diff --git a/interface.c b/interface.c
index 6af4dc0..6f77bac 100644
--- a/interface.c
+++ b/interface.c
@@ -1191,24 +1191,24 @@ void hexdump (int *in_ptr, int *in_end) {
   print_end ();
 }
 
+/*
 void logprintf (const char *format, ...) {
   va_list ap;
   va_start (ap, format);
   log_message(format, ap);
   va_end (ap);
-  /*
-  int x = 0;
-  if (!prompt_was) {
-    x = 1;
-    print_start ();
-  }
-  printf (COLOR_GREY " *** ");
-  printf (COLOR_NORMAL);
-  if (x) {
-    print_end ();
-  }
-  */
+  //int x = 0;
+  //if (!prompt_was) {
+  //  x = 1;
+  //  print_start ();
+  //}
+  //printf (COLOR_GREY " *** ");
+  //printf (COLOR_NORMAL);
+  //if (x) {
+  //  print_end ();
+  //}
 }
+*/
 
 int color_stack_pos;
 const char *color_stack[10];
diff --git a/msglog.c b/msglog.c
index cbe1828..0799b79 100644
--- a/msglog.c
+++ b/msglog.c
@@ -14,26 +14,27 @@
 
 #define COLOR_INVERSE "\033[7m"
 
-void log_printf(const char *format, ...)  
+/** 
+ * Log a message to the telegram-cli message log, by 
+ * just writing it to STDOUT and appending '***'
+ */
+void log_printf(const char *format, va_list ap)  
 {
   printf (COLOR_GREY " *** ");
-  va_list ap;
-  va_start (ap, format);
-  vfprintf (stdout, format, ap);
-  va_end (ap);
+  vprintf (format, ap);
   printf (COLOR_NORMAL);
 }
 
 /**
  * The callback that will log the given msg to the used target
  */
-void (*log_cb)(const char*, ...) = log_printf;
+void (*log_cb)(const char* format, va_list ap) = log_printf;
 
 /**
  * Set a custom logging callback to use instead of the regular
  * 	printf to stdout
  */
-void set_log_cb(void (*cb)(const char*, ...)) 
+void set_log_cb(void (*cb)(const char*, va_list ap))
 { 
    log_cb = cb;
 }
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ void set_log_cb(void (*cb)(const char*, ...))
 /**
  * Log a message to the current message log
  */
-void log_message(const char *format, ...) 
+void logprintf(const char *format, ...) 
 {
    va_list ap;
    va_start (ap, format);
diff --git a/msglog.h b/msglog.h
index 07d74dc..e574ba2 100644
--- a/msglog.h
+++ b/msglog.h
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
+#include <stdarg.h>
+
 /**
  * Set a custom logging callback to use instead of regular printing 
  * 	to stdout
  */
-void set_log_cb(void (*cb)(const char*, ...));
+void set_log_cb(void (*cb)(const char*, va_list ap));
 
 /**
  * Log a message to the current message log
  */
-void log_message(const char *format, ...);
+void logprintf(const char *format, ...);
 
 /*
 void log_debug(const char* format, ...);
diff --git a/purple-plugin/telegram-purple.c b/purple-plugin/telegram-purple.c
index 4d73b4b..2e417c2 100644
--- a/purple-plugin/telegram-purple.c
+++ b/purple-plugin/telegram-purple.c
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 #include <glib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <time.h>
 
 // test
 
@@ -37,6 +40,8 @@
 #include "status.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include "prpl.h"
+#include "prefs.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 // Telegram Includes
 #include <tg-cli.h>
@@ -52,12 +57,14 @@ static PurplePlugin *_telegram_protocol = NULL;
  * Redirect the msglog of the telegram-cli application to the libpurple
  *	logger
  */
-void tg_cli_log_cb(const char* format, ...)
+void tg_cli_log_cb(const char* format, va_list ap)
 {
-  va_list ap;
-  va_start (ap, format);
-  purple_debug_info(PLUGIN_ID, format, ap);
-  va_end (ap);
+  // emulate libpurple logging function, because we cant pass va_list
+  // directly
+  time_t mtime = time(NULL);
+  const char *mdate = purple_utf8_strftime("%H:%M:%S", localtime(&mtime));
+  printf("(%s) prpl-telegram: ", mdate);
+  vprintf(format, ap);
 }
 
 /**