diff --git a/assignment-client/src/AssignmentClientMonitor.cpp b/assignment-client/src/AssignmentClientMonitor.cpp
index dbeb76a884..f87679ffce 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/AssignmentClientMonitor.cpp
+++ b/assignment-client/src/AssignmentClientMonitor.cpp
@@ -41,10 +41,13 @@ AssignmentClientMonitor::AssignmentClientMonitor(const unsigned int numAssignmen
     _assignmentServerPort(assignmentServerPort)
 {    
     qDebug() << "_requestAssignmentType =" << _requestAssignmentType;
-
+    
     // start the Logging class with the parent's target name
     LogHandler::getInstance().setTargetName(ASSIGNMENT_CLIENT_MONITOR_TARGET_NAME);
 
+    // make sure we output process IDs for a monitor otherwise it's insane to parse
+    LogHandler::getInstance().setShouldOutputPID(true);
+
     // create a NodeList so we can receive stats from children
     DependencyManager::registerInheritance<LimitedNodeList, NodeList>();
     auto addressManager = DependencyManager::set<AddressManager>();
diff --git a/libraries/shared/src/LogHandler.cpp b/libraries/shared/src/LogHandler.cpp
index 64ded81a52..60cddb5cfe 100644
--- a/libraries/shared/src/LogHandler.cpp
+++ b/libraries/shared/src/LogHandler.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ LogHandler& LogHandler::getInstance() {
 }
 
 LogHandler::LogHandler() :
-    _shouldOutputPID(true)
+    _shouldOutputPID(false)
 {
     // setup our timer to flush the verbose logs every 5 seconds
     QTimer* logFlushTimer = new QTimer(this);