diff --git a/bin/Openbmc.py b/bin/Openbmc.py
index b320d52..9cfeffb 100644
--- a/bin/Openbmc.py
+++ b/bin/Openbmc.py
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 	'NOT_PRESENT'       : 3,
 }
 
-EVENT_TYPES = ['NONE','FATAL','RECOVERABLE','WARNING','SW_ERROR','INFO']
-
 
 ENUMS = {
 	'org.openbmc.SensorIntegerThreshold.state' : 
diff --git a/bin/eventlogger.py b/bin/eventlogger.py
index 0c4fcfc..95edfb8 100644
--- a/bin/eventlogger.py
+++ b/bin/eventlogger.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
 import sys
+import datetime
+import time
 import syslog
 import json
 import gobject
@@ -12,24 +14,33 @@
 DBUS_NAME = 'org.openbmc.loggers.EventLogger'
 OBJ_NAME = '/org/openbmc/loggers/EventLogger/'+sys.argv[1]
 
+
 class EventLogger(dbus.service.Object):
 	def __init__(self,bus,name):
 		dbus.service.Object.__init__(self,bus,name)
 		bus = dbus.SessionBus()
-		syslog.openlog('openbmc')
-
 		bus.add_signal_receiver(self.event_log_signal_handler, 
 					dbus_interface = "org.openbmc.EventLog", 
 					signal_name = "EventLog",
 					path_keyword='path')
 
 	## Signal handler
-	def event_log_signal_handler(self,e_type,msg,path = None):
+	def event_log_signal_handler(self,priority,msg,path = None):
 		message = {}
+		ts = time.time()
+
+		message['priority'] = priority
 		message['object_path'] = path
-		message['e_type'] = Openbmc.EVENT_TYPES[int(e_type)]
 		message['message'] = msg
-		syslog.syslog(json.dumps(message))
+
+		json_dump = json.dumps(message)
+		print "EVENT_LOG: "+json_dump
+		syslog.openlog('[OpenBmc]',logoption=syslog.LOG_PID)
+		syslog.syslog(priority,json_dump)
+		syslog.closelog()
+		
+
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     dbus.mainloop.glib.DBusGMainLoop(set_as_default=True)