diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index 8e607db..70cada2 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # gopackagebase
 
 ```sh
-go get git.wisellama.rocks/Wisellama/gopackagebase@v0.0.3
+go get git.wisellama.rocks/Wisellama/gopackagebase@v0.0.4
 ```
 
 This modules contains basic setup and initialization functions that
diff --git a/gopackagebase.go b/gopackagebase.go
index c05ec3b..d20c355 100644
--- a/gopackagebase.go
+++ b/gopackagebase.go
@@ -30,10 +30,11 @@ func Initialize(configFile string, defaultConfig gosimpleconf.ConfigMap) (*BaseC
 		log.Fatalf("error during configure: %v\n", err)
 	}
 
+	utcTime := gosimpleconf.Bool(configMap["log.utcTime"])
 	writeToFile := gosimpleconf.Bool(configMap["log.writeToFile"])
 	logFilename := configMap["log.file"]
 
-	logWriter, err := SetupLogging(writeToFile, logFilename)
+	logWriter, err := SetupLogging(writeToFile, utcTime, logFilename)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/logging.go b/logging.go
index b44a24d..3ec6420 100644
--- a/logging.go
+++ b/logging.go
@@ -8,20 +8,25 @@ import (
 )
 
 type logWriter struct {
+	utcTime     bool
 	writeToFile bool
 	logFile     *os.File
 }
 
 func (w *logWriter) Write(bytes []byte) (int, error) {
-	t := time.Now().UTC().Format(time.RFC3339)
-	return fmt.Fprintf(w.logFile, "%v %v", t, string(bytes))
+	t := time.Now()
+	if w.utcTime {
+		t = t.UTC()
+	}
+	format := t.Format(time.RFC3339)
+	return fmt.Fprintf(w.logFile, "%v %v", format, string(bytes))
 }
 
 func (w *logWriter) Cleanup() {
 	defer w.logFile.Close()
 }
 
-func SetupLogging(writeToFile bool, logFilename string) (*logWriter, error) {
+func SetupLogging(writeToFile bool, utcTime bool, logFilename string) (*logWriter, error) {
 	var err error
 	log.SetFlags(0)
 
@@ -34,6 +39,7 @@ func SetupLogging(writeToFile bool, logFilename string) (*logWriter, error) {
 	}
 
 	writer := &logWriter{
+		utcTime:     utcTime,
 		writeToFile: writeToFile,
 		logFile:     logFile,
 	}