diff --git a/include/lighttpd/angel_log.h b/include/lighttpd/angel_log.h
index 99f3bc4..48f0a73 100644
--- a/include/lighttpd/angel_log.h
+++ b/include/lighttpd/angel_log.h
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@
 	li_log_write(srv, LI_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, LI_LOG_FLAG_NONE, "lighttpd[%d]: %s", (int) inst->pid, msg)
 
 #define GERROR(srv, error, fmt, ...) \
-	li_log_write_(srv, LI_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, LOG_FLAG_TIMESTAMP, "error (%s:%d): " fmt "\n  %s", LI_REMOVE_PATH(__FILE__), __LINE__, __VA_ARGS__, error ? error->message : "Empty GError")
+	li_log_write_(srv, LI_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, LI_LOG_FLAG_TIMESTAMP, "error (%s:%d): " fmt "\n  %s", LI_REMOVE_PATH(__FILE__), __LINE__, __VA_ARGS__, error ? error->message : "Empty GError")
+
+#define BACKEND_LINES(srv, txt, ...) \
+	li_log_split_lines_(srv, LI_LOG_LEVEL_INFO, LI_LOG_FLAG_TIMESTAMP, txt, __VA_ARGS__)
 
 typedef enum {
 	LI_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG,
@@ -73,4 +76,8 @@ void log_clean(liServer *srv);
 
 LI_API void li_log_write(liServer *srv, liLogLevel log_level, guint flags, const gchar *fmt, ...) G_GNUC_PRINTF(4, 5);
 
+/* replaces '\r' and '\n' with '\0' */
+LI_API void li_log_split_lines(liServer *srv, liLogLevel log_level, guint flags, gchar *txt, const gchar *prefix);
+LI_API void li_log_split_lines_(liServer *srv, liLogLevel log_level, guint flags, gchar *txt, const gchar *fmt, ...) G_GNUC_PRINTF(5, 6);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/src/angel/angel_log.c b/src/angel/angel_log.c
index cf35a6b..ca4e0e7 100644
--- a/src/angel/angel_log.c
+++ b/src/angel/angel_log.c
@@ -63,3 +63,39 @@ void li_log_write(liServer *srv, liLogLevel log_level, guint flags, const gchar
 
 	fprintf(stderr, "%s", log_line->str);
 }
+
+void li_log_split_lines(liServer *srv, liLogLevel log_level, guint flags, gchar *txt, const gchar *prefix) {
+	gchar *start;
+
+	start = txt;
+	while ('\0' != *txt) {
+		if ('\r' == *txt || '\n' == *txt) {
+			*txt = '\0';
+			if (txt - start > 1) { /* skip empty lines*/
+				li_log_write(srv, log_level, flags, "%s%s", prefix, start);
+			}
+			txt++;
+			while (*txt == '\n' || *txt == '\r') txt++;
+			start = txt;
+		} else {
+			txt++;
+		}
+	}
+	if (txt - start > 1) { /* skip empty lines*/
+		li_log_write(srv, log_level, flags, "%s%s", prefix, start);
+	}
+}
+
+void li_log_split_lines_(liServer *srv, liLogLevel log_level, guint flags, gchar *txt, const gchar *fmt, ...) {
+	va_list ap;
+	GString *prefix;
+
+	prefix = g_string_sized_new(0);
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	g_string_vprintf(prefix, fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+
+	li_log_split_lines(srv, log_level, flags, txt, prefix->str);
+
+	g_string_free(prefix, TRUE);
+}
diff --git a/src/angel/angel_proc.c b/src/angel/angel_proc.c
index bb290d2..2d2fd21 100644
--- a/src/angel/angel_proc.c
+++ b/src/angel/angel_proc.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ void li_error_pipe_flush(liErrorPipe *epipe) {
 static void proc_epipe_cb(liServer *srv, liErrorPipe *epipe, GString *msg) {
 	liProc *proc = epipe->ctx;
 
-	ERROR(srv, "%s (pid: %i): %s", proc->appname, proc->child_pid, msg->str);
+	BACKEND_LINES(srv, msg->str, "%s[%i]: ", proc->appname, proc->child_pid);
 }
 
 liProc* li_proc_new(liServer *srv, gchar **args, gchar **env, uid_t uid, gid_t gid, gchar *username, liProcSetupCB cb, gpointer ctx) {