diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 38c3642f120788f7610c30f691c3b559a619206b..afac0f3119af69da3f5f5c603051f48ecb531eda 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -451,27 +451,15 @@ Though this is unlikely to be required in small deployment, you can fine-tune so
 
 ### Fail2Ban Setup
 
-Bitwarden_rs logs failed login attempts to stdout. We need to set this so the host OS can see these. Then we can setup Fail2Ban.
+As of release 1.5.0, bitwarden_rs supports logging to file. See [Logging](#logging) above for information on how to set this up.
 
-#### Logging Failed Login Attempts to Syslog
+#### Logging Failed Login Attempts
 
-We need to set the logging driver to syslog so the host OS and Fail2Ban can see them.
+After specifying the log file location, failed login attempts will appear in the logs in the following format:
 
-If you are using docker commands, you will need to add: `--log-driver syslog --log-opt tag=$TAG` to your command.
-
-If you are using docker-compose, add this to you yaml file:
-```
-  bitwarden:
-    logging:
-      driver: "syslog"
-      options:
-        tag: "$TAG"
-```
-With the above settings in the docker-compose file. Any failed login attempts will look like this in your syslog file:
 ```
-MMM DD hh:mm:ss server-hostname $TAG[773]: [YYYY-MM-DD][hh:mm:ss][bitwarden_rs::api::identity][ERROR] Username or password is incorrect. Try again. IP: XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX. Username: email@domain.com.
+[YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss][bitwarden_rs::api::identity][ERROR] Username or password is incorrect. Try again. IP: XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX. Username: email@domain.com.
 ```
-You can change the '$TAG' to anything you like. Just remember it because it will be in the Fail2Ban filter.
 
 #### Fail2Ban Filter
 
@@ -485,11 +473,9 @@ And add the following
 before = common.conf
 
 [Definition]
-_daemon = $TAG
-failregex = ^%(__prefix_line)s.*Username or password is incorrect\. Try again\. IP: <HOST>\. Username:.*$
+failregex = ^.*Username or password is incorrect\. Try again\. IP: <HOST>\. Username:.*$
 ignoreregex =
 ```
-Dont forget to change the '$TAG' to what you set it as from above.
 
 #### Fail2Ban Jail
 
@@ -504,7 +490,8 @@ enabled = true
 port = 80,443,8081
 filter = bitwarden
 action = iptables-allports[name=bitwarden]
-logpath = /var/log/syslog
+logpath = /path/to/bitwarden/log
+backend = polling
 maxretry = 3
 bantime = 14400
 findtime = 14400
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 160d2f5ffd8d04a4de6999ba731a3349c9067b76..0f0b6f785cb53db8037a09805ad44e6c1cfd51d3 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ fn init_logging() -> Result<(), fern::InitError> {
     .format(|out, message, record| {
         out.finish(format_args!(
             "{}[{}][{}] {}",
-            chrono::Local::now().format("[%Y-%m-%d][%H:%M:%S]"),
+            chrono::Local::now().format("[%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S]"),
             record.target(),
             record.level(),
             message