diff --git a/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/arduino-daemon.ts b/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/arduino-daemon.ts
index f17718d6..1ad8ebb7 100644
--- a/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/arduino-daemon.ts
+++ b/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/arduino-daemon.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ export class ArduinoDaemon implements BackendApplicationContribution {
         try {
             if (!this.cliContribution.debugCli) {
                 const executable = await this.cli.getExecPath();
-                this.logger.info(`>>> Starting 'arduino-cli' daemon... [${executable}]`);
+                const version = await this.cli.getVersion();
+                this.logger.info(`>>> Starting ${version.toLocaleLowerCase()} daemon from ${executable}...`);
                 const daemon = exec(`${executable} daemon -v --log-level info --format json --log-format json`,
                 { encoding: 'utf8', maxBuffer: 1024 * 1024 }, (err, stdout, stderr) => {
                     if (err || stderr) {
diff --git a/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/daemon-log.ts b/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/daemon-log.ts
index e8ddd9ab..872058a6 100644
--- a/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/daemon-log.ts
+++ b/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/daemon-log.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ export namespace DaemonLog {
     export function log(logger: ILogger, logMessages: string): void {
         const parsed = parse(logMessages);
         for (const log of parsed) {
-            logger.log(toLogLevel(log), toMessage(log));
+            const logLevel = toLogLevel(log);
+            const message = toMessage(log, { omitLogLevel: true });
+            logger.log(logLevel, message);
         }
     }
 
@@ -109,12 +111,13 @@ export namespace DaemonLog {
 
     export function toPrettyString(logMessages: string): string {
         const parsed = parse(logMessages);
-        return parsed.map(toMessage).join('\n') + '\n';
+        return parsed.map(log => toMessage(log)).join('\n') + '\n';
     }
 
-    function toMessage(log: DaemonLog): string {
+    function toMessage(log: DaemonLog, options: { omitLogLevel: boolean } = { omitLogLevel: false }): string {
         const details = Object.keys(log).filter(key => key !== 'msg' && key !== 'level' && key !== 'time').map(key => toDetails(log, key)).join(', ');
-        return `[${log.level.toUpperCase()}] ${log.msg}${!!details ? ` [${details}]` : ''}`
+        const logLevel = options.omitLogLevel ? '' : `[${log.level.toUpperCase()}] `;
+        return `${logLevel}${log.msg}${!!details ? ` [${details}]` : ''}`
     }
 
     function toDetails(log: DaemonLog, key: string): string {