diff --git a/cmd/rezension/main.go b/cmd/rezension/main.go
index 7ede228..979a831 100644
--- a/cmd/rezension/main.go
+++ b/cmd/rezension/main.go
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ func main() {
 	// load config
 	config = models.ReadConfigFile(configFile)
 
-	lib.LogTimestamp(timestamps)
+	if !timestamps {
+		log.SetFlags(0)
+		lib.LogTimestamp(false)
+	}
 
 	log.Println("Starting rezension monolith")
 
diff --git a/lib/log.go b/lib/log.go
index 99424eb..a67a45a 100644
--- a/lib/log.go
+++ b/lib/log.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ func init(){
 
 func LogTimestamp(value bool) {
 	logger.SetFormatter(&logger.TextFormatter{
-		DisableTimestamp: value,
+		DisableTimestamp: !value,
 	})
 }
 // LogHTTP to add information of a httprequest to log