diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 2fe1484..9345f12 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
-use chrono::{DateTime, Local};
-use chrono::{Datelike, Month, NaiveDate, NaiveDateTime, NaiveTime, TimeZone};
+use std::str::FromStr;
+
+use tokio_postgres::{Client, Config, NoTls, Statement};
+
+use tokio::net::{TcpListener, TcpStream};
+
+use std::net::SocketAddr;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use structopt::StructOpt;
+
+use std::collections::HashSet;
+
 use futures_util::FutureExt;
 use futures_util::StreamExt;
-use std::collections::HashSet;
-use std::net::SocketAddr;
-use std::str::FromStr;
-use std::sync::Arc;
-use structopt::StructOpt;
-use tokio::net::{TcpListener, TcpStream};
-use tokio_postgres::{Client, Config, NoTls, Statement};
 
 type Error = Box<dyn std::error::Error>;
 
@@ -88,6 +92,8 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
     }
 }
 
+use chrono::{DateTime, FixedOffset, Local};
+
 async fn handle_peer_and_error(
     stream: TcpStream,
     peer: SocketAddr,
@@ -112,57 +118,44 @@ async fn handle_peer(
     let ip = peer.ip();
 
     let mut lines = FramedRead::new(stream, LinesCodec::new());
-    while let Some(line) = lines.next().await.transpose()? {
-        let ParsedLine {
-            prio,
-            rcvtime,
-            logtime,
-            service,
-            entry,
-        } = parse_line(&line)?;
-        if !blacklist.contains(service) {
-            db.execute(
-                &insert_statement,
-                &[&prio, &ip, &rcvtime, &logtime, &service, &entry],
-            )
-            .await?;
+    loop {
+        match lines.next().await.transpose()? {
+            Some(line) => {
+                let (prio, now, date, service, log) = parse_line(&line)?;
+                if !blacklist.contains(service) {
+                    db.execute(
+                        &insert_statement,
+                        &[&prio, &ip, &now, &date, &service, &log],
+                    )
+                    .await?;
+                }
+            }
+            None => break,
         }
     }
     Ok(())
 }
 
-struct ParsedLine<'a> {
-    prio: i16,
-    rcvtime: DateTime<Local>,
-    logtime: DateTime<Local>,
-    // maybe this would be more correct, but i don't want to redo the database rn
-    //logtime: NaiveDateTime,
-    service: &'a str,
-    entry: &'a str,
-}
-#[test]
-fn tst_timeparse() {
-    let input = "Jul  8 01:20:30";
-    let year = 2022;
-    let parsed = parse_log_date(year, input).unwrap();
-    assert_eq!(
-        parsed,
-        NaiveDateTime::parse_from_str("2022-07-08 01:20:30", "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S").unwrap()
-    )
-}
-
-fn parse_log_date(year: i32, input: &'_ str) -> Result<NaiveDateTime, Error> {
-    let mut parts = input.split(" ").map(|p| p.trim()).filter(|p| p.len() > 0);
-    let month = Month::from_str(parts.next().ok_or("no month")?)
-        .map_err(|e| format!("month parsing error: {:?}", e))?;
-    let day: u32 = parts.next().ok_or("no day")?.parse()?;
-    let date =
-        NaiveDate::from_ymd_opt(year, month.number_from_month(), day).ok_or("invalid day+moth")?;
-    let time = NaiveTime::parse_from_str(parts.next().ok_or("no time")?, "%H:%M:%S")?;
-    Ok(NaiveDateTime::new(date, time))
-}
-
-fn parse_line(line: &'_ str) -> Result<ParsedLine<'_>, Error> {
+/** parses a line, returning
+ * ( prio
+ * , time the log was recieved
+ * , time the log was written according to logger
+ * , name of the service that wrote the log
+ * , log entry
+ * )
+ */
+fn parse_line(
+    line: &'_ str,
+) -> Result<
+    (
+        i16,
+        DateTime<Local>,
+        DateTime<FixedOffset>,
+        &'_ str,
+        &'_ str,
+    ),
+    Error,
+> {
     let mut prio_and_remainder = line.splitn(2, '>');
     let prio = prio_and_remainder
         .next()
@@ -177,11 +170,13 @@ fn parse_line(line: &'_ str) -> Result<ParsedLine<'_>, Error> {
         .expect("splitn should always return a second part");
     let (date, line) = line.split_at(16);
 
-    let rcvtime = chrono::Local::now();
-    // we need to prepend the current year and add timezone, as that is not stated in the logfile
-    let logtime = parse_log_date(rcvtime.date_naive().year(), date)
-        .map_err(|e| format!("could not parse logtime {}{} {}", date, line, e))?;
-    let logtime = TimeZone::from_local_datetime(&Local, &logtime).unwrap();
+    // we need to prepend the current year and timezone, as that is not stated in the logfile
+    let now = chrono::Local::now();
+    let mut base = format!("{}", now.format("%Y %z "));
+    base.push_str(date);
+
+    let date = DateTime::parse_from_str(&base, "%Y %z %b %e %H:%M:%S ")
+        .map_err(|e| format!("could not parse {}{} {}", date, line, e))?;
 
     let mut parts = line.splitn(2, ':');
 
@@ -192,12 +187,6 @@ fn parse_line(line: &'_ str) -> Result<ParsedLine<'_>, Error> {
         .ok_or("could not split pid from service")?
         .trim();
 
-    let entry = parts.next().ok_or("could not parse logfile")?.trim();
-    Ok(ParsedLine {
-        prio,
-        rcvtime,
-        logtime,
-        service,
-        entry,
-    })
+    let log = parts.next().ok_or("could not parse logfile")?.trim();
+    Ok((prio, now, date, service, log))
 }