diff --git a/jena-fuseki/Dockerfile b/jena-fuseki/Dockerfile
index f6b81f3..d949afe 100644
--- a/jena-fuseki/Dockerfile
+++ b/jena-fuseki/Dockerfile
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ COPY shiro.ini $FUSEKI_HOME/shiro.ini
 COPY docker-entrypoint.sh /
 RUN chmod 755 /docker-entrypoint.sh
 
+COPY logging.sh $FUSEKI_HOME/logging.sh
+RUN chmod 444 $FUSEKI_HOME/logging.sh
+
+COPY log4j2.properties $FUSEKI_HOME/log4j2.properties.templ
 
 COPY load.sh $FUSEKI_HOME/
 COPY tdbloader $FUSEKI_HOME/
diff --git a/jena-fuseki/README.md b/jena-fuseki/README.md
index 579d5b3..6e2e7a8 100644
--- a/jena-fuseki/README.md
+++ b/jena-fuseki/README.md
@@ -63,6 +63,21 @@ heap (default: 1200 MiB), set the `JVM_ARGS` environment with `-e`:
 
     docker run -p 3030:3030 -e JVM_ARGS=-Xmx2g stain/jena-fuseki
 
+## Customize logging
+
+The Docker container outputs logs to stdout which can be read by using docker logs CONTAINER_ID.
+The log entries follows the pattern of `09:44:30 INFO Entrypoint :: Initializing Apache Jena Fuseki`.
+The first component is the timestamp of the event and it can changed with the LOG_FORMAT variable.
+
+For example if you were to start the container like this:
+
+```docker run -p 3030:3030 -e LOG_FORMAT="%y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %% %Z" stain/jena-fuseki```
+
+Then you would see log entries like theese:
+
+```24-12-14 09:44:30 % UTC INFO Entrypoint :: Initializing Apache Jena Fuseki```
+
+Please read the man page for date(1) for information about strfttime format.
 
 ## Data persistence
 
diff --git a/jena-fuseki/docker-entrypoint.sh b/jena-fuseki/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 4134561..37d09bf 100644
--- a/jena-fuseki/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/jena-fuseki/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -14,28 +14,54 @@
 #   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 #   limitations under the License.
 
+source $FUSEKI_HOME/logging.sh
 set -e
 
+# Check if $LOG_FORMAT contains any invalid specifiers
+# The regex ^((%[aAbBcdHIjmMpSUwWxXyYZFT%])|[^%])+$ matches strings that consist
+# of valid strftime format specifiers (% followed by a valid character), any non-% character.
+# It ensures the string contains valid format elements, including literals and percent signs.
+# Valid examples, please date(1) manpage for information on the valid format:
+# LOG_FORMAT="%y%m%d%H%M%S"             ## 241214174530
+# LOG_FORMAT="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"        ## 2024-12-14 17:45:30
+# LOG_FORMAT="%y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %% %Z"  ## 24-12-14 17:45:30 % UTC
+
+if [ ! -z "$LOG_FORMAT" ] && ! echo -n "$LOG_FORMAT" | grep -qE '^((%[aAbBcdHIjmMpSUwWxXyYZFT%])|[^%])+$'; then
+    invalid_strfttime_format=$LOG_FORMAT
+    unset LOG_FORMAT
+    log "WARN" "Invalid strfttime date format specifier in '$invalid_strfttime_format'."
+fi
+
 if [ ! -f "$FUSEKI_BASE/shiro.ini" ] ; then
   # First time
-  echo "###################################"
-  echo "Initializing Apache Jena Fuseki"
-  echo ""
-  cp "$FUSEKI_HOME/shiro.ini" "$FUSEKI_BASE/shiro.ini"
+  log "INFO" "###################################"
+  log "INFO" "Initializing Apache Jena Fuseki"
+
+  cp ${FUSEKI_HOME}/shiro.ini ${FUSEKI_BASE}/shiro.ini
+  
   if [ -z "$ADMIN_PASSWORD" ] ; then
     ADMIN_PASSWORD=$(pwgen -s 15)
-    echo "Randomly generated admin password:"
-    echo ""
-    echo "admin=$ADMIN_PASSWORD"
+    log "INFO" "Randomly generated admin password:"
+    log "INFO" "admin=$ADMIN_PASSWORD"
   fi
-  echo ""
-  echo "###################################"
+  log "INFO" "###################################"
 fi
 
 if [ -d "/fuseki-extra" ] && [ ! -d "$FUSEKI_BASE/extra" ] ; then
   ln -s "/fuseki-extra" "$FUSEKI_BASE/extra" 
 fi
 
+if [ ! -z "$LOG_FORMAT" ]; then
+    cp ${FUSEKI_HOME}/log4j2.properties.templ ${FUSEKI_BASE}/log4j2.properties
+    # translate the format to so it works with Log4j2
+    LOG4J2_FORMAT="%d{$(translate_to_log4j2_format "$LOG_FORMAT")}"
+    export LOG4J2_FORMAT
+    envsubst '${LOG4J2_FORMAT}' < "$FUSEKI_BASE/log4j2.properties" > "$FUSEKI_BASE/log4j2.properties.$$" && \
+        mv "$FUSEKI_BASE/log4j2.properties.$$" "$FUSEKI_BASE/log4j2.properties"
+    unset LOG4J2_FORMAT
+    export LOGGING="-Dlog4j2.configurationFile=$FUSEKI_BASE/log4j2.properties"
+fi
+
 # $ADMIN_PASSWORD only modifies if ${ADMIN_PASSWORD}
 # is in shiro.ini
 if [ -n "$ADMIN_PASSWORD" ] ; then
@@ -56,7 +82,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 # Wait until server is up
-echo "Waiting for Fuseki to finish starting up..."
+log "INFO" "Waiting for Fuseki to finish starting up..."
 until $(curl --output /dev/null --silent --head --fail http://localhost:3030); do
   sleep 1s
 done
@@ -65,13 +91,13 @@ done
 printenv | egrep "^FUSEKI_DATASET_" | while read env_var
 do
     dataset=$(echo $env_var | egrep -o "=.*$" | sed 's/^=//g')
-    echo "Creating dataset $dataset"
+    log "INFO" "Creating dataset $dataset"
     curl -s 'http://localhost:3030/$/datasets'\
          -u admin:${ADMIN_PASSWORD}\
          -H 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8'\
          --data "dbName=${dataset}&dbType=${TDB_VERSION}"
 done
-echo "Fuseki is available :-)"
+log "INFO" "Fuseki is available :-)"
 unset ADMIN_PASSWORD # Don't keep it in memory
 
