diff --git a/event.go b/event.go
index 1d4eb5a..8244578 100644
--- a/event.go
+++ b/event.go
@@ -52,9 +52,8 @@ func newIPMIEvent(stdOutLine string) (*ipmiEvent, error) {
 
 func (ev ipmiEvent) InfluxDB(checkName, hostname string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(
-		`%s,host=%s,event_id=%s,error_level=%s,event_type=%s event_date="%s",event_time="%s",error_level="%s",sensor_name="%s",event_type="%s",error_message="%s",state=%d`,
-		checkName, hostname, ev.ID, ev.Level, ev.Type, ev.Time.Format("Jan-02-2006"), ev.Time.Format("03:04:05"), ev.Level, ev.Sensor, ev.Type, ev.Message, ev.State,
-	)
+		`%s,host="%s",event_id=%s,error_level="%s",event_type="%s",sensor_name="%s" error_message="%s",state=%d %d`,
+		checkName, hostname, ev.ID, ev.Level, ev.Type, ev.Sensor, ev.Message, ev.State, ev.Time.UnixNano())
 }
 
 func newEmptyIPMIEvent() *ipmiEvent {
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 4652f51..af3ac6b 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -3,72 +3,78 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
+	"log"
 	"log/syslog"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path"
 	"strings"
-	"syscall"
-
-	"log"
 
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	logSys "github.com/sirupsen/logrus/hooks/syslog"
 	"gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v1"
 )
 
 var (
-	appName   = path.Base(os.Args[0])
-	app       = kingpin.New(appName, "A command-line checker for IPMI checks using ipmi-sel, by CrossEngage")
-	checkName = app.Flag("name", "check name").Default(appName).String()
-	debug     = app.Flag("debug", "if set, enables debug log on stderr").Default("false").Bool()
-	deadman   = app.Flag("deadman", "if set, this program will always print something").Default("false").Bool()
-	ipmiSel   = app.Flag("ipmi-sel", "Path of ipmi-sel").Default("/usr/sbin/ipmi-sel").String()
+	appName    = path.Base(os.Args[0])
+	app        = kingpin.New(appName, "A command-line checker for IPMI checks using ipmi-sel, by CrossEngage")
+	checkName  = app.Flag("name", "check name").Default(appName).String()
+	debug      = app.Flag("debug", "if set, enables debug logging").Default("false").Bool()
+	syslogHook = app.Flag("syslog", "if set, enables logging to syslog").Default("false").Bool()
+	deadman    = app.Flag("deadman", "if set, this program will always print something").Default("false").Bool()
+	ipmiSel    = app.Flag("ipmi-sel", "Path of ipmi-sel").Default("/usr/sbin/ipmi-sel").String()
 )
 
 func main() {
 	app.Version(version)
 	kingpin.MustParse(app.Parse(os.Args[1:]))
 
-	hostname, err := os.Hostname()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
+	if *debug {
+		logrus.SetLevel(logrus.DebugLevel)
 	}
 
-	slog, err := syslog.New(syslog.LOG_NOTICE|syslog.LOG_DAEMON, appName)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
+	log.SetOutput(os.Stderr)
+	logrus.SetFormatter(&logrus.TextFormatter{})
+
+	if *syslogHook {
+		hook, err := logSys.NewSyslogHook("", "", syslog.LOG_INFO, appName)
+		if err != nil {
+			logrus.Error("Unable to connect to local syslog daemon")
+		} else {
+			logrus.AddHook(hook)
+		}
+		log.SetFlags(log.Lshortfile)
 	}
 
-	if *debug {
-		log.SetOutput(io.MultiWriter(slog, os.Stderr))
-		log.Printf("uid=%d euid=%d gid=%d egid=%d\n", syscall.Getuid(), syscall.Geteuid(), syscall.Getgid(), syscall.Getegid())
-	} else {
-		log.SetOutput(slog)
+	hostname, err := os.Hostname()
+	if err != nil {
+		logrus.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
 	out, err := exec.Command(*ipmiSel, "--debug", "--output-event-state", "--comma-separated-output", "--no-header-output").Output()
 	outStr := string(out)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Printf("Got error running `%s`: `%s` : `%s`\n", *ipmiSel, err, outStr) // purposely do not quit
+		logrus.Errorf("Got error running `%s`: `%s` : `%s`", *ipmiSel, err, outStr) // purposely do not quit
 	}
 
 	lines := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(outStr), "\n")
-	log.Printf("%#v\n", lines)
+	logrus.Debugf("%#v", lines)
 
 	if len(lines) >= 0 && lines[0] != "" {
 		for _, line := range lines {
 			line = strings.TrimSpace(line)
 			if len(line) == 0 {
-				log.Println("Got empty line from output of ipmi-sel.")
+				logrus.Warnf("Got empty line from output of ipmi-sel.")
 				continue
 			}
-			log.Printf("Line: `%s`\n", line)
+			logrus.Debugf("Line: `%s`", line)
 			ev, err := newIPMIEvent(line)
-			log.Printf("Event: %#v\n", ev)
+			logrus.Debugf("Event: %#v", ev)
 			if err != nil {
-				log.Printf("Could not parse line `%s`, err: `%s`", line, err)
+				logrus.Errorf("Could not parse line `%s`, err: `%s`", line, err)
 				continue
 			}
+			fmt.Println(ev.InfluxDB(*checkName, hostname))
 		}
 	} else if *deadman {
 		ev := newEmptyIPMIEvent()