diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Console/OpenSimAppender.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Console/OpenSimAppender.cs
index fb3c7c200f..6b1ba39cd7 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Console/OpenSimAppender.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Console/OpenSimAppender.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Console
         override protected void Append(LoggingEvent le)
         {
             string loggingMessage = RenderLoggingEvent(le);
-            string regex = @"^(?<Front>.*)\[(?<Category>\w+)\](?<End>.*)";
+            string regex = @"^(?<Front>.*?)\[(?<Category>\w+)\]:?(?<End>.*)";
 
             Regex RE = new Regex(regex, RegexOptions.Multiline);
             MatchCollection matches = RE.Matches(loggingMessage);
@@ -26,8 +26,21 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Console
                 System.Console.Write("[");
 
                 WriteColorText(DeriveColor(matches[0].Groups["Category"].Value), matches[0].Groups["Category"].Value);
-                System.Console.Write("]");
-                System.Console.WriteLine(matches[0].Groups["End"].Value);
+                System.Console.Write("]:");
+                
+                if (le.Level == Level.Error) 
+                {
+                    WriteColorText(ConsoleColor.Red, matches[0].Groups["End"].Value);
+                }
+                else if (le.Level == Level.Warn) 
+                {
+                    WriteColorText(ConsoleColor.Yellow, matches[0].Groups["End"].Value);
+                }
+                else 
+                {
+                    System.Console.Write(matches[0].Groups["End"].Value);
+                }
+                System.Console.WriteLine();
             } 
             else
             {
diff --git a/bin/OpenSim.exe.config b/bin/OpenSim.exe.config
index 0c6b1df566..d38de24263 100644
--- a/bin/OpenSim.exe.config
+++ b/bin/OpenSim.exe.config
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <log4net>
     <appender name="Console" type="OpenSim.Framework.Console.OpenSimAppender, OpenSim.Framework.Console">
       <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
-        <conversionPattern value="%-5level - %message%newline" />
+        <conversionPattern value="%date{HH:mm:ss} - %message%newline" />
       </layout>
     </appender>
     <appender name="LogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender">