diff --git a/client/ui.c b/client/ui.c
index 56101cd80..d0ed5d11e 100644
--- a/client/ui.c
+++ b/client/ui.c
@@ -22,6 +22,25 @@ bool showDemod = true;
 pthread_mutex_t print_lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 static char *logfilename = "proxmark3.log";
 
+void PrintAndLogEx(logLevel_t level, char *filename, int lineno, char *func, char *fmt, ...) {
+	char buffer[MAX_PRINT_BUFFER] = {0};
+	int size;
+	static char *prefix[5];
+	prefix[0]="";
+	prefix[1]=" [+] ";
+	prefix[2]=" [!] ";
+	prefix[3]=" [!!] ";
+	prefix[4]=" [#] ";
+	size=strlen(prefix[level]);
+	strncpy(buffer, prefix[level], MAX_PRINT_BUFFER);
+
+	va_list args;
+	va_start(args,fmt);
+	vsprintf(buffer + size,fmt, args);
+	va_end(args);
+	PrintAndLog(buffer);
+}
+
 void PrintAndLog(char *fmt, ...) {
 	char *saved_line;
 	int saved_point;
diff --git a/client/ui.h b/client/ui.h
index 5c50b55db..6d554d3fc 100644
--- a/client/ui.h
+++ b/client/ui.h
@@ -28,11 +28,15 @@
 #ifndef M_PI
 #define M_PI 3.14159265358979323846264338327
 #endif
+#define MAX_PRINT_BUFFER 2048
+typedef enum logLevel {NORMAL, INFO, WARNING, ERR, DEBUG} logLevel_t; 
+
 void ShowGui(void);
 void HideGraphWindow(void);
 void ShowGraphWindow(void);
 void RepaintGraphWindow(void);
 extern void PrintAndLog(char *fmt, ...);
+void PrintAndLogEx(logLevel_t level, char *filename, int lineno, char *func, char *fmt, ...);
 extern void SetLogFilename(char *fn);
 
 extern double CursorScaleFactor;