diff --git a/src/components/LogView/LogViewEntry.react.js b/src/components/LogView/LogViewEntry.react.js
index 70a3888786..369ae1b8da 100644
--- a/src/components/LogView/LogViewEntry.react.js
+++ b/src/components/LogView/LogViewEntry.react.js
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ const TIMESTAMP_REGEX = [
 
 const isError = str => str[0] === 'E';
 
+const normalizeText = value =>
+  typeof value === 'string' ? value : JSON.stringify(value) || '';
+
 const getLogEntryInfo = str => {
   const re = getTimestampRegex();
   const timeStampStr = str.match(re) ? str.match(re)[0] : '';
@@ -36,7 +39,7 @@ const getLogEntryInfo = str => {
 const getTimestampRegex = () => new RegExp(TIMESTAMP_REGEX, ['i']);
 
 const LogViewEntry = ({ text = '', timestamp }) => {
-  const logEntryInfo = getLogEntryInfo(text);
+  const logEntryInfo = getLogEntryInfo(normalizeText(text));
   const classes = [styles.entry, logEntryInfo.error ? styles.error : ''];
   return (
     <li className={classes.join(' ')}>
diff --git a/src/lib/tests/LogViewEntry.test.js b/src/lib/tests/LogViewEntry.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff4d7ffaa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/tests/LogViewEntry.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-present, Parse, LLC
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the license found in the LICENSE file in
+ * the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+jest.dontMock('../../components/LogView/LogViewEntry.react');
+
+import React from 'react';
+import renderer from 'react-test-renderer';
+const LogViewEntry = require('../../components/LogView/LogViewEntry.react').default;
+
+describe('LogViewEntry', () => {
+  it('renders a string log message', () => {
+    const text = 'I2015-09-30T00:36:45.522Z] hello world';
+    const tree = renderer
+      .create(<LogViewEntry text={text} timestamp="I2015-09-30T00:36:45.522Z]" />)
+      .toJSON();
+    expect(JSON.stringify(tree)).toContain('hello world');
+  });
+
+  it('does not crash when the message is a non-string object', () => {
+    const message = { ok: 0, code: 40352, codeName: 'Location40352', name: 'MongoError' };
+    let tree;
+    expect(() => {
+      tree = renderer
+        .create(<LogViewEntry text={message} timestamp="2021-08-20T09:59:24.974Z" />)
+        .toJSON();
+    }).not.toThrow();
+    expect(JSON.stringify(tree)).toContain('MongoError');
+  });
+});