diff --git a/neomaster b/neomaster
index 887602579eb64bac169ca2a117c6cd52a95159e5..d14c98c249a1db7a688b8fb737e9c6af2ff2cc44 100755
--- a/neomaster
+++ b/neomaster
@@ -36,10 +36,11 @@ config = options.config or 'neo.conf'
 section = options.section or 'master'
 logfile = options.logfile or None
 
+format='[%(module)12s:%(lineno)3d] %(message)s'
 if options.verbose:
-    logging.basicConfig(filename = logfile, level = logging.DEBUG)
+    logging.basicConfig(filename=logfile, level=logging.DEBUG, format=format)
 else:
-    logging.basicConfig(filename = logfile, level = logging.WARNING)
+    logging.basicConfig(filename=logfile, level=logging.WARNING, format=format)
 
 app = Application(config, section)
 app.run()
diff --git a/neostorage b/neostorage
index af4f7f6c991d639e0562e02c1dbb35965dc76e72..45a8768d7a3026ba381dca34a9e7a5cba818ffa6 100755
--- a/neostorage
+++ b/neostorage
@@ -38,10 +38,11 @@ config = options.config or 'neo.conf'
 section = options.section or 'storage'
 logfile = options.logfile or None
 
+format='[%(module)12s:%(lineno)3d] %(message)s'
 if options.verbose:
-    logging.basicConfig(filename = logfile, level = logging.DEBUG)
+    logging.basicConfig(filename=logfile, level=logging.DEBUG, format=format)
 else:
-    logging.basicConfig(filename = logfile, level = logging.WARNING)
+    logging.basicConfig(filename=logfile, level=logging.WARNING, format=format)
 
 app = Application(config, section, options.reset)
 app.run()