diff --git a/zellij-server/src/decorating_pipe.rs b/zellij-server/src/decorating_pipe.rs
index 0d5d2f51..7f68f50c 100644
--- a/zellij-server/src/decorating_pipe.rs
+++ b/zellij-server/src/decorating_pipe.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ pub struct DecoratingPipe {
 
 impl DecoratingPipe {
     pub fn new(plugin_name: &str) -> DecoratingPipe {
-        info!("Creating decorating pipe!");
+        info!("Creating decorating pipe for plugin: {}!", plugin_name);
         DecoratingPipe {
             buffer: VecDeque::new(),
             plugin_name: String::from(plugin_name),
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ impl Write for DecoratingPipe {
                     if split_converted_buffer.peek().is_none() {
                         // Log last chunk iff the last char is endline. Otherwise do not do it.
                         if converted_buffer.chars().last().unwrap() == '\n' && !msg.is_empty() {
-                            info!("{}: {}", self.plugin_name, msg);
+                            info!("|{:<25}| {}", self.plugin_name, msg);
                             consumed_bytes += msg.len() + 1;
                         }
                     } else {
-                        info!("{}: {}", self.plugin_name, msg);
+                        info!("|{:<25}| {}", self.plugin_name, msg);
                         consumed_bytes += msg.len() + 1;
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/zellij-utils/assets/config/log4rs.yml b/zellij-utils/assets/config/log4rs.yml
index 01934f40..5a60b973 100644
--- a/zellij-utils/assets/config/log4rs.yml
+++ b/zellij-utils/assets/config/log4rs.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 refresh_rate: 30 seconds
 
 appenders:
-  # An appender named "stdout" that writes to stdout
+  # An appender named "stderr" that writes to stderr
   stderr:
     kind: console
     target: stderr
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ appenders:
     append: false
     encoder:
       # {n} means platform dependent newline
-      pattern: "|{module}| {date} {highlight({level})} [{thread}] [{file}:{line}]: {message} {n}"
+      # module is padded to *at least* 25 bytes and thread is padded to be between 10 and 15 bytes.
+      pattern: "|{module:<25}| {date} {highlight({level})} [{thread:<10.15}] [{file}:{line}]: {message} {n}"
 
   # plugin appender. To be used in decorating_pipe to forward stderr output from plugins.
   logPlugin: