diff --git a/src/Zemu.ts b/src/Zemu.ts
index 1afa6da..c3f0dc1 100644
--- a/src/Zemu.ts
+++ b/src/Zemu.ts
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ export default class Zemu {
   }
 
   log(message: string): void {
-    if (this.startOptions.logging) {
+    if (this.startOptions.logger?.enabled ?? this.startOptions.logging) {
       const currentTimestamp = new Date().toISOString().slice(11, 23);
       process.stdout.write(`[${this.containerName}] ${currentTimestamp}: ${message}\n`);
     }
diff --git a/src/emulator.ts b/src/emulator.ts
index b23d8a1..f5623df 100644
--- a/src/emulator.ts
+++ b/src/emulator.ts
@@ -15,13 +15,21 @@
  ******************************************************************************* */
 import Docker, { type Container, type ContainerInfo } from "dockerode";
 import path from "path";
+import { Transform } from "stream";
 
 export const DEV_CERT_PRIVATE_KEY = "ff701d781f43ce106f72dc26a46b6a83e053b5d07bb3d4ceab79c91ca822a66b";
 export const BOLOS_SDK = "/project/deps/nanos-secure-sdk";
 export const DEFAULT_APP_PATH = "/project/app/bin";
 
 export default class EmuContainer {
-  private logging: boolean;
+  private logger: {
+    enabled: boolean;
+    timestamp: {
+      enabled: boolean;
+      format: "unix" | "iso";
+    };
+  };
+
   private readonly elfLocalPath: string;
   private readonly name: string;
   private readonly image: string;
@@ -33,7 +41,13 @@ export default class EmuContainer {
     this.elfLocalPath = elfLocalPath;
     this.libElfs = libElfs;
     this.name = name;
-    this.logging = false;
+    this.logger = {
+      enabled: false,
+      timestamp: {
+        enabled: false,
+        format: "iso",
+      },
+    };
   }
 
   static killContainerByName(name: string): void {
@@ -83,11 +97,35 @@ export default class EmuContainer {
   }
 
   log(message: string): void {
-    if (this.logging ?? false) process.stdout.write(`${message}\n`);
+    if (this.logger.enabled) {
+      let msg = message;
+
+      if (this.logger.timestamp.enabled) {
+        switch (this.logger.timestamp.format) {
+          case "iso":
+            msg = `[${new Date().toISOString()}] ${message}`;
+            break;
+          case "unix":
+            msg = `[${new Date().getTime()}] ${message}`;
+            break;
+          default:
+            throw new Error("invalid logger timestamp format");
+        }
+      }
+
+      process.stdout.write(`${msg}\n`);
+    }
   }
 
   async runContainer(options: {
     logging: boolean;
+    logger?: {
+      enabled: boolean;
+      timestamp: {
+        enabled: boolean;
+        format: "unix" | "iso";
+      };
+    };
     custom: string;
     model: string;
     transportPort: string;
@@ -95,7 +133,7 @@ export default class EmuContainer {
   }): Promise<void> {
     const docker = new Docker();
 
-    this.logging = options.logging;
+    this.logger = options.logger ?? { enabled: options.logging, timestamp: { enabled: false, format: "iso" } };
 
     const appFilename = path.basename(this.elfLocalPath);
     const appDir = path.dirname(this.elfLocalPath);
@@ -153,11 +191,35 @@ export default class EmuContainer {
 
     this.log(`[ZEMU] Connected ${this.currentContainer.id}`);
 
-    if (this.logging) {
-      this.currentContainer.attach({ stream: true, stdout: true, stderr: true }, (err: any, stream: any) => {
-        if (err != null) throw err;
-        stream.pipe(process.stdout);
+    if (this.logger.enabled) {
+      const timestampTransform = new Transform({
+        transform: (chunk, encoding, callback) => {
+          if (this.logger.timestamp.enabled) {
+            switch (this.logger.timestamp.format) {
+              case "iso":
+                callback(null, `[${new Date().toISOString()}] ${chunk}`);
+                break;
+              case "unix":
+                callback(null, `[${new Date().getTime()}] ${chunk}`);
+                break;
+              default:
+                throw new Error("invalid logger timestamp format");
+            }
+          } else {
+            callback(null, `${chunk}`);
+          }
+        },
       });
+
+      this.currentContainer.attach(
+        { stream: true, stdout: true, stderr: true },
+        (err: any, stream: NodeJS.ReadWriteStream | undefined) => {
+          if (err != null) throw err;
+          if (stream == null) return;
+
+          stream.pipe(timestampTransform).pipe(process.stdout);
+        },
+      );
       this.log(`[ZEMU] Attached ${this.currentContainer.id}`);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 519299d..b287517 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ export type TModel = "nanos" | "nanosp" | "nanox" | "stax" | "flex";
 
 export interface IStartOptions {
   logging: boolean;
+  logger?: {
+    enabled: boolean;
+    timestamp: {
+      enabled: boolean;
+      format: "unix" | "iso";
+    };
+  };
   startDelay: number;
   custom: string;
   model: TModel;