diff --git a/usr/bin/custom/hostname b/usr/bin/custom/hostname
index fec09f9..85efd0c 100644
--- a/usr/bin/custom/hostname
+++ b/usr/bin/custom/hostname
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 LOGFILE="/var/log/hostname.log"
 
+# Function to log messages with timestamps
+log() {
+    echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') - $1" >> "$LOGFILE"
+}
+
 # Function to read the hostname from the DHCP lease file
 get_hostname() {
     sudo cat /var/lib/dhcp/* | grep -a "option host-name" | tail -1 | \
@@ -13,7 +18,7 @@ update_hosts() {
     local hostname="$1"
     # Replace the second line with the new hostname
     sudo sed -i "2s/.*/127.0.1.1   ${hostname}/" /etc/hosts
-    echo "Updated /etc/hosts with hostname: $hostname" >> $LOGFILE
+    log "Updated /etc/hosts with hostname: $hostname"
 }
 
 # Read the hostname from DHCP
@@ -22,14 +27,14 @@ hostname=$(get_hostname)
 if [ -n "$hostname" ]; then
     # Set the hostname using hostnamectl
     sudo hostnamectl set-hostname "$hostname"
-    echo "Set hostname to: $hostname" >> $LOGFILE
+    log "Set hostname to: $hostname"
     update_hosts "$hostname"
 else
-    echo "No hostname found." >> $LOGFILE
+    log "No hostname found."
 fi
 
 # Log completion
-echo "Hostname update script completed." >> $LOGFILE
+log "Hostname update script completed."
 
-#  Version 1.0:
-#  Created 2024 by Tim Eertmoed, Christian Hampp @ WiS IT-Solutions GmbH, Germany to work on Raspian as custom pxe init script.
+# Version 1.0:
+# Created 2024 by Tim Eertmoed, Christian Hampp @ WiS IT-Solutions GmbH, Germany to work on Raspbian as custom PXE init script.