diff --git a/src/base/common.c b/src/base/common.c
index 7cd1c39ed97609904455929d37f8d10cf474666e..8f46555e9d5a5d41361e5748201bd15f0f130a18 100644
--- a/src/base/common.c
+++ b/src/base/common.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ __lkt_log_continuation(enum log_level level, const char *format, ...)
         RETURN_IF(pthread_mutex_lock(&__log_mutex), "Failed to lock, "
                   "not logging anything", NOTHING);
 
-        safe_snprintf(line, LKT_MESSAGE_MAX, "\t... %s\n", format);
+        safe_snprintf(line, LKT_MESSAGE_MAX, "                     ... %s\n", format);
         va_start(ap, format);
         vfprintf(stderr, line, ap);
         va_end(ap);