diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 46c1a0368..94eea7e67 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ target_link_libraries(zms
   PRIVATE
     zm-core-interface
     zm
+    fmt::fmt
     ${ZM_EXTRA_LIBS}
     ${ZM_BIN_LIBS}
     ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
diff --git a/src/zms.cpp b/src/zms.cpp
index 01df67fc7..b462e1352 100644
--- a/src/zms.cpp
+++ b/src/zms.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "zm_monitorstream.h"
 #include "zm_eventstream.h"
 #include "zm_fifo.h"
+#include <fmt/format.h>
 #include <string>
 
 bool ValidateAccess(User *user, int mon_id) {
@@ -81,8 +82,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[], char **envp) {
     nph = true;
   }
 
-  char log_id_string[32] = "zms";
-  logInit(log_id_string);
+  logInit("zms");
   zmLoadStaticConfig();
   zmDbConnect();
   zmLoadDBConfig();
@@ -181,12 +181,13 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[], char **envp) {
     }  // end if possible parameter names
   }  // end foreach parm
 
+  std::string logId;
   if ( monitor_id ) {
-    snprintf(log_id_string, sizeof(log_id_string), "zms_m%d", monitor_id);
+    logId = fmt::format("zms_m{}", monitor_id);
   } else {
-    snprintf(log_id_string, sizeof(log_id_string), "zms_e%" PRIu64, event_id);
+    logId = fmt::format("zms_e{}", event_id);
   }
-  logInit(log_id_string);
+  logInit(logId.c_str());
 
   if ( config.opt_use_auth ) {
     User *user = nullptr;