diff --git a/hm_pyhelper/tests/utils/test_logger.py b/hm_pyhelper/tests/utils/test_logger.py
index a43d518..d2111ad 100644
--- a/hm_pyhelper/tests/utils/test_logger.py
+++ b/hm_pyhelper/tests/utils/test_logger.py
@@ -26,3 +26,21 @@ def test_logging(self):
             " - Hello world."
         are_logs_correct = re.search(expected_output_regex, formatted_output)
         self.assertTrue(are_logs_correct)
+
+    def test_custom_log_format(self):
+        log_string = f"[%(levelname)s] - %(name)s: %(message)s"  # noqa: F541 E501
+        log_message = "test log string"
+        logger = get_logger(__name__, log_string)
+
+        with self.assertLogs() as captured:
+            logger.info(log_message)
+
+        # check that there is only one log message
+        self.assertEqual(len(captured.records), 1)
+        record = captured.records[0]
+        formatter = logging.Formatter(log_string)
+        formatted_output = formatter.format(record)
+
+        result = re.match("\\[INFO\\]\\s-\\s.*:\\s" + log_message,
+                          formatted_output)
+        self.assertTrue(result)
diff --git a/hm_pyhelper/utils/logger.py b/hm_pyhelper/utils/logger.py
index 2d4ee34..eb641a2 100644
--- a/hm_pyhelper/utils/logger.py
+++ b/hm_pyhelper/utils/logger.py
@@ -5,17 +5,17 @@
 _log_format = f"%(asctime)s - [%(levelname)s] - %(name)s - (%(filename)s).%(funcName)s -- %(pathname)s:(%(lineno)d) - %(message)s"  # noqa: F541 E501
 
 
-def get_stream_handler():
+def get_stream_handler(log_format=_log_format):
     stream_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
     stream_handler.setLevel(LOGLEVEL)
-    stream_handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter(_log_format))
+    stream_handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter(log_format))
     return stream_handler
 
 
-def get_logger(name):
+def get_logger(name, log_format=_log_format):
     logger = logging.getLogger(name)
     logger.setLevel(LOGLEVEL)
-    logger.addHandler(get_stream_handler())
+    logger.addHandler(get_stream_handler(log_format))
     return logger
 
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c3194f3..ea66d37 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='hm_pyhelper',
-    version='0.8.2',
+    version='0.8.3',
     author="Nebra Ltd",
     author_email="support@nebra.com",
     description="Helium Python Helper",