diff --git a/include/crucible/chatter.h b/include/crucible/chatter.h
index d14c80c..e42620e 100644
--- a/include/crucible/chatter.h
+++ b/include/crucible/chatter.h
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ namespace crucible {
 		}
 	};
 
+	class ChatterTimestamp {
+	public:
+		ChatterTimestamp(int);
+	};
+
 	class ChatterBox {
 		string m_file;
 		int m_line;
diff --git a/lib/chatter.cc b/lib/chatter.cc
index c9d187b..60dbb61 100644
--- a/lib/chatter.cc
+++ b/lib/chatter.cc
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ namespace crucible {
 
 	static shared_ptr<set<string>> chatter_names;
 	static const char *SPACETAB = " \t";
+	static int chatter_prefix_timestamp = 1;
 
 	static
 	void
@@ -52,16 +53,21 @@ namespace crucible {
 	{
 		ostringstream header_stream;
 
-		time_t ltime;
-		DIE_IF_MINUS_ONE(time(&ltime));
-		struct tm ltm;
-		DIE_IF_ZERO(localtime_r(&ltime, &ltm));
+		if (chatter_prefix_timestamp) {
+			time_t ltime;
+			DIE_IF_MINUS_ONE(time(&ltime));
+			struct tm ltm;
+			DIE_IF_ZERO(localtime_r(&ltime, &ltm));
 
-		char buf[1024];
-		DIE_IF_ZERO(strftime(buf, sizeof(buf), "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", &ltm));
+			char buf[1024];
+			DIE_IF_ZERO(strftime(buf, sizeof(buf), "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", &ltm));
+
+			header_stream << buf;
+			header_stream << " " << getpid() << "." << gettid();
+		} else {
+			header_stream << "tid " << gettid();
+		}
 
-		header_stream << buf;
-		header_stream << " " << getpid() << "." << gettid();
 		if (!m_name.empty()) {
 			header_stream << " " << m_name;
 		}
@@ -91,6 +97,11 @@ namespace crucible {
 		c.m_oss.str("");
 	}
 
+	ChatterTimestamp::ChatterTimestamp(int prefix_timestamp)
+	{
+		chatter_prefix_timestamp = prefix_timestamp;
+	}
+
 	set<ChatterBox*> ChatterBox::s_boxes;
 
 	set<ChatterBox*>& ChatterBox::all_boxes()
diff --git a/scripts/beesd.in b/scripts/beesd.in
index f99ea09..2e46410 100755
--- a/scripts/beesd.in
+++ b/scripts/beesd.in
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ BEESHOME="${BEESHOME:-$MNT_DIR/.beeshome}"
 BEESSTATUS="${BEESSTATUS:-$WORK_DIR/$UUID.status}"
 DB_SIZE="${DB_SIZE:-$((64*AL16M))}"
 LOG_SHORT_PATH="${LOG_SHORT_PATH:-N}"
-LOG_FILTER_TIME="${LOG_FILTER_TIME:-N}"
 
 INFO "Check: Disk exists"
 if [ ! -b "/dev/disk/by-uuid/$UUID" ]; then
@@ -101,19 +100,6 @@ fi
 
 MNT_DIR="${MNT_DIR//\/\//\/}"
 
-filter_time(){
-    if YN $LOG_FILTER_TIME; then
-        sed -e 's/^.*crawl:/crawl:/g' \
-            -e 's/^.*status:/status:/g' \
-            -e 's/^.*bees:/bees:/g' \
-            -e 's/^.*crawl_writeback:/crawl_writeback:/g' \
-            -e 's/^.*main:/main:/g' \
-            -e 's/^.*hash_prefetch:/hash_prefetch:/g'
-    else
-        cat
-    fi
-}
-
 filter_path(){
     if YN $LOG_SHORT_PATH; then
         sed -e "s#$MNT_DIR##g"
@@ -122,6 +108,6 @@ filter_path(){
     fi
 }
 
-@LIBEXEC_PREFIX@/bees "$MNT_DIR" 3>&1 2>&1 | filter_time | filter_path
+@LIBEXEC_PREFIX@/bees $OPTIONS "$MNT_DIR" 3>&1 2>&1 | filter_path
 
 exit 0
diff --git a/src/bees.cc b/src/bees.cc
index f912f12..a79d1fc 100644
--- a/src/bees.cc
+++ b/src/bees.cc
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ do_cmd_help(char *argv[])
 		"\n"
 		"Options:\n"
 		"\t-h, --help\t\tShow this help\n"
+		"\t-t, --timestamps\tShow timestamps in log output (default)\n"
+		"\t-T, --notimestamps\tOmit timestamps in log output\n"
 		"\n"
 		"Optional environment variables:\n"
 		"\tBEESHOME\tPath to hash table and configuration files\n"
@@ -595,21 +597,31 @@ bees_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	THROW_CHECK1(invalid_argument, argc, argc >= 0);
 
+	// Defaults
+	int chatter_prefix_timestamp = 1;
+
 	// Parse options
 	int c;
 	while (1) {
 		int option_index = 0;
 		static struct option long_options[] = {
-			{ "help", no_argument, NULL, 'h' }
+			{ "timestamps",   no_argument, NULL, 't' },
+			{ "notimestamps", no_argument, NULL, 'T' },
+			{ "help",         no_argument, NULL, 'h' }
 		};
 
-		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "h", long_options, &option_index);
+		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "Tth", long_options, &option_index);
 		if (-1 == c) {
 			break;
 		}
 
 		switch (c) {
 			case 'T':
+				chatter_prefix_timestamp = 0;
+				break;
+			case 't':
+				chatter_prefix_timestamp = 1;
+				break;
 			case 'h':
 				do_cmd_help(argv);
 			default:
@@ -617,6 +629,8 @@ bees_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		}
 	}
 
+	ChatterTimestamp cts(chatter_prefix_timestamp);
+
 	// Create a context and start crawlers
 	bool did_subscription = false;
 	while (optind < argc) {