diff --git a/repo-converter/pull-start.sh b/repo-converter/pull-start.sh
index 40321aa..b2baad6 100644
--- a/repo-converter/pull-start.sh
+++ b/repo-converter/pull-start.sh
@@ -1,17 +1,26 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # To be used in a cronjob to always pull and use the latest image
-# so that the running container is only x minutes/hours behind the latest version of the docker-compose.yaml file, and the Docker image tagged latest in GitHub packages
+# so that the running container is only x minutes/hours behind the latest version of
+# the docker-compose.yaml file
+# and the Docker image tagged latest in GitHub packages
 
 # crontab -e
-# */30 * * * * sudo bash /sourcegraph/implementation-bridges/repo-converter/pull-start.sh
+# */30 * * * * bash /sourcegraph/implementation-bridges/repo-converter/pull-start.sh
 
 sg_root_dir="/sourcegraph"
 repo_converter_dir="$sg_root_dir/implementation-bridges/repo-converter"
 log_file="$repo_converter_dir/pull-start.log"
 
-date_time=$(date +"%F %T")
-echo "$date_time - Starting $0" >> "$log_file"
+# Log to both stdout and log file
+exec > >(tee -a "$log_file") 2>&1
+
+function log() {
+    # Define log function for consistent output format
+    echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d - %H:%M:%S') - $0 - $1"
+}
+
+log "Script starting"
 
 command="\
     sudo git -C $repo_converter_dir reset --hard                                            && \
@@ -20,7 +29,7 @@ command="\
     sudo docker compose -f $repo_converter_dir/docker-compose.yaml up -d --remove-orphans      \
     "
 
+log "Running command in subshell: $command"
 bash -c "$command" >> "$log_file" 2>&1
 
-date_time=$(date +"%F %T")
-echo "$date_time - Finishing $0" >> "$log_file"
+log "Script finishing"