diff --git a/formatter/txt/formatter.go b/formatter/txt/formatter.go
index 3b2a3fb4d..4f174a740 100644
--- a/formatter/txt/formatter.go
+++ b/formatter/txt/formatter.go
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package txt
 
 import (
-	"time"
-
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/formatter/levels"
@@ -18,7 +16,7 @@ type TextFormatter struct {
 func NewTextFormatter() *TextFormatter {
 	return &TextFormatter{
 		levelDesc:       levels.ValidLevelDesc,
-		timestampFormat: time.RFC3339, // or RFC3339
+		timestampFormat: "2006-01-02T15:04:05.000Z07:00",
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/formatter/txt/formatter_test.go b/formatter/txt/formatter_test.go
index 590af5d50..1b20a3ebf 100644
--- a/formatter/txt/formatter_test.go
+++ b/formatter/txt/formatter_test.go
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ func TestLogTextFormat(t *testing.T) {
 	result, _ := formatter.Format(someEntry)
 
 	parsedString := string(result)
-	expectedString := "^2021-02-21T01:10:30Z WARN \\[(att1: 1, att2: 2|att2: 2, att1: 1)\\] some/fancy/path.go:46: Some Message\\s+$"
+	expectedString := "^2021-02-21T01:10:30.000Z WARN \\[(att1: 1, att2: 2|att2: 2, att1: 1)\\] some/fancy/path.go:46: Some Message\\s+$"
 	assert.Regexp(t, expectedString, parsedString)
 }