diff --git a/tools/arkmanager b/tools/arkmanager
index e0ea518..366fc6c 100755
--- a/tools/arkmanager
+++ b/tools/arkmanager
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ doStart() {
 
       kill -CONT "$pid"
     else
-      doRun </dev/null >>"$logdir/$arkserverLog" 2>&1 & # output of this command is logged
+      doRun </dev/null > >(while read -r l; do printf "%s: [%s] %s\n" "$(timestamp)" "${instance}" "${l}" >>"$logdir/$arkserverLog"; done) 2>&1 & # output of this command is logged
     fi
     tput rc; tput ed;
     logprint "The server is now running, and should be up within 10 minutes"