diff --git a/docs/source/docs/troubleshooting/unix-commands.md b/docs/source/docs/troubleshooting/unix-commands.md
index 4f8e5e3fd..252df1df7 100644
--- a/docs/source/docs/troubleshooting/unix-commands.md
+++ b/docs/source/docs/troubleshooting/unix-commands.md
@@ -122,11 +122,13 @@ systemctl status photonvision
 View the PhotonVision logs:
 
 ```
-journalctl -u photonvision
+journalctl --output cat -u photonvision
 ```
 
 View the PhotonVision logs in real-time:
 
 ```
-journalctl -u photonvision -f
+journalctl --output cat -u photonvision -f
 ```
+
+`--output cat` is used to prevent journalctl from printing its own timestamps, because we log our own timestamps.
diff --git a/photon-server/src/main/java/org/photonvision/server/RequestHandler.java b/photon-server/src/main/java/org/photonvision/server/RequestHandler.java
index fbc7151d4..d3ab08adb 100644
--- a/photon-server/src/main/java/org/photonvision/server/RequestHandler.java
+++ b/photon-server/src/main/java/org/photonvision/server/RequestHandler.java
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ public class RequestHandler {
             // dmesg = output all kernel logs since current boot
             // cat /var/log/kern.log = output all kernel logs since first boot
             shell.executeBashCommand(
-                    "journalctl -u photonvision.service > "
+                    "journalctl -a --output cat -u photonvision.service | sed -E 's/\\x1B\\[(0|30|31|32|33|34|35|36|37)m//g' >"
                             + tempPath.toAbsolutePath()
                             + " && dmesg > "
                             + tempPath2.toAbsolutePath());