diff --git a/src/paperless/middleware.py b/src/paperless/middleware.py
index 70f26ce72..bdbb868e0 100644
--- a/src/paperless/middleware.py
+++ b/src/paperless/middleware.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import logging
+import os
 import resource
 import time
 
@@ -64,7 +65,8 @@ class MemLogMiddleware:
                 rss_mb = 0.0
 
             logger.debug(
-                "mem rss=%.1fMB Δend=%.1fMB peak=%.1fMB Δpeak=%.1fMB dur=%.1fms %s %s",
+                "pid=%s mem rss=%.1fMB Δend=%.1fMB peak=%.1fMB Δpeak=%.1fMB dur=%.1fms %s %s",
+                os.getpid(),
                 rss_mb,
                 delta_mb,
                 peak_mb,
diff --git a/src/paperless/settings.py b/src/paperless/settings.py
index 5b015e19d..2f4ccbe3d 100644
--- a/src/paperless/settings.py
+++ b/src/paperless/settings.py
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ LOGGING = {
     "disable_existing_loggers": False,
     "formatters": {
         "verbose": {
-            "format": "[{asctime}] [{levelname}] [{name}] {message}",
+            "format": "[{asctime}] [{levelname}] [{name}] pid={process} {message}",
             "style": "{",
         },
         "simple": {