diff --git a/HSMensaW_botA.py b/HSMensaW_botA.py
index f50bc8d..f900fb6 100644
--- a/HSMensaW_botA.py
+++ b/HSMensaW_botA.py
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ async def send_status(text: str, ignore_flag: bool = False) -> None:
     :return:
     """
     global config_ids
-    message_log.write(text + "\n")
+    message_log.write("[%s] %s\n" % (get_now(), text))
     if ignore_flag or logging_enabled:
         for chat_id in config_ids:
             await send_message(bot_obj=bot, chat_id=chat_id, msg=text)
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ async def get_essen(only_today: bool) -> None:
         return
     except Exception as expt:
         await send_status("Es ist ein Fehler aufgetreten:\n[%s] %s" % (sys.exc_info()[0], str(expt)), ignore_flag=True)
-        print("[%s] Fehler:\n%s" % (datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M"), traceback.format_exc()),
+        print("[%s] Fehler:\n%s" % (get_now(), traceback.format_exc()),
               file=sys.stderr)
         var = True
         return
@@ -295,6 +295,10 @@ async def essen_loop() -> None:
         await asyncio.sleep(30)
 
 
+def get_now() -> str:
+    return datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M")
+
+
 sys.stdout = open("out.log", "a")
 sys.stderr = open("err.log", "a")
 message_log = open("msg.log", "a")