diff --git a/plugins/20_events/install b/plugins/20_events/install
index 7146f27cd..d4b7131e3 100755
--- a/plugins/20_events/install
+++ b/plugins/20_events/install
@@ -38,7 +38,14 @@ fi
 
 if [[ -d "$DOKKU_RSYSLOG_FILTER_DIR" && ! -f "$DOKKU_RSYSLOG_FILTER" ]]; then
   cat >"$DOKKU_RSYSLOG_FILTER" <<EOF
-:syslogtag, contains, "dokku" $DOKKU_EVENTS_LOGFILE
+:syslogtag, contains, "dokku-event" $DOKKU_EVENTS_LOGFILE
+EOF
+  flag_rsyslog_needs_restart=y
+fi
+
+if [[ -f "$DOKKU_RSYSLOG_FILTER" ]] && ! grep -q "dokku-event" "$DOKKU_RSYSLOG_FILTER"; then
+  cat >"$DOKKU_RSYSLOG_FILTER" <<EOF
+:syslogtag, contains, "dokku-event" $DOKKU_EVENTS_LOGFILE
 EOF
   flag_rsyslog_needs_restart=y
 fi
diff --git a/plugins/common/functions b/plugins/common/functions
index 10db6dcf8..e7a679cb0 100755
--- a/plugins/common/functions
+++ b/plugins/common/functions
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ dokku_log_fail() {
 
 dokku_log_event() {
   declare desc="log dokku events"
-  logger -t dokku -i -- "$@"
+  logger -t dokku-event -i -- "$@"
 }
 
 dokku_log_plugn_trigger_call() {