diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ecafff3..cf385b2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,4 +9,3 @@ pip-selfcheck.json
 bin/
 include/
 lib/
-logs/*
diff --git a/retootbot.py b/retootbot.py
index d1c6fce..48c91ac 100644
--- a/retootbot.py
+++ b/retootbot.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class RetootBot(object):
         if logpath:
             self.logpath = logpath
         else:
-            self.logpath = os.path.join("logs", "{%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S}".format(datetime.datetime.now()))
+            self.logpath = os.path.join("logs", str(datetime.datetime.now()))
 
     def log(self, message, tb=False):
         """
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class RetootBot(object):
         :param message(string): Log message to be displayed
         :param tb: String of the Traceback
         """
-        time = "{%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S}".format(datetime.datetime.now())
+        time = str(datetime.datetime.now())
         if tb:
             message = message + " The traceback is located at " + os.path.join("logs" + time)
             with open(os.path.join("logs", time), 'w+') as f:
diff --git a/retweetbot.py b/retweetbot.py
index bd1ef31..fbae911 100644
--- a/retweetbot.py
+++ b/retweetbot.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class RetweetBot(object):
         :param message(string): Log message to be displayed
         :param tb: String of the Traceback
         """
-        time = "{%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S}".format(datetime.datetime.now())
+        time = str(datetime.datetime.now())
         if tb:
             message = message + " The traceback is located at " + os.path.join("logs" + time)
             with open(os.path.join("logs", time), 'w+') as f:
diff --git a/ticketfrei.py b/ticketfrei.py
index 9fea877..266ef33 100644
--- a/ticketfrei.py
+++ b/ticketfrei.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     trigger = Trigger(config)
 
-    logpath = os.path.join("logs", "{%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S}".format(datetime.datetime.now()))
+    logpath = os.path.join("logs", str(datetime.datetime.now()))
 
     mbot = RetootBot(config, trigger, logpath=logpath)
     tbot = RetweetBot(trigger, config, logpath=logpath)