diff --git a/birdwatcher.go b/birdwatcher.go
index e1b8bc3..9082660 100644
--- a/birdwatcher.go
+++ b/birdwatcher.go
@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"flag"
-	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
-	"time"
 
 	"strings"
 
@@ -126,6 +124,8 @@ func (m *MyLogger) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 }
 
 func main() {
+	// Disable timestamps for the default logger, as they are generated by the syslog implementation
+	log.SetFlags(log.Flags() &^ (log.Ldate | log.Ltime))
 	bird6 := flag.Bool("6", false, "Use bird6 instead of bird")
 	workerPoolSize := flag.Int("worker-pool-size", 8, "Number of go routines used to parse routing tables concurrently")
 	configfile := flag.String("config", "/etc/birdwatcher/birdwatcher.conf", "Configuration file location")
@@ -168,12 +168,10 @@ func main() {
 	// Make server
 	r := makeRouter(conf.Server)
 
-	// Set up our own custom log.Logger
-	// Use this weird golang format to imitate log.Logger's timestamp in log.Prefix()
-	ts := time.Now().Format("2006/01/02 15:04:05")
-	// set log prefix timestamp to our own custom prefix
-	log.SetPrefix(ts)
-	myquerylog := log.New(os.Stdout, fmt.Sprintf("%s %s: ", ts, "QUERY"), 0)
+	// Set up our own custom log.Logger without a prefix
+	myquerylog := log.New(os.Stdout, "", 0)
+	// Disable timestamps, as they are contained in the query log
+	myquerylog.SetFlags(myquerylog.Flags() &^ (log.Ldate | log.Ltime))
 	mylogger := &MyLogger{myquerylog}
 
 	if conf.Server.EnableTLS {