diff --git a/homeassistant/bootstrap.py b/homeassistant/bootstrap.py
index da7886ad1e8..0c8b0bc688e 100644
--- a/homeassistant/bootstrap.py
+++ b/homeassistant/bootstrap.py
@@ -508,8 +508,10 @@ def enable_logging(hass: core.HomeAssistant, verbose: bool=False,
     Async friendly.
     """
     logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
-    fmt = ("%(log_color)s%(asctime)s %(levelname)s (%(threadName)s) "
-           "[%(name)s] %(message)s%(reset)s")
+    fmt = ("%(asctime)s %(levelname)s (%(threadName)s) "
+           "[%(name)s] %(message)s")
+    colorfmt = "%(log_color)s{}%(reset)s".format(fmt)
+    datefmt = '%y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'
 
     # suppress overly verbose logs from libraries that aren't helpful
     logging.getLogger("requests").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
@@ -519,8 +521,8 @@ def enable_logging(hass: core.HomeAssistant, verbose: bool=False,
     try:
         from colorlog import ColoredFormatter
         logging.getLogger().handlers[0].setFormatter(ColoredFormatter(
-            fmt,
-            datefmt='%y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S',
+            colorfmt,
+            datefmt=datefmt,
             reset=True,
             log_colors={
                 'DEBUG': 'cyan',
@@ -554,9 +556,7 @@ def enable_logging(hass: core.HomeAssistant, verbose: bool=False,
                 err_log_path, mode='w', delay=True)
 
         err_handler.setLevel(logging.INFO if verbose else logging.WARNING)
-        err_handler.setFormatter(
-            logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s %(name)s: %(message)s',
-                              datefmt='%y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'))
+        err_handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter(fmt, datefmt=datefmt))
 
         async_handler = AsyncHandler(hass.loop, err_handler)
         hass.data[core.DATA_ASYNCHANDLER] = async_handler