diff --git a/agent/conf/log4j-cloud.xml.in b/agent/conf/log4j-cloud.xml.in
index 84957edca032..efb58db4acee 100644
--- a/agent/conf/log4j-cloud.xml.in
+++ b/agent/conf/log4j-cloud.xml.in
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ under the License.
 
       <Console name="CONSOLE" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
           <ThresholdFilter level="OFF" onMatch="ACCEPT" onMismatch="DENY"/>
-          <PatternLayout pattern="%-5p [%c{3}] (%t:%x) (logid:%X{logcontextid}) %m%ex%n"/>
+          <PatternLayout pattern="%d{DEFAULT} %-5p [%c{3}] (%t:%x) (logid:%X{logcontextid}) %m%ex%n"/>
       </Console>
    </Appenders>
 
@@ -50,17 +50,11 @@ under the License.
       <!-- ================ -->
 
       <Logger name="com.cloud" level="INFO"/>
-
       <Logger name="org.apache" level="INFO"/>
-
       <Logger name="org" level="INFO"/>
-
       <Logger name="net" level="INFO"/>
-
       <Logger name="com.amazonaws" level="INFO"/>
-
       <Logger name="httpclient.wire" level="INFO"/>
-
       <Logger name="org.apache.http.wire" level="INFO"/>
 
       <!-- ======================= -->
diff --git a/client/conf/log4j-cloud.xml.in b/client/conf/log4j-cloud.xml.in
index 26da171269de..9a1ec6947bd5 100755
--- a/client/conf/log4j-cloud.xml.in
+++ b/client/conf/log4j-cloud.xml.in
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ under the License.
          <PatternLayout pattern="%d{DEFAULT} %-5p [%c{1.}] (%t:%x) (logid:%X{logcontextid}) %m%ex{filters(${filters})}%n"/>
       </RollingFile>
 
-
       <RollingFile name="APISERVER" append="true" fileName="@APISERVERLOG@" filePattern="@APISERVERLOG@.%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.gz">
          <ThresholdFilter level="DEBUG" onMatch="ACCEPT" onMismatch="DENY"/>
          <Policies>
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ under the License.
 
       <Console name="CONSOLE" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
          <ThresholdFilter level="OFF" onMatch="ACCEPT" onMismatch="DENY"/>
-         <PatternLayout pattern="%-5p [%c{1.}] (%t:%x) (logid:%X{logcontextid}) %m%ex{filters(${filters})}%n"/>
+         <PatternLayout pattern="%d{DEFAULT} %-5p [%c{1.}] (%t:%x) (logid:%X{logcontextid}) %m%ex{filters(${filters})}%n"/>
       </Console>
 
       <!-- ============================== -->
diff --git a/server/conf/log4j-cloud.xml.in b/server/conf/log4j-cloud.xml.in
index 9a8e5dc7bf33..c8dd4fa3ce18 100755
--- a/server/conf/log4j-cloud.xml.in
+++ b/server/conf/log4j-cloud.xml.in
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ under the License.
       <!-- Preserve messages in a local file -->
       <!-- ================================= -->
 
-
       <!-- A regular appender -->
       <RollingFile name="FILE" append="true" fileName="@MSLOG@" filePattern="@MSLOG@.%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.gz">
          <ThresholdFilter level="TRACE" onMatch="ACCEPT" onMismatch="DENY"/>
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ under the License.
          <PatternLayout pattern="%d{DEFAULT} %-5p [%c{1.}] (%t:%x) %m%ex%n"/>
       </RollingFile>
 
-
       <RollingFile name="INFO-FILE" append="true" fileName="/var/log/cloudstack/management/management-server-info.log" filePattern="/var/log/cloudstack/management/management-server-info.log.%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.gz">
          <ThresholdFilter level="INFO" onMatch="ACCEPT" onMismatch="DENY"/>
          <Policies>
@@ -43,7 +41,6 @@ under the License.
          <PatternLayout pattern="%d{DEFAULT} %-5p [%c{1.}] (%t:%x) (logid:%X{logcontextid}) %m%ex%n"/>
       </RollingFile>
 
-
       <RollingFile name="APISERVER" append="true" fileName="@APISERVERLOG@" filePattern="@APISERVERLOG@.%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.gz">
          <ThresholdFilter level="DEBUG" onMatch="ACCEPT" onMismatch="DENY"/>
          <Policies>
@@ -56,7 +53,6 @@ under the License.
       <!-- Append warnings+ to the syslog if it is listening on UDP port -->
       <!-- ============================== -->
 
-
       <Syslog name="SYSLOG" host="localhost" facility="LOCAL6">
          <ThresholdFilter level="WARN" onMatch="ACCEPT" onMismatch="DENY"/>
          <PatternLayout pattern="%-5p [%c{1.}] (%t:%x) %m%ex%n"/>
@@ -68,7 +64,7 @@ under the License.
 
       <Console name="CONSOLE" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
          <ThresholdFilter level="OFF" onMatch="ACCEPT" onMismatch="DENY"/>
-         <PatternLayout pattern="%-5p [%c{1.}] (%t:%x) %m%ex%n"/>
+         <PatternLayout pattern="%d{DEFAULT} %-5p [%c{1.}] (%t:%x) %m%ex%n"/>
       </Console>
    </Appenders>