diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/Logs/types.ts b/backend/src/plugins/Logs/types.ts
index fd51da08..2eb8043a 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/Logs/types.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/Logs/types.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ import { GuildLogs } from "src/data/GuildLogs";
 import { GuildSavedMessages } from "src/data/GuildSavedMessages";
 import { GuildArchives } from "src/data/GuildArchives";
 import { GuildCases } from "src/data/GuildCases";
-import { tMessageContent } from "../../utils";
+import { tMessageContent, tNullable } from "../../utils";
+
+export const tLogFormats = t.record(t.string, t.union([t.string, tMessageContent]));
+export type TLogFormats = t.TypeOf<typeof tLogFormats>;
 
 const LogChannel = t.partial({
   include: t.array(t.string),
@@ -15,22 +18,21 @@ const LogChannel = t.partial({
   excluded_users: t.array(t.string),
   excluded_message_regexes: t.array(TSafeRegex),
   excluded_channels: t.array(t.string),
+  format: tNullable(tLogFormats),
 });
 export type TLogChannel = t.TypeOf<typeof LogChannel>;
 
 const LogChannelMap = t.record(t.string, LogChannel);
 export type TLogChannelMap = t.TypeOf<typeof LogChannelMap>;
 
-const tLogFormats = t.intersection([
-  t.record(t.string, t.union([t.string, tMessageContent])),
-  t.type({
-    timestamp: t.string,
-  }),
-]);
-
 export const ConfigSchema = t.type({
   channels: LogChannelMap,
-  format: tLogFormats,
+  format: t.intersection([
+    tLogFormats,
+    t.type({
+      timestamp: t.string,
+    }),
+  ]),
   ping_user: t.boolean,
 });
 export type TConfigSchema = t.TypeOf<typeof ConfigSchema>;
diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/Logs/util/getLogMessage.ts b/backend/src/plugins/Logs/util/getLogMessage.ts
index b84b9df7..d926db79 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/Logs/util/getLogMessage.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/Logs/util/getLogMessage.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { PluginData } from "knub";
-import { LogsPluginType } from "../types";
+import { LogsPluginType, TLogFormats } from "../types";
 import { LogType } from "src/data/LogType";
 import {
   verboseUserMention,
@@ -14,9 +14,14 @@ import { renderTemplate, TemplateParseError } from "src/templateFormatter";
 import { logger } from "src/logger";
 import moment from "moment-timezone";
 
-export async function getLogMessage(pluginData: PluginData<LogsPluginType>, type: LogType, data: any): Promise<string> {
+export async function getLogMessage(
+  pluginData: PluginData<LogsPluginType>,
+  type: LogType,
+  data: any,
+  formats?: TLogFormats,
+): Promise<string> {
   const config = pluginData.config.get();
-  const format = config.format[LogType[type]] || "";
+  const format = (formats && formats[LogType[type]]) || config.format[LogType[type]] || "";
   if (format === "") return;
 
   const values = {
diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/Logs/util/log.ts b/backend/src/plugins/Logs/util/log.ts
index 169c4ad6..37d779d0 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/Logs/util/log.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/Logs/util/log.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export async function log(pluginData: PluginData<LogsPluginType>, type: LogType,
         }
       }
 
-      const message = await getLogMessage(pluginData, type, data);
+      const message = await getLogMessage(pluginData, type, data, opts.format);
       if (message) {
         // For non-string log messages (i.e. embeds) batching or chunking is not possible, so send them immediately
         if (typeof message !== "string") {