diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index 2e454134..4db8281f 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -1518,7 +1518,7 @@ Logging Configuration
 =========== =====
 Type        ``object``
 
-Example     .. code::
+Examples    .. code::
 
                 {
                     "format": "{asctime} {name}: {message}",
@@ -1527,10 +1527,21 @@ Example     .. code::
                     "encoding": "ascii"
                 }
 
+                {
+                    "level": "debug",
+                    "format": {
+                        "debug"  : "debug: {message}",
+                        "info"   : "[{name}] {message}",
+                        "warning": "Warning: {message}",
+                        "error"  : "ERROR: {message}"
+                    }
+                }
+
 Description Extended logging output configuration.
 
             * format
-                * Format string for logging messages
+                * General format string for logging messages
+                  or a dictionary with format strings for each loglevel.
 
                   In addition to the default
                   `LogRecord attributes <https://docs.python.org/3/library/logging.html#logrecord-attributes>`__,
diff --git a/docs/gallery-dl-example.conf b/docs/gallery-dl-example.conf
index a5270d21..04be5e6c 100644
--- a/docs/gallery-dl-example.conf
+++ b/docs/gallery-dl-example.conf
@@ -148,8 +148,13 @@
     {
         "mode": "terminal",
         "log": {
-            "format": "{name}: {message}",
-            "level": "info"
+            "level": "info",
+            "format": {
+                "debug"  : "\u001b[0;37m{name}: {message}\u001b[0m",
+                "info"   : "\u001b[1;37m{name}: {message}\u001b[0m",
+                "warning": "\u001b[1;33m{name}: {message}\u001b[0m",
+                "error"  : "\u001b[1;31m{name}: {message}\u001b[0m"
+            }
         },
         "logfile": {
             "path": "~/gallery-dl/log.txt",
diff --git a/docs/gallery-dl.conf b/docs/gallery-dl.conf
index 754f5f5a..d956f961 100644
--- a/docs/gallery-dl.conf
+++ b/docs/gallery-dl.conf
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@
         "mode": "auto",
         "progress": true,
         "shorten": true,
+        "log": "[{name}][{levelname}] {message}",
         "logfile": null,
         "unsupportedfile": null
     },
diff --git a/gallery_dl/output.py b/gallery_dl/output.py
index 327b69a0..87c50069 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/output.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/output.py
@@ -35,6 +35,30 @@ class Logger(logging.Logger):
         return rv
 
 
+class Formatter(logging.Formatter):
+    """Custom formatter that supports different formats per loglevel"""
+
+    def __init__(self, fmt, datefmt):
+        if not isinstance(fmt, dict):
+            fmt = {"debug": fmt, "info": fmt, "warning": fmt, "error": fmt}
+        self.formats = fmt
+        self.datefmt = datefmt
+
+    def format(self, record):
+        record.message = record.getMessage()
+        fmt = self.formats[record.levelname]
+        if "{asctime" in fmt:
+            record.asctime = self.formatTime(record, self.datefmt)
+        msg = fmt.format_map(record.__dict__)
+        if record.exc_info and not record.exc_text:
+            record.exc_text = self.formatException(record.exc_info)
+        if record.exc_text:
+            msg = msg + "\n" + record.exc_text
+        if record.stack_info:
+            msg = msg + "\n" + record.stack_info
+        return msg
+
+
 def initialize_logging(loglevel):
     """Setup basic logging functionality before configfiles have been loaded"""
     # convert levelnames to lowercase
@@ -46,7 +70,7 @@ def initialize_logging(loglevel):
     logging.Logger.manager.setLoggerClass(Logger)
 
     # setup basic logging to stderr
-    formatter = logging.Formatter(LOG_FORMAT, LOG_FORMAT_DATE, "{")
+    formatter = Formatter(LOG_FORMAT, LOG_FORMAT_DATE)
     handler = logging.StreamHandler()
     handler.setFormatter(formatter)
     handler.setLevel(loglevel)
@@ -80,13 +104,11 @@ def setup_logging_handler(key, fmt=LOG_FORMAT, lvl=LOG_LEVEL):
             "%s: missing or invalid path (%s)", key, exc)
         return None
 
-    level = opts.get("level", lvl)
-    logfmt = opts.get("format", fmt)
-    datefmt = opts.get("format-date", LOG_FORMAT_DATE)
-    formatter = logging.Formatter(logfmt, datefmt, "{")
-    handler.setFormatter(formatter)
-    handler.setLevel(level)
-
+    handler.setLevel(opts.get("level", lvl))
+    handler.setFormatter(Formatter(
+        opts.get("format", fmt),
+        opts.get("format-date", LOG_FORMAT_DATE),
+    ))
     return handler
 
 
@@ -100,10 +122,10 @@ def configure_logging_handler(key, handler):
     if handler.level == LOG_LEVEL and "level" in opts:
         handler.setLevel(opts["level"])
     if "format" in opts or "format-date" in opts:
-        logfmt = opts.get("format", LOG_FORMAT)
-        datefmt = opts.get("format-date", LOG_FORMAT_DATE)
-        formatter = logging.Formatter(logfmt, datefmt, "{")
-        handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+        handler.setFormatter(Formatter(
+            opts.get("format", LOG_FORMAT),
+            opts.get("format-date", LOG_FORMAT_DATE),
+        ))
 
 
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