diff --git a/interface/resources/styles/log_dialog.qss b/interface/resources/styles/log_dialog.qss
index e0ec17549d..ebf2fc7318 100644
--- a/interface/resources/styles/log_dialog.qss
+++ b/interface/resources/styles/log_dialog.qss
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ QPushButton#revealLogButton {
     font-size: 11px;
 }
 
-QPushButton#showAllButton {
+QPushButton#allLogsButton {
     font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
     background-color: #333333;
     color: #BBBBBB;
@@ -112,4 +112,11 @@ QComboBox::drop-down {
 QComboBox::down-arrow {
     image: url(:/styles/filter.png);
     border-width: 0px;
+}
+
+QLabel#messageCount {
+    font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
+    text-align: center;
+    color: #3d3d3d;
+    font-size: 11px;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/interface/src/ui/BaseLogDialog.cpp b/interface/src/ui/BaseLogDialog.cpp
index 969f9895de..e27b622262 100644
--- a/interface/src/ui/BaseLogDialog.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/ui/BaseLogDialog.cpp
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ const int SEARCH_TOGGLE_BUTTON_WIDTH = 50;
 const int SEARCH_TEXT_WIDTH = 240;
 const int TIME_STAMP_LENGTH = 16;
 const int FONT_WEIGHT = 75;
-const QColor HIGHLIGHT_COLOR = QColor("#3366CC");
-const QColor BOLD_COLOR = QColor("#445c8c");
+const QColor HIGHLIGHT_COLOR = QColor("#00B4EF");
+const QColor BOLD_COLOR = QColor("#1080B8");
 const QString BOLD_PATTERN = "\\[\\d*\\/.*:\\d*:\\d*\\]";
 
 BaseLogDialog::BaseLogDialog(QWidget* parent) : QDialog(parent, Qt::Window) {
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ void BaseLogDialog::updateSelection() {
 Highlighter::Highlighter(QTextDocument* parent) : QSyntaxHighlighter(parent) {
     boldFormat.setFontWeight(FONT_WEIGHT);
     boldFormat.setForeground(BOLD_COLOR);
+    keywordFormat.setFontWeight(FONT_WEIGHT);
     keywordFormat.setForeground(HIGHLIGHT_COLOR);
 }
 
diff --git a/interface/src/ui/LogDialog.cpp b/interface/src/ui/LogDialog.cpp
index 108edbfd39..ece95aea38 100644
--- a/interface/src/ui/LogDialog.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/ui/LogDialog.cpp
@@ -15,11 +15,12 @@
 #include <QPushButton>
 #include <QComboBox>
 #include <QPlainTextEdit>
+#include <Qlabel>
 
 #include <shared/AbstractLoggerInterface.h>
 
 const int REVEAL_BUTTON_WIDTH = 122;
-const int CLEAR_FILTER_BUTTON_WIDTH = 80;
+const int ALL_LOGS_BUTTON_WIDTH = 90;
 const int MARGIN_LEFT = 25;
 const int DEBUG_CHECKBOX_WIDTH = 70;
 const int INFO_CHECKBOX_WIDTH = 65;
@@ -142,6 +143,11 @@ LogDialog::LogDialog(QWidget* parent, AbstractLoggerInterface* logger) : BaseLog
     _filterDropdown->addItem("qml");
     connect(_filterDropdown, static_cast<void (QComboBox::*)(int)>(&QComboBox::currentIndexChanged), this, &LogDialog::handleFilterDropdownChanged);
 
+    _leftPad += COMBOBOX_WIDTH + MARGIN_LEFT + MARGIN_LEFT;
+    _messageCount = new QLabel("", this);
+    _messageCount->setObjectName("messageCount");
+    _messageCount->show();
+
     _extraDebuggingBox = new QCheckBox("Extra debugging", this);
     if (_logger->extraDebugging()) {
         _extraDebuggingBox->setCheckState(Qt::Checked);
@@ -149,12 +155,13 @@ LogDialog::LogDialog(QWidget* parent, AbstractLoggerInterface* logger) : BaseLog
     _extraDebuggingBox->show();
     connect(_extraDebuggingBox, &QCheckBox::stateChanged, this, &LogDialog::handleExtraDebuggingCheckbox);
 
