diff --git a/src/serena/agent.py b/src/serena/agent.py
index ebb22661..407b18ce 100644
--- a/src/serena/agent.py
+++ b/src/serena/agent.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ from overrides import override
 from pathspec import PathSpec
 from ruamel.yaml.comments import CommentedMap
 from sensai.util import logging
-from sensai.util.logging import LOG_DEFAULT_FORMAT, FallbackHandler, LogTime
+from sensai.util.logging import FallbackHandler, LogTime
 from sensai.util.string import ToStringMixin, dict_string
 
 from serena import serena_version
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ from serena.constants import (
     PROJECT_TEMPLATE_FILE,
     REPO_ROOT,
     SELENA_CONFIG_TEMPLATE_FILE,
+    SERENA_LOG_FORMAT,
     SERENA_MANAGED_DIR_NAME,
 )
 from serena.dashboard import MemoryLogHandler, SerenaDashboardAPI
@@ -60,7 +61,6 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from serena.gui_log_viewer import GuiLogViewerHandler
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-LOG_FORMAT = "%(levelname)-5s %(asctime)-15s %(name)s:%(funcName)s:%(lineno)d - %(message)s"
 TTool = TypeVar("TTool", bound="Tool")
 SUCCESS_RESULT = "OK"
 DEFAULT_TOOL_TIMEOUT: float = 240
@@ -751,8 +751,6 @@ class SerenaAgent:
         if Logger.root.level > serena_log_level:
             log.info(f"Changing the root logger level to {serena_log_level}")
             Logger.root.setLevel(serena_log_level)
-            # Override existing configuration (needed to configure multilspy logger as desired)
-            logging.basicConfig(format=LOG_DEFAULT_FORMAT, level=serena_log_level, force=True)
 
         # open GUI log window if enabled
         self._gui_log_handler: Union["GuiLogViewerHandler", None] = None  # noqa
@@ -765,7 +763,7 @@ class SerenaAgent:
                 from serena.gui_log_viewer import GuiLogViewer, GuiLogViewerHandler
 
                 self._gui_log_handler = GuiLogViewerHandler(
-                    GuiLogViewer("dashboard", title="Serena Logs"), level=serena_log_level, format_string=LOG_FORMAT
+                    GuiLogViewer("dashboard", title="Serena Logs"), level=serena_log_level, format_string=SERENA_LOG_FORMAT
                 )
                 Logger.root.addHandler(self._gui_log_handler)
 
diff --git a/src/serena/constants.py b/src/serena/constants.py
index 30a9518b..368a7430 100644
--- a/src/serena/constants.py
+++ b/src/serena/constants.py
@@ -20,3 +20,5 @@ PROJECT_TEMPLATE_FILE = str(_serena_pkg_path / "resources" / "project.template.y
 SELENA_CONFIG_TEMPLATE_FILE = str(_serena_pkg_path / "resources" / "serena_config.template.yml")
 
 USE_PROCESS_ISOLATION = False
+
+SERENA_LOG_FORMAT = "%(levelname)-5s %(asctime)-15s [%(threadName)s] %(name)s:%(funcName)s:%(lineno)d - %(message)s"
diff --git a/src/serena/dashboard.py b/src/serena/dashboard.py
index eb86e74a..4cd98b6c 100644
--- a/src/serena/dashboard.py
+++ b/src/serena/dashboard.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from flask import Flask, Response, request, send_from_directory
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 from sensai.util import logging
 
-from serena.constants import SERENA_DASHBOARD_DIR
+from serena.constants import SERENA_DASHBOARD_DIR, SERENA_LOG_FORMAT
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ logging.getLogger("werkzeug").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
 class MemoryLogHandler(logging.Handler):
     def __init__(self, level: int = logging.NOTSET) -> None:
         super().__init__(level=level)
-        self.setFormatter(logging.Formatter(logging.LOG_DEFAULT_FORMAT))
+        self.setFormatter(logging.Formatter(SERENA_LOG_FORMAT))
         self._log_buffer = LogBuffer()
         self._log_queue: queue.Queue[str] = queue.Queue()
         self._stop_event = threading.Event()
diff --git a/src/solidlsp/ls_handler.py b/src/solidlsp/ls_handler.py
index f367a1fc..65a59311 100644
--- a/src/solidlsp/ls_handler.py
+++ b/src/solidlsp/ls_handler.py
@@ -170,12 +170,12 @@ class SolidLanguageServerHandler:
         # start threads to read stdout and stderr of the process
         threading.Thread(
             target=self.run_forever,
-            name="LSP stdout reader",
+            name="LSP-stdout-reader",
             daemon=True,
         ).start()
         threading.Thread(
             target=self.run_forever_stderr,
-            name="LSP stderr reader",
+            name="LSP-stderr-reader",
             daemon=True,
         ).start()