diff --git a/src/taskworker.js b/src/taskworker.js
index e7b8e7536..a5e5028eb 100755
--- a/src/taskworker.js
+++ b/src/taskworker.js
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ async function setupNetworking() {
 // 50 - internal error , 70 - SIGTERM exit
 function exitSync(status) {
     if (status.error) fs.write(logFd, status.error.stack + '\n', function () {});
-    fs.write(logFd, `Exiting with code ${status.code}\n`, function () {});
+    fs.write(logFd, `${(new Date()).toISOString()} Exiting with code ${status.code}\n`, function () {});
     fs.fsyncSync(logFd);
     fs.closeSync(logFd);
     process.exit(status.code);