-    _clearFilterButton = new QPushButton("Clear Filters", this);
+    _allLogsButton = new QPushButton("All Messages", this);
     // set object name for css styling
-    _clearFilterButton->setObjectName("showAllButton");
-    _clearFilterButton->show();
-    connect(_clearFilterButton, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &LogDialog::handleClearFilterButton);
-    handleClearFilterButton();
+
+    _allLogsButton->setObjectName("allLogsButton");
+    _allLogsButton->show();
+    connect(_allLogsButton, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &LogDialog::handleAllLogsButton);
+    handleAllLogsButton();
 
     auto windowGeometry = _windowGeometry.get();
     if (windowGeometry.isValid()) {
@@ -168,11 +175,15 @@ void LogDialog::resizeEvent(QResizeEvent* event) {
         ELEMENT_MARGIN,
         REVEAL_BUTTON_WIDTH,
         ELEMENT_HEIGHT);
-    _clearFilterButton->setGeometry(width() - ELEMENT_MARGIN - CLEAR_FILTER_BUTTON_WIDTH,
+    _allLogsButton->setGeometry(width() - ELEMENT_MARGIN - ALL_LOGS_BUTTON_WIDTH,
         THIRD_ROW,
-        CLEAR_FILTER_BUTTON_WIDTH,
+        ALL_LOGS_BUTTON_WIDTH,
         ELEMENT_HEIGHT);
-    _extraDebuggingBox->setGeometry(width() - ELEMENT_MARGIN - COMBOBOX_WIDTH - ELEMENT_MARGIN - CLEAR_FILTER_BUTTON_WIDTH,
+    _extraDebuggingBox->setGeometry(width() - ELEMENT_MARGIN - COMBOBOX_WIDTH - ELEMENT_MARGIN - ALL_LOGS_BUTTON_WIDTH,
+        THIRD_ROW,
+        COMBOBOX_WIDTH,
+        ELEMENT_HEIGHT);
+    _messageCount->setGeometry(_leftPad,
         THIRD_ROW,
         COMBOBOX_WIDTH,
         ELEMENT_HEIGHT);
@@ -187,13 +198,13 @@ void LogDialog::handleRevealButton() {
     _logger->locateLog();
 }
 
-void LogDialog::handleClearFilterButton() {
+void LogDialog::handleAllLogsButton() {
     _logger->setExtraDebugging(false);
     _extraDebuggingBox->setCheckState(Qt::Unchecked);
-    _logger->setDebugPrint(false);
-    _debugPrintBox->setCheckState(Qt::Unchecked);
-    _logger->setInfoPrint(false);
-    _infoPrintBox->setCheckState(Qt::Unchecked);
+    _logger->setDebugPrint(true);
+    _debugPrintBox->setCheckState(Qt::Checked);
+    _logger->setInfoPrint(true);
+    _infoPrintBox->setCheckState(Qt::Checked);
     _logger->setCriticalPrint(true);
     _criticalPrintBox->setCheckState(Qt::Checked);
     _logger->setWarningPrint(true);
@@ -270,40 +281,67 @@ void LogDialog::appendLogLine(QString logLine) {
         if (logLine.contains(DEBUG_TEXT, Qt::CaseSensitive)) {
             if (_logger->debugPrint()) {
                 _logTextBox->appendPlainText(logLine.trimmed());
+                _count++;
+                updateMessageCount();
             }
         } else if (logLine.contains(INFO_TEXT, Qt::CaseSensitive)) {
             if (_logger->infoPrint()) {
                 _logTextBox->appendPlainText(logLine.trimmed());
+                _count++;
+                updateMessageCount();
             } 
         } else if (logLine.contains(CRITICAL_TEXT, Qt::CaseSensitive)) {
             if (_logger->criticalPrint()) {
                 _logTextBox->appendPlainText(logLine.trimmed());
+                _count++;
+                updateMessageCount();
             }
         } else if (logLine.contains(WARNING_TEXT, Qt::CaseSensitive)) {
             if (_logger->warningPrint()) {
                 _logTextBox->appendPlainText(logLine.trimmed());
+                _count++;
+                updateMessageCount();
             }
         } else if (logLine.contains(SUPPRESS_TEXT, Qt::CaseSensitive)) {
             if (_logger->suppressPrint()) {
                 _logTextBox->appendPlainText(logLine.trimmed());
+                _count++;
+                updateMessageCount();
             }
         } else if (logLine.contains(FATAL_TEXT, Qt::CaseSensitive)) {
             if (_logger->fatalPrint()) {
                 _logTextBox->appendPlainText(logLine.trimmed());
+                _count++;
+                updateMessageCount();
             }
         } else {
-            if (_logger->unknownPrint()) {
+            if (_logger->unknownPrint() && logLine.trimmed() != "") {
                 _logTextBox->appendPlainText(logLine.trimmed());
+                _count++;
+                updateMessageCount();
             }
         }
     }
 }
 
