diff --git a/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/syslog-ng-legacy.conf b/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/syslog-ng-legacy.conf
index d5227b7c4..fd9000160 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/syslog-ng-legacy.conf
+++ b/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/syslog-ng-legacy.conf
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 {% if helpers.empty('syslog.disable_clog') %}
 destination legacy_dst {
-    unix-dgram("/var/run/legacy_log" template("<$PRI>${MSGHDR}${MESSAGE}\n"));
+    unix-dgram("/var/run/legacy_log" flags(syslog-protocol));
 };
 
 log {