diff --git a/lib/logger.js b/lib/logger.js
index e8f7ff9..54d6bef 100644
--- a/lib/logger.js
+++ b/lib/logger.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ var bunyan = require('bunyan');
 var gelfStream = require('gelf-stream');
 var syslogStream = require('bunyan-syslog-udp');
 
-
 var DEF_LEVEL = 'warn';
 var LEVELS = ['trace', 'debug', 'info', 'warn', 'error', 'fatal'];
 var DEF_LEVEL_INDEX = LEVELS.indexOf(DEF_LEVEL);
@@ -59,6 +58,20 @@ var streamConverter = {
             level: stream.level || conf.level
         };
     },
+    debug: function(stream, conf) {
+        try {
+            var PrettyStream = require('bunyan-prettystream');
+            var prettyStream = new PrettyStream();
+            prettyStream.pipe(process.stdout);
+            return {
+                stream: prettyStream,
+                level: stream.level || conf.level
+            };
+        } catch (e) {
+            console.log('Could not set up pretty logging stream', e);
+            return streamConverter.stdout(stream, conf);
+        }
+    },
     stderr: function(stream, conf) {
         return {
             stream: process.stderr,
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3182e31..4307d8d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "service-runner",
-  "version": "1.2.1",
+  "version": "1.2.2",
   "description": "Generic nodejs service supervisor / cluster runner",
   "main": "service-runner.js",
   "bin": {
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "mocha": "^2.4.5",
     "mocha-jshint": "^2.3.0",
-    "mocha-jscs": "^4.2.0"
+    "mocha-jscs": "^4.2.0",
+    "bunyan-prettystream": "git+https://github.com/hadfieldn/node-bunyan-prettystream#master"
   }
 }