diff --git a/stratum/stratum.cpp b/stratum/stratum.cpp
index b868dda..df0e6a7 100644
--- a/stratum/stratum.cpp
+++ b/stratum/stratum.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ bool g_autoexchange = true;
 
 uint64_t g_max_shares = 0;
 uint64_t g_shares_counter = 0;
+uint64_t g_shares_log = 0;
 
 time_t g_last_broadcasted = 0;
 YAAMP_DB *g_db = NULL;
@@ -217,7 +218,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	struct rlimit rlim_threads = {0x8000, 0x8000};
 	setrlimit(RLIMIT_NPROC, &rlim_threads);
 
-	stratumlog("* starting stratumd for %s on %s:%d\n", g_current_algo->name, g_tcp_server, g_tcp_port);
+	stratumlogdate("starting stratum for %s on %s:%d\n",
+		g_current_algo->name, g_tcp_server, g_tcp_port);
 
 	g_db = db_connect();
 	if(!g_db) yaamp_error("Cant connect database");
@@ -308,19 +310,20 @@ void *monitor_thread(void *p)
 		if(g_last_broadcasted + YAAMP_MAXJOBDELAY < time(NULL))
 		{
 			g_exiting = true;
-			stratumlog("%s dead lock, exiting...\n", g_current_algo->name);
+			stratumlogdate("%s dead lock, exiting...\n", g_current_algo->name);
 			exit(1);
 		}
 
 		if(g_max_shares && g_shares_counter) {
 
-			if((g_shares_counter % 5000u) == 0) {
-				stratumlog("%s %luK shares...\n", g_current_algo->name, (g_shares_counter/10000u));
+			if((g_shares_counter - g_shares_log) > 10000) {
+				stratumlogdate("%s %luK shares...\n", g_current_algo->name, (g_shares_counter/1000u));
+				g_shares_log = g_shares_counter;
 			}
 
 			if(g_shares_counter > g_max_shares) {
 				g_exiting = true;
-				stratumlog("%s need a restart (%lu shares), exiting...\n", g_current_algo->name, g_max_shares);
+				stratumlogdate("%s need a restart (%lu shares), exiting...\n", g_current_algo->name, g_max_shares);
 				exit(1);
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/stratum/util.cpp b/stratum/util.cpp
index bcfec08..e8111ba 100644
--- a/stratum/util.cpp
+++ b/stratum/util.cpp
@@ -193,6 +193,25 @@ void stratumlog(const char *format, ...)
 	}
 }
 
+void stratumlogdate(const char *format, ...)
+{
+	char buffer[YAAMP_SMALLBUFSIZE];
+	char date[16];
+	va_list args;
+	time_t rawtime;
+	struct tm * timeinfo;
+
+	time(&rawtime);
+	timeinfo = localtime(&rawtime);
+	strftime(date, 16, "%Y-%m-%d", timeinfo);
+
+	va_start(args, format);
+	vsprintf(buffer, format, args);
+	va_end(args);
+
+	stratumlog("%s %s", date, buffer);
+}
+
 bool yaamp_error(char const *message)
 {
 	debuglog("ERROR: %d %s\n", errno, message);
diff --git a/stratum/util.h b/stratum/util.h
index 60e2262..046e0ad 100644
--- a/stratum/util.h
+++ b/stratum/util.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ void initlog(const char *algo);
 
 void debuglog(const char *format, ...);
 void stratumlog(const char *format, ...);
+void stratumlogdate(const char *format, ...);
 void clientlog(YAAMP_CLIENT *client, const char *format, ...);
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////