diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/Config.java b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/Config.java
index 62ea2e0e8..76eff4fac 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/Config.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/Config.java
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ public class Config {
     public static String homeDir;
     public static final String configFileName = "game.yml";
     public static final boolean skipAuthentication = true; // only for offline development
+    public static final boolean colorLog = true;
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/logging/Log.java b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/logging/Log.java
index 8801e8388..f119f9fd2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/logging/Log.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/logging/Log.java
@@ -13,22 +13,39 @@
 
 package de.bixilon.minosoft.logging;
 
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.Config;
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.game.datatypes.TextComponent;
+
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
 public class Log {
-    static LogLevel level = LogLevel.PROTOCOL;
     final static SimpleDateFormat timeFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS");
     final static List<String> queue = new ArrayList<>();
+    static LogLevel level = LogLevel.PROTOCOL;
     static Thread logThread;
 
-    public static void log(LogLevel l, String message) {
+    public static void log(LogLevel l, String message, TextComponent.ChatAttributes color) {
         if (l.getId() > level.getId()) {
             // log level too low
             return;
         }
-        queue.add(String.format("[%s] [%s] %s", timeFormat.format(System.currentTimeMillis()), l.name(), message));
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        builder.append("[");
+        builder.append(timeFormat.format(System.currentTimeMillis()));
+        builder.append("] [");
+        builder.append(l.name());
+        builder.append("] ");
+        if (color != null && Config.colorLog) {
+            builder.append(color);
+            builder.append(message);
+            builder.append(TextComponent.ChatAttributes.RESET);
+        } else {
+            builder.append(message);
+        }
+        queue.add(builder.toString());
+
         logThread.interrupt();
     }
 
@@ -61,7 +78,7 @@ public class Log {
      * @param message Raw message to log
      */
     public static void game(String message) {
-        log(LogLevel.GAME, message);
+        log(LogLevel.GAME, message, TextComponent.ChatAttributes.GREEN);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -70,7 +87,7 @@ public class Log {
      * @param message Raw message to log
      */
     public static void fatal(String message) {
-        log(LogLevel.FATAL, message);
+        log(LogLevel.FATAL, message, TextComponent.ChatAttributes.DARK_RED);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -79,7 +96,7 @@ public class Log {
      * @param message Raw message to log
      */
     public static void info(String message) {
-        log(LogLevel.INFO, message);
+        log(LogLevel.INFO, message, TextComponent.ChatAttributes.WHITE);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -88,7 +105,7 @@ public class Log {
      * @param message Raw message to log
      */
     public static void warn(String message) {
-        log(LogLevel.WARNING, message);
+        log(LogLevel.WARNING, message, TextComponent.ChatAttributes.RED);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -97,7 +114,7 @@ public class Log {
      * @param message Raw message to log
      */
     public static void debug(String message) {
-        log(LogLevel.DEBUG, message);
+        log(LogLevel.DEBUG, message, TextComponent.ChatAttributes.GRAY);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -106,7 +123,7 @@ public class Log {
      * @param message Raw message to log
      */
     public static void verbose(String message) {
-        log(LogLevel.VERBOSE, message);
+        log(LogLevel.VERBOSE, message, TextComponent.ChatAttributes.YELLOW);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -115,7 +132,7 @@ public class Log {
      * @param message Raw message to log
      */
     public static void protocol(String message) {
-        log(LogLevel.PROTOCOL, message);
+        log(LogLevel.PROTOCOL, message, TextComponent.ChatAttributes.BLUE);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -124,7 +141,7 @@ public class Log {
      * @param message Raw message to log
      */
     public static void mojang(String message) {
-        log(LogLevel.MOJANG, message);
+        log(LogLevel.MOJANG, message, TextComponent.ChatAttributes.AQUA);
     }
 
     public static LogLevel getLevel() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/protocol/network/Network.java b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/protocol/network/Network.java
index 8ef06cc31..c88201deb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/protocol/network/Network.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/protocol/network/Network.java
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 
 package de.bixilon.minosoft.protocol.network;
 
-import de.bixilon.minosoft.game.datatypes.TextComponent;
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.logging.Log;
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.protocol.packets.ClientboundPacket;
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.protocol.packets.ServerboundPacket;
@@ -202,7 +201,7 @@ public class Network {
                         Class<? extends ClientboundPacket> clazz = Protocol.getPacketByPacket(p);
 
                         if (clazz == null) {
-                            Log.warn(String.format("[IN] Unknown packet with command 0x%x (%s) and %d bytes of data", inPacketBuffer.getCommand(), ((p != null) ? p.name() : "UNKNOWN"), inPacketBuffer.getBytesLeft()));
+                            Log.warn(String.format("[IN] Received unknown packet (id=0x%x, name=%s, length=%d, dataLength=%d, version=%s, state=%s)", inPacketBuffer.getCommand(), ((p != null) ? p.name() : "UNKNOWN"), inPacketBuffer.getLength(), inPacketBuffer.getBytesLeft(), connection.getVersion().name(), connection.getConnectionState().name()));
                             binQueueIn.remove(0);
                             continue;
                         }
@@ -211,7 +210,7 @@ public class Network {
                             packet.read(inPacketBuffer, connection.getVersion());
                             if (inPacketBuffer.getBytesLeft() > 0 && p != Packets.Clientbound.PLAY_ENTITY_METADATA) { // entity meta data uses mostly all data, but this happens in the handling thread
                                 // warn not all data used
-                                Log.warn(String.format(TextComponent.ChatAttributes.RED + "[IN] Could not parse packet %s completely (used=%d, available=%d, total=%d)" + TextComponent.ChatAttributes.RESET, ((p != null) ? p.name() : "null"), inPacketBuffer.getPosition(), inPacketBuffer.getBytesLeft(), inPacketBuffer.getLength()));
+                                Log.warn(String.format("[IN] Could not parse packet %s completely (used=%d, available=%d, total=%d)", ((p != null) ? p.name() : "null"), inPacketBuffer.getPosition(), inPacketBuffer.getBytesLeft(), inPacketBuffer.getLength()));
                             }
 
                             if (packet instanceof PacketLoginSuccess) {