diff --git a/server/include/utils.h b/server/include/utils.h
index 5f12fee73..a22abc167 100644
--- a/server/include/utils.h
+++ b/server/include/utils.h
@@ -22,14 +22,21 @@
 #endif
 
 /* Some color escape codes for pretty log messages */
-#define RED(str)	"\x1B[31m" str "\x1B[0m" /**< Print str in red */
-#define GRN(str)	"\x1B[32m" str "\x1B[0m" /**< Print str in green */
-#define YEL(str)	"\x1B[33m" str "\x1B[0m" /**< Print str in yellow */
-#define BLU(str)	"\x1B[34m" str "\x1B[0m" /**< Print str in blue */
-#define MAG(str)	"\x1B[35m" str "\x1B[0m" /**< Print str in magenta */
-#define CYN(str)	"\x1B[36m" str "\x1B[0m" /**< Print str in cyan */
-#define WHT(str)	"\x1B[37m" str "\x1B[0m" /**< Print str in white */
-#define BLD(str)	"\x1B[1m"  str "\x1B[0m" /**< Print str in bold */ 
+#define GRY(str)	"\e[30m" str "\e[0m" /**< Print str in gray */
+#define RED(str)	"\e[31m" str "\e[0m" /**< Print str in red */
+#define GRN(str)	"\e[32m" str "\e[0m" /**< Print str in green */
+#define YEL(str)	"\e[33m" str "\e[0m" /**< Print str in yellow */
+#define BLU(str)	"\e[34m" str "\e[0m" /**< Print str in blue */
+#define MAG(str)	"\e[35m" str "\e[0m" /**< Print str in magenta */
+#define CYN(str)	"\e[36m" str "\e[0m" /**< Print str in cyan */
+#define WHT(str)	"\e[37m" str "\e[0m" /**< Print str in white */
+#define BLD(str)	"\e[1m"  str "\e[0m" /**< Print str in bold */
+
+#define GFX(chr)	"\e(0" chr "\e(B"
+#define UP(n)		"\e[" ## n ## "A"
+#define DOWN(n)	 	"\e[" ## n ## "B"
+#define RIGHT(n)	"\e[" ## n ## "C"
+#define LEFT(n)	 	"\e[" ## n ## "D"
 
 /** The log level which is passed as first argument to print() */
 enum log_level { DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR };
@@ -38,8 +45,22 @@ enum log_level { DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR };
 struct settings;
 struct sockaddr_in;
 struct sockaddr;
+struct timespec;
 
-extern int debug;
+/* These global variables allow changing the output style and verbosity */
+extern int _debug;
+extern int _indent;
+
+void outdent(int *old);
+
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+ #define INDENT		int __attribute__ ((__cleanup__(outdent), unused)) _old_indent = _indent++;
+#else
+ #define INDENT		;
+#endif
+
+/** Reset the wallclock of debugging outputs */
+void epoch_reset();
 
 /** Logs variadic messages to stdout.
  *
@@ -93,7 +114,7 @@ void hist_dump(unsigned *hist, int length);
 
 /** Printf alike debug message with level. */
 #define debug(lvl, msg, ...) do { \
-	if (lvl <= debug) \
+	if (lvl <= _debug) \
 		print(DEBUG, msg, ##__VA_ARGS__); \
 	} while (0)
 
diff --git a/server/src/utils.c b/server/src/utils.c
index c9ca59a48..4a976b4f7 100644
--- a/server/src/utils.c
+++ b/server/src/utils.c
@@ -22,7 +22,20 @@
 #include "utils.h"
 
 /* This global variable contains the debug level for debug() and assert() macros */
-int debug = V;
+int _debug = V;
+int _indent = 0;
+
+struct timespec epoch;
+
+void outdent(int *old)
+{
+	_indent = *old;
+}
+
+void epoch_reset()
+{
+	clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &epoch);
+}
 
 void print(enum log_level lvl, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
@@ -31,23 +44,20 @@ void print(enum log_level lvl, const char *fmt, ...)
 	va_list ap;
 	va_start(ap, fmt);
 
-	clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts);
-
 	/* Timestamp */
-	printf("%15.4f", ts.tv_sec + ts.tv_nsec / 1e9);
+	clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts);
+	fprintf(stderr, "%8.3f ", timespec_delta(&epoch, &ts));
 
 	switch (lvl) {
-		case DEBUG: printf(" [" BLU("Debug") "] "); break;
-		case INFO:  printf(" [" WHT("Info ") "] "); break;
-		case WARN:  printf(" [" YEL("Warn ") "] "); break;
-		case ERROR: printf(" [" RED("Error") "] "); break;
+		case DEBUG: fprintf(stderr, BLD("%-5s "), GRY("Debug")); break;
+		case INFO:  fprintf(stderr, BLD("%-5s "),     "     " ); break;
+		case WARN:  fprintf(stderr, BLD("%-5s "), YEL(" Warn")); break;
+		case ERROR: fprintf(stderr, BLD("%-5s "), RED("Error")); break;
 	}
 
-	vprintf(fmt, ap);
-	printf("\n");
-
-	va_end(ap);
-}
+	if (_indent) {
+		for (int i = 0; i < _indent-1; i++)
+			fprintf(stderr, GFX("\x78") " ");
 
 int print_addr(struct sockaddr *sa, char *buf, size_t len)
 {
@@ -75,6 +85,7 @@ int print_addr(struct sockaddr *sa, char *buf, size_t len)
 
 		default:
 			error("Unsupported address family");
+		fprintf(stderr, GFX("\x74") " ");
 	}
 }
 
@@ -107,8 +118,11 @@ int parse_addr(const char *addr, struct sockaddr_in *sa, int flags)
 	}
 
 	free(tmp);
+	vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap);
+	fprintf(stderr, "\n");
 
 	return ret;
+	va_end(ap);
 }
 
 cpu_set_t to_cpu_set(int set)
@@ -160,7 +174,6 @@ void hist_plot(unsigned *hist, int length)
 			max = i;
 	}
 
-
 	/* Print header */
 	info("%2s | %5s | %s", "Id", "Value", "Histogram Plot:");