diff --git a/emrg/__main__.py b/emrg/__main__.py
index b14678a3..0f6becc8 100644
--- a/emrg/__main__.py
+++ b/emrg/__main__.py
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ def _run_daemon() -> None:
     logging.basicConfig(
         level=logging.DEBUG,
         format="%(asctime)s [%(levelname)s] %(name)s: %(message)s",
-        datefmt="%H:%M:%S",
+        datefmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
     )
     # Suppress noisy httpcore/httpx DEBUG logs (rant #24)
     logging.getLogger("httpcore").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ def _run_client(init_auto_evolve: bool = False) -> None:
     logging.basicConfig(
         level=logging.DEBUG,
         format="%(asctime)s [%(levelname)s] %(name)s: %(message)s",
-        datefmt="%H:%M:%S",
+        datefmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
         handlers=[
             RotatingFileHandler(
                 str(log_path), maxBytes=10 * 1024 * 1024, backupCount=3,
diff --git a/emrg/client/__main__.py b/emrg/client/__main__.py
index 05f38ab5..e67faf72 100644
--- a/emrg/client/__main__.py
+++ b/emrg/client/__main__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 logging.basicConfig(
     level=logging.INFO,
     format="%(asctime)s [%(levelname)s] %(name)s: %(message)s",
-    datefmt="%H:%M:%S",
+    datefmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
 )
 from emrg.config import ensure_config
 from emrg.client.app import run_client
diff --git a/emrg/server/__main__.py b/emrg/server/__main__.py
index f6229a89..ae40eff1 100644
--- a/emrg/server/__main__.py
+++ b/emrg/server/__main__.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 logging.basicConfig(
     level=logging.DEBUG,
     format="%(asctime)s [%(levelname)s] %(name)s: %(message)s",
-    datefmt="%H:%M:%S",
+    datefmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
     handlers=[
         RotatingFileHandler(
             str(_log_file), maxBytes=10 * 1024 * 1024, backupCount=3,