diff --git a/tools/edit_monitor/main.py b/tools/edit_monitor/main.py
index 49385f1..7ca0daa 100644
--- a/tools/edit_monitor/main.py
+++ b/tools/edit_monitor/main.py
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@
   root_logging_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='edit_monitor_')
   _, log_path = tempfile.mkstemp(dir=root_logging_dir, suffix='.log')
 
-  log_fmt = '%(asctime)s %(filename)s:%(lineno)s:%(levelname)s: %(message)s'
+
+  log_fmt = '%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(filename)s:%(lineno)s:%(levelname)s: %(message)s'
   date_fmt = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'
   log_level = logging.DEBUG if verbose else logging.INFO