diff --git a/api/src/logger.js b/api/src/logger.js
index 987e26e241a..827d7012285 100644
--- a/api/src/logger.js
+++ b/api/src/logger.js
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ const logger = createLogger({
           info.level = info.level.toUpperCase();
           return info;
         })(),
-        format.colorize(),
         format.timestamp({ format: DATE_FORMAT }),
         format.printf(info => `${info.timestamp} ${info.level}: ${info.message} ${info.stack ? info.stack : ''}`)
       ),
diff --git a/sentinel/src/lib/logger.js b/sentinel/src/lib/logger.js
index 1d5ab6279a3..933a627decd 100644
--- a/sentinel/src/lib/logger.js
+++ b/sentinel/src/lib/logger.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const { createLogger, format, transports } = require('winston');
 const env = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development';
+const DATE_FORMAT = 'YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.SSS';
 
 const cleanUpSymbolProperties = (info) => {
   if (!info) {
@@ -67,10 +68,7 @@ const logger = createLogger({
           info.level = info.level.toUpperCase();
           return info;
         })(),
-        format.colorize(),
-        format.timestamp({
-          format: 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss',
-        }),
+        format.timestamp({ format: DATE_FORMAT }),
         format.printf(info => `${info.timestamp} ${info.level}: ${info.message} ${info.stack ? info.stack : ''}`)
       ),
     }),
diff --git a/tests/integration/logging/logging.spec.js b/tests/integration/logging/logging.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bdbdc0f438c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/logging/logging.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+const utils = require('@utils');
+const moment = require('moment');
+
+const validLog = (line, before, after) => {
+  const [date, action] = line.split(/\s/);
+  console.log(date, before.toISOString(), after.toISOString());
+
+  expect(moment.utc(date, 'YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.SSS', true).isValid()).to.equal(true);
+  expect(moment.utc(date).isBetween(before, after)).to.be.true;
+  expect(action).to.be.oneOf(['REQ:', 'RES:', 'DEBUG:', 'INFO:', 'ERROR:', 'WARN:']);
+};
+
+describe('logging', () => {
+  it('logs should include formatted date in API and Sentinel', async () => {
+    const before = moment.utc();
+    await utils.delayPromise(500); // dates are not exact
+
+    const collectApiLogs = await utils.collectApiLogs(/.*/);
+    const collectSentinelLogs = await utils.collectApiLogs(/.*/);
+    await utils.delayPromise(1000); // log debug message for checking messages
+    await utils.request('/dbinfo');
+    await utils.updateSettings({ test: true }, 'sentinel');
+    const apiLogs = (await collectApiLogs()).filter(log => log.length);
+    const sentinelLogs = (await collectSentinelLogs()).filter(log => log.length);
+
+    await utils.delayPromise(500); // dates are not exact
+    const after = moment.utc();
+
+    expect(apiLogs.length).to.be.greaterThan(0);
+    apiLogs.forEach(log => validLog(log, before, after));
+
+    expect(sentinelLogs.length).to.be.greaterThan(0);
+    sentinelLogs.forEach(log => validLog(log, before, after));
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/utils/index.js b/tests/utils/index.js
index ab75ed150f7..af2de70054b 100644
--- a/tests/utils/index.js
+++ b/tests/utils/index.js
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ const saveLogs = async () => {
 
 const tearDownServices = async (removeOrphans) => {
   if (removeOrphans) {
-    return dockerComposeCmd('down', '--remove-orphans', '--volumes');
+    return dockerComposeCmd('down', '-t=0', '--remove-orphans', '--volumes');
   }
   await saveLogs();
 };