diff --git a/src/sssom_validate_ui/utils.py b/src/sssom_validate_ui/utils.py
index 63bdf54..fdbf1ad 100644
--- a/src/sssom_validate_ui/utils.py
+++ b/src/sssom_validate_ui/utils.py
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ def configure_logger(capture_stream):
     logger = logging.getLogger()
     log_handler = logging.StreamHandler(capture_stream)
     log_handler.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-    log_handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter("**%(levelname)s**: %(message)s"))
+    log_handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter("**%(levelname)s**: %(message)s\n\n"))
     logger.addHandler(log_handler)
     try:
         yield