diff --git a/cmd/crowdsec/main.go b/cmd/crowdsec/main.go
index 5f04e9b99..0f02c76f3 100644
--- a/cmd/crowdsec/main.go
+++ b/cmd/crowdsec/main.go
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ func LoadConfig(configFile string, disableAgent bool, disableAPI bool, quiet boo
 		cConfig.Common.LogDir, *cConfig.Common.LogLevel,
 		cConfig.Common.LogMaxSize, cConfig.Common.LogMaxFiles,
 		cConfig.Common.LogMaxAge, cConfig.Common.CompressLogs,
+		cConfig.Common.LogFormat, cConfig.Common.LogFormat,
 		cConfig.Common.ForceColorLogs); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/csconfig/common.go b/pkg/csconfig/common.go
index 7e1ef6e5c..b11d131f8 100644
--- a/pkg/csconfig/common.go
+++ b/pkg/csconfig/common.go
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ type CommonCfg struct {
 	WorkingDir     string     `yaml:"working_dir,omitempty"` // TODO: This is just for backward compat. Remove this later
 	CompressLogs   *bool      `yaml:"compress_logs,omitempty"`
 	LogMaxSize     int        `yaml:"log_max_size,omitempty"`
-	LogMaxAge      int        `yaml:"log_max_age,omitempty"`
+  LogFormat      string     `yaml:"log_format,omitempty"`
+  LogMaxAge      int        `yaml:"log_max_age,omitempty"`
 	LogMaxFiles    int        `yaml:"log_max_files,omitempty"`
 	ForceColorLogs bool       `yaml:"force_color_logs,omitempty"`
 }