 # rejoin our exec
diff --git a/jena-fuseki/log4j2.properties b/jena-fuseki/log4j2.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5039b00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jena-fuseki/log4j2.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+## Licensed under the terms of http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+status = error
+name = PropertiesConfig
+filters = threshold
+
+filter.threshold.type = ThresholdFilter
+filter.threshold.level = ALL
+
+appender.console.type = Console
+appender.console.name = OUT
+appender.console.target = SYSTEM_ERR
+appender.console.layout.type = PatternLayout
+appender.console.layout.pattern = $LOG4J2_FORMAT %-5p %-15c{1} :: %m%n
+
+rootLogger.level                  = INFO
+rootLogger.appenderRef.stdout.ref = OUT
+
+logger.jena.name  = org.apache.jena
+logger.jena.level = INFO
+
+logger.arq-exec.name  = org.apache.jena.arq.exec
+logger.arq-exec.level = INFO
+
+logger.arq-info.name  = org.apache.jena.arq.info
+logger.arq-info.level = INFO
+
+logger.riot.name  = org.apache.jena.riot
+logger.riot.level = INFO
+
+logger.fuseki.name  = org.apache.jena.fuseki
+logger.fuseki.level = INFO
+
+logger.fuseki-fuseki.name  = org.apache.jena.fuseki.Fuseki
+logger.fuseki-fuseki.level = INFO
+
+logger.fuseki-server.name  = org.apache.jena.fuseki.Server
+logger.fuseki-server.level = INFO
+
+logger.fuseki-config.name  = org.apache.jena.fuseki.Config
+logger.fuseki-config.level = INFO
+
+logger.fuseki-admin.name  = org.apache.jena.fuseki.Admin
+logger.fuseki-admin.level = INFO
+
+logger.jetty.name  = org.eclipse.jetty
+logger.jetty.level = WARN
+
+logger.shiro.name = org.apache.shiro
+logger.shiro.level = WARN
+
+# Hide bug with Shiro 1.5.0+, 2.0.0
+logger.shiro-realm.name = org.apache.shiro.realm.text.IniRealm
+logger.shiro-realm.level = ERROR
+
+# This goes out in NCSA format
+appender.plain.type = Console
+appender.plain.name = PLAIN
+appender.plain.layout.type = PatternLayout
+appender.plain.layout.pattern = %m%n
+
+logger.fuseki-request.name                   = org.apache.jena.fuseki.Request
+logger.fuseki-request.additivity             = false
+logger.fuseki-request.level                  = OFF
+logger.fuseki-request.appenderRef.plain.ref  = PLAIN
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/jena-fuseki/logging.sh b/jena-fuseki/logging.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a351a23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jena-fuseki/logging.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+log() {
+    local level="$1"
+    shift
+    local message="$*"
+    local timestamp
+    if [ -z "$LOG_FORMAT" ]; then
+        LOG_FORMAT="%H:%M:%S"
+    fi
+    timestamp=$(date +"$LOG_FORMAT")  # Get current time in HH:MM:SS format, which is used by Fuseki logging
+    printf "%s %-5s %-15s :: %s\n" "$timestamp" "$level" Entrypoint "$message"
+}
+
+translate_to_log4j2_format() {
+    local strfttime_format="$1"
+    # Define translation patterns using Bash parameter substitutions
+    local log4j_format="$strfttime_format"
+    log4j_format="${log4j_format//%a/EEE}"         # Abbreviated weekday name
+    log4j_format="${log4j_format//%A/EEEE}"        # Full weekday name
+    log4j_format="${log4j_format//%b/MMM}"         # Abbreviated month name
+    log4j_format="${log4j_format//%B/MMMM}"        # Full month name
+    log4j_format="${log4j_format//%d/dd}"          # Day of the month
+    log4j_format="${log4j_format//%H/HH}"          # Hour (00-23)
+    log4j_format="${log4j_format//%I/hh}"          # Hour (01-12)
+    log4j_format="${log4j_format//%j/DDD}"         # Day of the year
+    log4j_format="${log4j_format//%m/MM}"          # Month
+    log4j_format="${log4j_format//%M/mm}"          # Minute
+    log4j_format="${log4j_format//%p/a}"           # AM or PM
+    log4j_format="${log4j_format//%S/ss}"          # Second
+    log4j_format="${log4j_format//%y/yy}"          # Year (last two digits)
+    log4j_format="${log4j_format//%Y/yyyy}"        # Full year
+    log4j_format="${log4j_format//%Z/z}"           # Time zone
+    log4j_format="${log4j_format//%F/yyyy-MM-dd}"  # Full date
+    log4j_format="${log4j_format//%T/HH:mm:ss}"    # Full time
+    log4j_format="${log4j_format//%%/%}"           # A escaped %
+
+    echo $log4j_format
+}