diff --git a/internal/dao/log_item.go b/internal/dao/log_item.go
index bdce7b088f..a66e1748d0 100644
--- a/internal/dao/log_item.go
+++ b/internal/dao/log_item.go
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ func (l *LogItem) Render(paint string, showTime bool, bb *bytes.Buffer) {
 		for i := len(l.Bytes[:index]); i < 30; i++ {
 			bb.WriteByte(' ')
 		}
+		bb.WriteString("[-::]")
 	}
 
 	if l.Pod != "" {
diff --git a/internal/dao/log_item_test.go b/internal/dao/log_item_test.go
index ac9632b7fb..1eeacc548d 100644
--- a/internal/dao/log_item_test.go
+++ b/internal/dao/log_item_test.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func TestLogItemRender(t *testing.T) {
 				ShowTimestamp:   true,
 			},
 			log: fmt.Sprintf("%s %s\n", "2018-12-14T10:36:43.326972-07:00", "Testing 1,2,3..."),
-			e:   "[gray::b]2018-12-14T10:36:43.326972-07:00 [yellow::]fred [yellow::b]blee[-::-] Testing 1,2,3...\n",
+			e:   "[gray::b]2018-12-14T10:36:43.326972-07:00 [-::][yellow::]fred [yellow::b]blee[-::-] Testing 1,2,3...\n",
 		},
 		"log-level": {
 			opts: dao.LogOptions{
diff --git a/internal/dao/log_items_test.go b/internal/dao/log_items_test.go
index ec491c10cd..e4e2742ea6 100644
--- a/internal/dao/log_items_test.go
+++ b/internal/dao/log_items_test.go
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func TestLogItemsRender(t *testing.T) {
 				Container:     "blee",
 				ShowTimestamp: true,
 			},
-			e: "[gray::b]2018-12-14T10:36:43.326972-07:00 [teal::]fred [teal::b]blee[-::-] Testing 1,2,3...\n",
+			e: "[gray::b]2018-12-14T10:36:43.326972-07:00 [-::][teal::]fred [teal::b]blee[-::-] Testing 1,2,3...\n",
 		},
 	}