diff --git a/logstash/conf.d/20-dns-syslog.conf b/logstash/conf.d/20-dns-syslog.conf
index 33f6ea78e9758b062ca10b18cd52dcff4cdc4b86..d7112f012a3db7886b8907e3fa566dcacb494290 100644
--- a/logstash/conf.d/20-dns-syslog.conf
+++ b/logstash/conf.d/20-dns-syslog.conf
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ input {
 }
 
 filter {
+  
+  date {
+    match => [ "date", "MMM  d HH:mm:ss" ]
+  }
+
   if "pihole" in [tags]{
     grok {
       patterns_dir => ["/etc/logstash/patterns/"]