diff --git a/bridge/mattermost/mattermost.go b/bridge/mattermost/mattermost.go
index bd1292bb..f6206493 100644
--- a/bridge/mattermost/mattermost.go
+++ b/bridge/mattermost/mattermost.go
@@ -364,6 +364,9 @@ func (b *Bmattermost) apiLogin() error {
 
 	b.mc = matterclient.New(b.Config.Login, password,
 		b.Config.Team, b.Config.Server)
+	if b.General.Debug {
+		b.mc.SetLogLevel("debug")
+	}
 	b.mc.SkipTLSVerify = b.Config.SkipTLSVerify
 	b.mc.NoTLS = b.Config.NoTLS
 	flog.Infof("Connecting %s (team: %s) on %s", b.Config.Login, b.Config.Team, b.Config.Server)
diff --git a/matterbridge.go b/matterbridge.go
index 5e1e3f46..aa92bf08 100644
--- a/matterbridge.go
+++ b/matterbridge.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 func main() {
-	log.SetFormatter(&prefixed.TextFormatter{PrefixPadding: 10, DisableColors: true, FullTimestamp: true})
+	log.SetFormatter(&prefixed.TextFormatter{PrefixPadding: 13, DisableColors: true, FullTimestamp: true})
 	flog := log.WithFields(log.Fields{"prefix": "main"})
 	flagConfig := flag.String("conf", "matterbridge.toml", "config file")
 	flagDebug := flag.Bool("debug", false, "enable debug")
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func main() {
 		return
 	}
 	if *flagDebug || os.Getenv("DEBUG") == "1" {
-		log.SetFormatter(&prefixed.TextFormatter{PrefixPadding: 10, DisableColors: true, FullTimestamp: false})
+		log.SetFormatter(&prefixed.TextFormatter{PrefixPadding: 13, DisableColors: true, FullTimestamp: false})
 		flog.Info("Enabling debug")
 		log.SetLevel(log.DebugLevel)
 	}
diff --git a/matterclient/matterclient.go b/matterclient/matterclient.go
index 9e44705d..27e96163 100644
--- a/matterclient/matterclient.go
+++ b/matterclient/matterclient.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	prefixed "github.com/x-cray/logrus-prefixed-formatter"
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru"
@@ -73,12 +74,16 @@ type MMClient struct {
 func New(login, pass, team, server string) *MMClient {
 	cred := &Credentials{Login: login, Pass: pass, Team: team, Server: server}
 	mmclient := &MMClient{Credentials: cred, MessageChan: make(chan *Message, 100), Users: make(map[string]*model.User)}
-	mmclient.log = log.WithFields(log.Fields{"module": "matterclient"})
-	log.SetFormatter(&log.TextFormatter{FullTimestamp: true})
+	log.SetFormatter(&prefixed.TextFormatter{PrefixPadding: 13, DisableColors: true})
+	mmclient.log = log.WithFields(log.Fields{"prefix": "matterclient"})
 	mmclient.lruCache, _ = lru.New(500)
 	return mmclient
 }
 
+func (m *MMClient) SetDebugLog() {
+	log.SetFormatter(&prefixed.TextFormatter{PrefixPadding: 13, DisableColors: true, FullTimestamp: false})
+}
+
 func (m *MMClient) SetLogLevel(level string) {
 	l, err := log.ParseLevel(level)
 	if err != nil {