diff --git a/logmngr/files/etc/uci-defaults/10-logmngr_config_migrate b/logmngr/files/etc/uci-defaults/10-logmngr_config_migrate
index 6e698bd08..6df8c6022 100644
--- a/logmngr/files/etc/uci-defaults/10-logmngr_config_migrate
+++ b/logmngr/files/etc/uci-defaults/10-logmngr_config_migrate
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ fi
 if ! uci -q get logmngr.default_template > /dev/null; then
 	uci -q set logmngr.default_template=template
 	uci -q set logmngr.default_template.name='default_template'
-	uci -q set logmngr.default_template.expression='{time} {hostname} {ident}: {message}'
+	uci -q set logmngr.default_template.expression='{time} {hostname} {ident}[{pid}]: {message}'
 fi
 
 if uci -q get logmngr.a1 >/dev/null; then