diff --git a/src/libcamera/log.cpp b/src/libcamera/log.cpp
index 1c82dc68fb0f..fd1b5c39a52e 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/log.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/log.cpp
@@ -84,10 +84,10 @@ static int log_severity_to_syslog(LogSeverity severity)
 static const char *log_severity_name(LogSeverity severity)
 {
 	static const char *const names[] = {
-		"  DBG",
+		"DEBUG",
 		" INFO",
 		" WARN",
-		"  ERR",
+		"ERROR",
 		"FATAL",
 	};
 
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ void LogOutput::write(const LogMessage &msg)
 	case LoggingTargetStream:
 	case LoggingTargetFile:
 		str = "[" + utils::time_point_to_string(msg.timestamp()) + "] ["
-		    + std::to_string(Thread::currentId()) + "]"
+		    + std::to_string(Thread::currentId()) + "] "
 		    + log_severity_name(msg.severity()) + " "
 		    + msg.category().name() + " " + msg.fileInfo() + " "
 		    + msg.msg();