diff --git a/bin/makecert b/bin/makecert
index 74ca96d..f48c253 100755
--- a/bin/makecert
+++ b/bin/makecert
@@ -32,3 +32,6 @@ openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:4096 -nodes\
 #  -keyout "$HOSTNAME.key.pem"\
 #  -out "$HOSTNAME.cert.pem"
 #  -addext "subjectAltName=DNS:example.com,DNS:www.example.net,IP:10.0.0.1"
+
+# To inspect a cert use the following command
+#openssl x509 -in <path/to/cert/file> -text -noout
diff --git a/src/Orbit/Console.php b/src/Orbit/Console.php
index e1c9489..b261ba1 100644
--- a/src/Orbit/Console.php
+++ b/src/Orbit/Console.php
@@ -20,6 +20,19 @@ class Console extends \Qi_Console_Client
             return 0;
         }
 
+        $config = $this->makeConfig();
+
+        if (!$config->quiet) {
+            print "Orbit // Gemini server software\n";
+            print ":: Using cert file " . $config->tls_certfile . "\n";
+            print ":: Using key file " . $config->tls_keyfile . "\n";
+        }
+        $server = new Server($config, $this->makeLogger($config));
+        $server->listen();
+    }
+
+    public function makeConfig()
+    {
         $config = new Config();
 
         if ($this->_args->host) {
@@ -58,21 +71,11 @@ class Console extends \Qi_Console_Client
             $config->tls_keyfile = sprintf("%s.key.pem", $config->hostname);
         }
 
-        if (!$config->quiet) {
-            print "Orbit // Gemini server software\n";
-            print ":: Using cert file " . $config->tls_certfile . "\n";
-            print ":: Using key file " . $config->tls_keyfile . "\n";
-        }
-        $server = new Server($config, $this->makeLogger($config));
-        $server->listen();
+        return $config;
     }
 
     public function makeLogger($config)
     {
-        $pid = getmypid();
-        $output = "[%datetime%] $pid %channel%.%level_name%: %message% %context%\n";
-        $formatter = new LineFormatter($output, 'Y-m-d\TH:i:s');
-
         $logger = new Logger('orbit');
 
         $level = Logger::INFO;
@@ -81,18 +84,34 @@ class Console extends \Qi_Console_Client
         }
 
         $log_stream = new StreamHandler($config->log_file, $level);
-        $log_stream->setFormatter($formatter);
+        $log_stream->setFormatter($this->makeLogFormatter());
         $logger->pushHandler($log_stream);
 
         if (!$config->quiet) {
             $std_stream = new StreamHandler('php://stdout', $level);
-            $std_stream->setFormatter($formatter);
+            $std_stream->setFormatter($this->makeLogFormatter(true));
             $logger->pushHandler($std_stream);
         }
 
         return $logger;
     }
 
+    public function makeLogFormatter($is_tty = false)
+    {
+        $pid = getmypid();
+
+        if ($is_tty) {
+            $output = "{2}[%datetime%]{} {3}$pid %channel%.%level_name%:{} %message% %context%\n";
+            $output = str_replace("{2}", $this->_terminal->do_setaf(2), $output);
+            $output = str_replace("{3}", $this->_terminal->do_setaf(3), $output);
+            $output = str_replace("{}", $this->_terminal->do_op(), $output);
+        } else {
+            $output = "[%datetime%] $pid %channel%.%level_name%: %message% %context%\n";
+        }
+
+        return new LineFormatter($output, 'Y-m-d\TH:i:s');
+    }
+
     public function showVersion()
     {
         print "Orbit " . Server::$version . "\n";