# Set Zeek logs to json format

**URL:** <https://community.zeek.org/t/set-zeek-logs-to-json-format/6859>\
**Category:** Zeek\
**Tags:** training\
**Created:** [December 15, 2022, 2:47am UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/set-zeek-logs-to-json-format/6859 "2022-12-15T02:47:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![helotbc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@helotbc](https://community.zeek.org/u/helotbc)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 2:47am UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/set-zeek-logs-to-json-format/6859/1 "2022-12-15T02:47:59Z")

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I am setting up a local Zeek instance for my home network. I would like to set the log format to json. I have added

@load policy/tuning/json-logs.zeek

to the local.zeek file. I have stopped and started with zeekctl. The logs are still in TSV format.

I am running Ubuntu 22.04 on an Oracle Virtual Box instance.

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**Author:** ![Christian](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/community.zeek.org/christian/32/593_2.png) [@Christian](https://community.zeek.org/u/Christian)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 3:32am UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/set-zeek-logs-to-json-format/6859/2 "2022-12-15T03:32:05Z")

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Hi there — are you just missing a `zeekctl deploy`?

Also check out the [Add-JSON](https://github.com/J-Gras/add-json) package for more more fully featured JSON configuration.

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**Author:** ![helotbc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@helotbc](https://community.zeek.org/u/helotbc)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/set-zeek-logs-to-json-format/6859/3 "2022-12-15T12:29:26Z")

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Christian, That was the solution. Thanks for your quick reply.