diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index fff33b2e..639b1e11 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ Frankie O'Rourke (https://github.com/psfrankie)
 Cody Mello (https://github.com/melloc)
 Todd Whiteman (https://github.com/twhiteman)
 Zach Bjornson (https://github.com/zbjornson)
+Hamza Shaikh (https://github.com/hamzashaikhcan)
diff --git a/lib/bunyan.js b/lib/bunyan.js
index 405cdb24..6fcbf36a 100644
--- a/lib/bunyan.js
+++ b/lib/bunyan.js
@@ -238,7 +238,12 @@ var _warned = {};
 function ConsoleRawStream() {}
 ConsoleRawStream.prototype.write = function (rec) {
     if (rec.level < INFO) {
-        console.log(rec);
+        try {
+            rec = JSON.parse(x); // Convert string to JSON
+            console.log(rec); // Log JSON Data
+        } catch (e) {
+            console.log(rec); // Log simple string
+        }
     } else if (rec.level < WARN) {
         console.info(rec);
     } else if (rec.level < ERROR) {