diff --git a/logstash/conf.d/20-dns-syslog.conf b/logstash/conf.d/20-dns-syslog.conf
index 4a1a77497f783f94bb9ca8a7ac0d85a05ed0ea43..52464d27a84db02d6199a162606757c787284fb0 100644
--- a/logstash/conf.d/20-dns-syslog.conf
+++ b/logstash/conf.d/20-dns-syslog.conf
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@ input {
        }
 }
 
-filter {  
+filter {
+  
+  date {
+      match => [ "date", "MMM  d HH:mm:ss" ]
+  }
+
 
   if "pihole" in [tags]{
     grok {