diff --git a/lib/src/main/java/com/logentries/logger/AndroidLogger.java b/lib/src/main/java/com/logentries/logger/AndroidLogger.java
index d7bd9b4..f141611 100644
--- a/lib/src/main/java/com/logentries/logger/AndroidLogger.java
+++ b/lib/src/main/java/com/logentries/logger/AndroidLogger.java
@@ -34,6 +34,22 @@ public static synchronized AndroidLogger getInstance() {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     *  Set whether you wish to send your log message without additional meta data to Logentries.
+     * @param sendRawLogMessage Set to true if you wish to send raw log messages
+     */
+    public void setSendRawLogMessage(boolean sendRawLogMessage){
+        loggingWorker.setSendRawLogMessage(sendRawLogMessage);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     *  Returns whether the logger is configured to send raw log messages or not.
+     * @return
+     */
+    public boolean getSendRawLogMessage(){
+        return loggingWorker.getSendRawLogMessage();
+    }
+
     public void log(String message) {
         loggingWorker.addLineToQueue(message);
     }
diff --git a/lib/src/main/java/com/logentries/logger/AsyncLoggingWorker.java b/lib/src/main/java/com/logentries/logger/AsyncLoggingWorker.java
index f4ee777..c1d36b8 100644
--- a/lib/src/main/java/com/logentries/logger/AsyncLoggingWorker.java
+++ b/lib/src/main/java/com/logentries/logger/AsyncLoggingWorker.java
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ public class AsyncLoggingWorker {
      */
     private boolean started = false;
 
+    /**
+     * Whether should send logs with or without meta data
+     */
+    private boolean sendRawLogMessage = false;
+
     /**
      * Asynchronous socket appender.
      */
@@ -73,7 +78,7 @@ public AsyncLoggingWorker(Context context, boolean useSsl, boolean useHttpPost,
 
         queue = new ArrayBlockingQueue<String>(QUEUE_SIZE);
         localStorage = new LogStorage(context);
-        appender = new SocketAppender(useHttpPost, useSsl, useDataHub, dataHubAddress, dataHubPort, logToken, logHostName);
+        appender = new SocketAppender(useHttpPost, useSsl, useDataHub, dataHubAddress, dataHubPort, logToken, logHostName, sendRawLogMessage);
         appender.start();
         started = true;
     }
@@ -91,6 +96,14 @@ public AsyncLoggingWorker(Context context, boolean useSsl, String logToken, Stri
         this(context, useSsl, false, true, logToken, dataHubAddr, dataHubPort, true);
     }
 
+    public void setSendRawLogMessage(boolean sendRawLogMessage){
+        this.sendRawLogMessage = sendRawLogMessage;
+    }
+
+    public boolean getSendRawLogMessage(){
+        return sendRawLogMessage;
+    }
+
     public void addLineToQueue(String line) {
 
         // Check that we have all parameters set and socket appender running.
@@ -182,9 +195,10 @@ private class SocketAppender extends Thread {
         private int dataHubPort;
         private String token;
         private boolean logHostName = true;
+        private boolean sendRawLogMessage = false;
 
         public SocketAppender(boolean useHttpPost, boolean useSsl, boolean isUsingDataHub, String dataHubAddr, int dataHubPort,
-                              String token, boolean logHostName) {
+                              String token, boolean logHostName, boolean sendRawLogMessage) {
             super("Logentries Socket appender");
 
             // Don't block shut down
@@ -197,6 +211,7 @@ public SocketAppender(boolean useHttpPost, boolean useSsl, boolean isUsingDataHu
             this.dataHubPort = dataHubPort;
             this.token = token;
             this.logHostName = logHostName;
+            this.sendRawLogMessage = sendRawLogMessage;
         }
 
         private void openConnection() throws IOException, InstantiationException {
@@ -246,8 +261,11 @@ private boolean tryUploadSavedLogs() {
 
                 logs = localStorage.getAllLogsFromStorage(false);
                 for (String msg = logs.peek(); msg != null; msg = logs.peek()) {
-                    leClient.write(Utils.formatMessage(msg.replace("\n", LINE_SEP_REPLACER),
-                            logHostName, useHttpPost));
+                    if(sendRawLogMessage){
+                        leClient.write(Utils.formatMessage(msg.replace("\n", LINE_SEP_REPLACER),logHostName, useHttpPost));
+                    }else{
+                        leClient.write(msg.replace("\n", LINE_SEP_REPLACER));
+                    }
                     logs.poll(); // Remove the message after successful sending.
                 }
 
@@ -381,4 +399,5 @@ public void run() {
         }
     }
 
+
 }