 void LogDialog::printLogFile() {
+    _count = 0;
     _logTextBox->clear();
     QString log = getCurrentLog();
     QStringList logList = log.split('\n');
     for (const auto& message : logList) {
         appendLogLine(message);
     }
+    updateMessageCount();
+}
+
+void LogDialog::updateMessageCount() {
+    _countLabel = QString::number(_count);
+    if (_count != 1) {
+        _countLabel.append("  log messages");
+    }
+    else {
+        _countLabel.append("  log message");
+    }
+    _messageCount->setText(_countLabel);
 }
diff --git a/interface/src/ui/LogDialog.h b/interface/src/ui/LogDialog.h
index 3cc7584fe8..eb92d4b381 100644
--- a/interface/src/ui/LogDialog.h
+++ b/interface/src/ui/LogDialog.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 class QCheckBox;
 class QPushButton;
 class QComboBox;
+class QLabel;
 class QResizeEvent;
 class AbstractLoggerInterface;
 
@@ -41,19 +42,21 @@ private slots:
     void handleFatalPrintBox(int);
     void handleUnknownPrintBox(int);
     void handleFilterDropdownChanged(int);
-    void handleClearFilterButton();
+    void handleAllLogsButton();
+    void printLogFile();
 
 protected:
     void resizeEvent(QResizeEvent* event) override;
     void closeEvent(QCloseEvent* event) override;
 
     QString getCurrentLog() override;
-    void printLogFile();
+    void updateMessageCount();
+    
 
 private:
     QCheckBox* _extraDebuggingBox;
     QPushButton* _revealLogButton;
-    QPushButton* _clearFilterButton;
+    QPushButton* _allLogsButton;
     QCheckBox* _debugPrintBox;
     QCheckBox* _infoPrintBox;
     QCheckBox* _criticalPrintBox;
@@ -62,10 +65,12 @@ private:
     QCheckBox* _fatalPrintBox;
     QCheckBox* _unknownPrintBox;
     QComboBox* _filterDropdown;
+    QLabel* _messageCount;
     QString _filterSelection;
-
+    QString _countLabel;
     AbstractLoggerInterface* _logger;
     Setting::Handle<QRect> _windowGeometry;
+    int _count = 0;
 };
 
 #endif // hifi_LogDialog_h
diff --git a/libraries/shared/src/shared/AbstractLoggerInterface.h b/libraries/shared/src/shared/AbstractLoggerInterface.h
index c202496103..f48496324b 100644
--- a/libraries/shared/src/shared/AbstractLoggerInterface.h
+++ b/libraries/shared/src/shared/AbstractLoggerInterface.h
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ signals:
 
 private:
     bool _extraDebugging{ false };
-    bool _debugPrint{ false };
-    bool _infoPrint{ false };
+    bool _debugPrint{ true };
+    bool _infoPrint{ true };
     bool _criticalPrint{ true };
     bool _warningPrint{ true };
     bool _suppressPrint{ true };