diff --git a/src/controller/controller.cpp b/src/controller/controller.cpp
index d2863bc2..d2c8849d 100644
--- a/src/controller/controller.cpp
+++ b/src/controller/controller.cpp
@@ -590,6 +590,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv){
                     if (Request["conversion"].isMember("convert")){
                       for (JSON::ObjIter it = Request["conversion"]["convert"].ObjBegin(); it != Request["conversion"]["convert"].ObjEnd(); it++){
                         myConverter.startConversion(it->first,it->second);
+                        Controller::Log("CONV","Conversion " + it->second["input"].asString() + " to " + it->second["output"].asString() + " started.");
                       }
                     }
                     if (Request["conversion"].isMember("status") || Request["conversion"].isMember("convert")){
diff --git a/src/controller/controller_storage.cpp b/src/controller/controller_storage.cpp
index 18a1e0cd..44a494ca 100644
--- a/src/controller/controller_storage.cpp
+++ b/src/controller/controller_storage.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,13 @@ namespace Controller {
     m.append(message);
     Storage["log"].append(m);
     Storage["log"].shrink(100); //limit to 100 log messages
-    std::cout << "(" << Util::epoch() << ") [" << kind << "] " << message << std::endl;
+    time_t rawtime;
+    struct tm * timeinfo;
+    char buffer [100];
+    time (&rawtime);
+    timeinfo = localtime (&rawtime);
+    strftime (buffer,100,"%b %d %Y -- %H:%M",timeinfo);
+    std::cout << "(" << buffer << ") [" << kind << "] " << message << std::endl;
   }
 
   ///\brief Write contents to Filename