diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
index a16e77af..5c9f1a6c 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@
    <Appenders>
       <Console name="SystemOutAppender" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
          <LevelRangeFilter minLevel="ERROR" maxLevel="DEBUG" onMatch="ACCEPT" onMismatch="DENY"/>
-         <PatternLayout pattern="%highlight{%date{ISO8601} | %relative | %level | %threadName | %logger{1} | %message%n}"/>
+         <PatternLayout pattern="%highlight{%date{ISO8601} | %level | %threadName | %logger{1} | %message%n}"/>
       </Console>
       <Syslog name="SyslogAppender" format="RFC5424" host="localhost" port="514" protocol="UDP" appName="qqq" facility="LOCAL0">
          <LevelRangeFilter minLevel="ERROR" maxLevel="INFO" onMatch="ACCEPT" onMismatch="DENY"/>
-         <PatternLayout pattern="%date{ISO8601} | %relative | %level | %threadName | %logger{1} | %message%n"/>
+         <PatternLayout>
+            <!-- leaving date out - syslog has a timestamp. -->
+            <pattern>{"level":"%level","uptime":%relative,"thread":"%threadName","class":"%logger{1}","log":%message}%n</pattern>
+         </PatternLayout>
       </Syslog>
       <File name="LogFileAppender" fileName="log/qqq.log">
          <LevelRangeFilter minLevel="ERROR" maxLevel="all" onMatch="ACCEPT" onMismatch="DENY"/>