] } else { data };
             if remainder.len() != 0 && self.filter.is_empty() {
                 buf.extend_from_slice(remainder);
                 buf.push(b'\n');
@@ -758,6 +757,14 @@ impl RecordObserver for TimestampIndexBuilder {
 
 // ---
 
+impl<T: FnMut(&Record, Range<usize>)> RecordObserver for T {
+    fn observe_record<'b>(&mut self, record: &'b Record<'b>, location: Range<usize>) {
+        self(record, location)
+    }
+}
+
+// ---
+
 struct TimestampIndex {
     block: usize,
     lines: Vec<TimestampIndexLine>,
diff --git a/src/formatting.rs b/src/formatting.rs
index 29344a6b..0a9accbf 100644
--- a/src/formatting.rs
+++ b/src/formatting.rs
@@ -87,6 +87,15 @@ impl RecordFormatter {
     }
 
     pub fn format_record(&self, buf: &mut Buf, rec: &model::Record) {
+        if let Some(prefix) = rec.prefix {
+            if prefix.len() != 0 {
+                buf.extend_from_slice(prefix);
+                if prefix[prefix.len() - 1] != b' ' {
+                    buf.push(b' ');
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         self.theme.apply(buf, &rec.level, |s| {
             //
             // time
@@ -500,6 +509,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn test_nested_objects() {
         assert_eq!(
             format(&Record {
+                prefix: None,
                 ts: Some(Timestamp::new("2000-01-02T03:04:05.123Z", None)),
                 message: Some(RawValue::from_string(r#""tm""#.into()).unwrap().as_ref()),
                 level: Some(Level::Debug),
diff --git a/src/index.rs b/src/index.rs
index 98c00f1f..88b5c80b 100644
--- a/src/index.rs
+++ b/src/index.rs
@@ -315,6 +315,8 @@ impl Indexer {
             let data = strip(data, b'\r');
             let mut ts = None;
             if data.len() != 0 {
+                let prefix = data.split(|c| *c == b'{').next().unwrap();
+                let data = &data[prefix.len()..];
                 match json::from_slice::<RawRecord>(data) {
                     Ok(rec) => {
                         let rec = self.parser.parse(rec);
diff --git a/src/model.rs b/src/model.rs
index f6568492..1dc2c35f 100644
--- a/src/model.rs
+++ b/src/model.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ pub use level::Level;
 // ---
 
 pub struct Record<'a> {
+    pub prefix: Option<&'a [u8]>,
     pub ts: Option<Timestamp<'a>>,
     pub message: Option<&'a RawValue>,
     pub level: Option<Level>,
@@ -44,8 +45,15 @@ impl<'a> Record<'a> {
         filter.apply(self)
     }
 
+    pub fn with_prefix(mut self, prefix: &'a [u8]) -> Self {
+        self.prefix = Some(prefix);
+
+        return self;
+    }
+
     fn with_capacity(capacity: usize) -> Self {
         Self {
+            prefix: None,
             ts: None,
             message: None,
             level: None,