diff --git a/cloudquery/sdk/plugin/plugin.py b/cloudquery/sdk/plugin/plugin.py
index 4765cf2..7fc76f6 100644
--- a/cloudquery/sdk/plugin/plugin.py
+++ b/cloudquery/sdk/plugin/plugin.py
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ def __init__(self, name: str, version: str) -> None:
     def init(self, spec: bytes) -> None:
         pass
 
+    def set_logger(self, logger) -> None:
+        pass
+
     def name(self) -> str:
         return self._name
 
diff --git a/cloudquery/sdk/scheduler/scheduler.py b/cloudquery/sdk/scheduler/scheduler.py
index c4e594d..8f8d111 100644
--- a/cloudquery/sdk/scheduler/scheduler.py
+++ b/cloudquery/sdk/scheduler/scheduler.py
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ def __init__(
         self._max_depth = max_depth
         if logger is None:
             self._logger = structlog.get_logger()
+        else:
+            self._logger = logger
         if concurrency <= 0:
             raise ValueError("concurrency must be greater than 0")
         if max_depth <= 0:
diff --git a/cloudquery/sdk/serve/plugin.py b/cloudquery/sdk/serve/plugin.py
index d412a74..8df531a 100644
--- a/cloudquery/sdk/serve/plugin.py
+++ b/cloudquery/sdk/serve/plugin.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 import grpc
 import structlog
 import sys
+import os
+
 from cloudquery.discovery_v1 import discovery_pb2_grpc
 from cloudquery.plugin_v3 import plugin_pb2_grpc
 
@@ -15,8 +17,50 @@
 DOC_FORMATS = ["json", "markdown"]
 
 
+_IS_WINDOWS = sys.platform == "win32"
+
+try:
+    import colorama
+except ImportError:
+    colorama = None
+
+if _IS_WINDOWS:  # pragma: no cover
+    # On Windows, use colors by default only if Colorama is installed.
+    _has_colors = colorama is not None
+else:
+    # On other OSes, use colors by default.
+    _has_colors = True
+
+
 def get_logger(args):
-    log = structlog.get_logger(processors=[structlog.processors.JSONRenderer()])
+    processors = [
+        structlog.contextvars.merge_contextvars,
+        structlog.processors.add_log_level,
+        structlog.processors.StackInfoRenderer(),
+        structlog.dev.set_exc_info,
+        structlog.processors.TimeStamper(fmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", utc=False),
+    ]
+    if args.log_format == "text":
+        processors.append(
+            structlog.dev.ConsoleRenderer(
+                colors=os.environ.get("NO_COLOR", "") == ""
+                and (
+                    os.environ.get("FORCE_COLOR", "") != ""
+                    or (
+                        _has_colors
+                        and sys.stdout is not None
+                        and hasattr(sys.stdout, "isatty")
+                        and sys.stdout.isatty()
+                    )
+                )
+            )
+        )
+    else:
+        processors.append(structlog.processors.JSONRenderer())
+
+    # if args.log_format == "json":
+    #     processors.append(structlog.processors.JSONRenderer())
+    log = structlog.get_logger(processors=processors)
     return log
 
 
@@ -87,6 +131,7 @@ def run(self, args):
 
     def _serve(self, args):
         logger = get_logger(args)
+        self._plugin.set_logger(logger)
         self._server = grpc.server(futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=10))
         discovery_pb2_grpc.add_DiscoveryServicer_to_server(
             DiscoveryServicer([3]), self._server