diff --git a/boardvoting.go b/boardvoting.go
index 7817bd3..7228849 100644
--- a/boardvoting.go
+++ b/boardvoting.go
@@ -821,14 +821,13 @@ func setupTLSConfig() (tlsConfig *tls.Config) {
 	return
 }
 
-func init() {
-	flag.StringVar(
-		&configFile, "config", "config.yaml", "Configuration file name")
-}
-
 func main() {
+	log.SetFormatter(&log.TextFormatter{FullTimestamp: true})
 	log.Infof("CAcert Board Voting version %s, build %s", version, build)
 
+	flag.StringVar(
+		&configFile, "config", "config.yaml", "Configuration file name")
+
 	flag.Parse()
 
 	var stopAll func()