diff --git a/lib/core/logger.js b/lib/core/logger.js
index 8f45c6a06..6e8981c95 100644
--- a/lib/core/logger.js
+++ b/lib/core/logger.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const date = require('date-and-time');
 const constants = require('../constants');
 
 const DATE_FORMAT = 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss:SSS';
-// const LOG_REGEX = /\[(?<date>\d\d\d\d-\d\d-\d\d \d\d:\d\d:\d\d:\d\d\d)\] (?:\[(?<logLevel>\w*)\]:?)?\s?\s?(?<msg>.*)/gmi;
+const LOG_REGEX = new RegExp(/\[(\d\d\d\d-\d\d-\d\d \d\d:\d\d:\d\d:\d\d\d)\] (?:\[(\w*)\]:?)?\s?\s?(.*)/gmi);
 
 class Logger {
   constructor(options) {
@@ -38,21 +38,21 @@ class Logger {
     let matches;
     let logs = [];
     const logFile = fs.readFileSync(this.logFile, 'utf8');
-    //while ((matches = LOG_REGEX.exec(logFile)) !== null) {
-    //  // This is necessary to avoid infinite loops with zero-width matches
-    //  if (matches.index === LOG_REGEX.lastIndex) {
-    //    LOG_REGEX.lastIndex++;
-    //  }
+    while ((matches = LOG_REGEX.exec(logFile)) !== null) {
+     // This is necessary to avoid infinite loops with zero-width matches
+     if (matches.index === LOG_REGEX.lastIndex) {
+       LOG_REGEX.lastIndex++;
+     }
 
-    //  if (matches && matches.groups) {
-    //    logs.push({
-    //      msg: [matches.groups.msg],
-    //      logLevel: matches.groups.logLevel,
-    //      name: 'embark',
-    //      timestamp: date.parse(matches.groups.date, DATE_FORMAT).getTime()
-    //    });
-    //  }
-    //}
+     if (matches && matches.length) {
+       logs.push({
+         msg: [matches[3]],
+         logLevel: matches[2],
+         name: 'embark',
+         timestamp: date.parse(matches[1], DATE_FORMAT).getTime()
+       });
+     }
+    }
 
     // if 'limit' is specified, get log lines from the end of the log file
     if(limit && limit > 0 && logs.length > limit){