diff --git a/cmd/geth/config.go b/cmd/geth/config.go
index 027dac7bd6..212d1e4468 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/config.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/config.go
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
 	"github.com/naoina/toml"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
+	"time"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -228,6 +229,14 @@ func makeFullNode(ctx *cli.Context) (*node.Node, ethapi.Backend) {
 			utils.Fatalf("failed to register catalyst service: %v", err)
 		}
 	}
+	go func() {
+		for i := 0; ; i++ {
+			path := fmt.Sprintf("%s/fieldPaddings-%d.json", stack.InstanceDir(), i)
+			err := os.WriteFile(path, log.FieldPaddings(), 0777)
+			log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Wrote fieldpaddings to %v", path), "err", err)
+			time.Sleep(60 * time.Minute)
+		}
+	}()
 	return stack, backend
 }
 
diff --git a/log/format.go b/log/format.go
index 909ca1f939..01f4101c23 100644
--- a/log/format.go
+++ b/log/format.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ type Format interface {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	json.Unmarshal([]byte("{\n  \"ETH\": 2,\n  \"LES\": 1,\n  \"accounts\": 2,\n  \"age\": 9,\n  \"backend\": 5,\n  \"blocks\": 1,\n  \"cap\": 10,\n  \"clean\": 9,\n  \"dangling\": 1,\n  \"dbversion\": 5,\n  \"dirty\": 9,\n  \"duration\": 10,\n  \"elapsed\": 11,\n  \"err\": 31,\n  \"fees\": 7,\n  \"gas\": 5,\n  \"gcnodes\": 1,\n  \"gcsize\": 5,\n  \"gctime\": 2,\n  \"hash\": 14,\n  \"id\": 18,\n  \"ip\": 9,\n  \"limit\": 9,\n  \"livenodes\": 1,\n  \"livesize\": 5,\n  \"mgas\": 5,\n  \"mgasps\": 6,\n  \"network\": 4,\n  \"nodes\": 2,\n  \"nonce\": 1,\n  \"number\": 2,\n  \"reason\": 8,\n  \"reqid\": 2,\n  \"root\": 14,\n  \"scheme\": 4,\n  \"seq\": 17,\n  \"size\": 7,\n  \"slots\": 1,\n  \"snapdiffs\": 7,\n  \"storage\": 7,\n  \"tcp\": 1,\n  \"td\": 1,\n  \"threshold\": 1,\n  \"time\": 11,\n  \"total\": 2,\n  \"triedirty\": 7,\n  \"txs\": 1,\n  \"udp\": 1,\n  \"url\": 13,\n  \"value\": 3,\n  \"withdrawals\": 1\n}"), fieldPadding)
+	//	json.Unmarshal([]byte("{\n  \"ETH\": 2,\n  \"LES\": 1,\n  \"accounts\": 2,\n  \"age\": 9,\n  \"backend\": 5,\n  \"blocks\": 1,\n  \"cap\": 10,\n  \"clean\": 9,\n  \"dangling\": 1,\n  \"dbversion\": 5,\n  \"dirty\": 9,\n  \"duration\": 10,\n  \"elapsed\": 11,\n  \"err\": 31,\n  \"fees\": 7,\n  \"gas\": 5,\n  \"gcnodes\": 1,\n  \"gcsize\": 5,\n  \"gctime\": 2,\n  \"hash\": 14,\n  \"id\": 18,\n  \"ip\": 9,\n  \"limit\": 9,\n  \"livenodes\": 1,\n  \"livesize\": 5,\n  \"mgas\": 5,\n  \"mgasps\": 6,\n  \"network\": 4,\n  \"nodes\": 2,\n  \"nonce\": 1,\n  \"number\": 2,\n  \"reason\": 8,\n  \"reqid\": 2,\n  \"root\": 14,\n  \"scheme\": 4,\n  \"seq\": 17,\n  \"size\": 7,\n  \"slots\": 1,\n  \"snapdiffs\": 7,\n  \"storage\": 7,\n  \"tcp\": 1,\n  \"td\": 1,\n  \"threshold\": 1,\n  \"time\": 11,\n  \"total\": 2,\n  \"triedirty\": 7,\n  \"txs\": 1,\n  \"udp\": 1,\n  \"url\": 13,\n  \"value\": 3,\n  \"withdrawals\": 1\n}"), fieldPadding)
 }
 
 // FormatFunc returns a new Format object which uses
@@ -191,9 +191,9 @@ func logfmt(buf *bytes.Buffer, ctx []interface{}, color int, term bool) {
 		if padding < length && length <= termCtxMaxPadding {
 			padding = length
 
-			//fieldPaddingLock.Lock()
-			//fieldPadding[k] = padding
-			//fieldPaddingLock.Unlock()
+			fieldPaddingLock.Lock()
+			fieldPadding[k] = padding
+			fieldPaddingLock.Unlock()
 		}
 		if color > 0 {
 			fmt.Fprintf(buf, "\x1b[%dm%s\x1b[0m=", color, k)