diff --git a/src/RedirectablePrint.cpp b/src/RedirectablePrint.cpp
index 14e85f0c8..943d38982 100644
--- a/src/RedirectablePrint.cpp
+++ b/src/RedirectablePrint.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "configuration.h"
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <cstring>
+#include <stdexcept>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <time.h>
 
@@ -173,3 +174,22 @@ void RedirectablePrint::hexDump(const char *logLevel, unsigned char *buf, uint16
     }
     log(logLevel, "   +------------------------------------------------+ +----------------+\n");
 }
+
+std::string RedirectablePrint::mt_sprintf(const std::string fmt_str, ...)
+{
+    int final_n, n = ((int)fmt_str.size()) * 2; /* Reserve two times as much as the length of the fmt_str */
+    std::unique_ptr<char[]> formatted;
+    va_list ap;
+    while (1) {
+        formatted.reset(new char[n]); /* Wrap the plain char array into the unique_ptr */
+        strcpy(&formatted[0], fmt_str.c_str());
+        va_start(ap, fmt_str);
+        final_n = vsnprintf(&formatted[0], n, fmt_str.c_str(), ap);
+        va_end(ap);
+        if (final_n < 0 || final_n >= n)
+            n += abs(final_n - n + 1);
+        else
+            break;
+    }
+    return std::string(formatted.get());
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/RedirectablePrint.h b/src/RedirectablePrint.h
index 659b6e10d..560021972 100644
--- a/src/RedirectablePrint.h
+++ b/src/RedirectablePrint.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include <Print.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
+#include <string>
 
 /**
  * A Printable that can be switched to squirt its bytes to a different sink.
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ class RedirectablePrint : public Print
     size_t vprintf(const char *format, va_list arg);
 
     void hexDump(const char *logLevel, unsigned char *buf, uint16_t len);
+
+    std::string mt_sprintf(const std::string fmt_str, ...);
 };
 
 class NoopPrint : public Print
diff --git a/src/mesh/RadioInterface.cpp b/src/mesh/RadioInterface.cpp
index 61c864394..94dab0bcd 100644
--- a/src/mesh/RadioInterface.cpp
+++ b/src/mesh/RadioInterface.cpp
@@ -241,47 +241,48 @@ uint32_t RadioInterface::getTxDelayMsecWeighted(float snr)
 
 void printPacket(const char *prefix, const meshtastic_MeshPacket *p)
 {
-    LOG_DEBUG("%s (id=0x%08x fr=0x%02x to=0x%02x, WantAck=%d, HopLim=%d Ch=0x%x", prefix, p->id, p->from & 0xff, p->to & 0xff,
-              p->want_ack, p->hop_limit, p->channel);
+    std::string out = DEBUG_PORT.mt_sprintf("%s (id=0x%08x fr=0x%02x to=0x%02x, WantAck=%d, HopLim=%d Ch=0x%x", prefix, p->id,
+                                            p->from & 0xff, p->to & 0xff, p->want_ack, p->hop_limit, p->channel);
     if (p->which_payload_variant == meshtastic_MeshPacket_decoded_tag) {
         auto &s = p->decoded;
 
-        LOG_DEBUG(" Portnum=%d", s.portnum);
+        out += DEBUG_PORT.mt_sprintf(" Portnum=%d", s.portnum);
 
         if (s.want_response)
-            LOG_DEBUG(" WANTRESP");
+            out += DEBUG_PORT.mt_sprintf(" WANTRESP");
 
         if (s.source != 0)
-            LOG_DEBUG(" source=%08x", s.source);
+            out += DEBUG_PORT.mt_sprintf(" source=%08x", s.source);
 
         if (s.dest != 0)
-            LOG_DEBUG(" dest=%08x", s.dest);
+            out += DEBUG_PORT.mt_sprintf(" dest=%08x", s.dest);
 
         if (s.request_id)
-            LOG_DEBUG(" requestId=%0x", s.request_id);
+            out += DEBUG_PORT.mt_sprintf(" requestId=%0x", s.request_id);
 
         /* now inside Data and therefore kinda opaque
         if (s.which_ackVariant == SubPacket_success_id_tag)
-            LOG_DEBUG(" successId=%08x", s.ackVariant.success_id);
+            out += DEBUG_PORT.mt_sprintf(" successId=%08x", s.ackVariant.success_id);
         else if (s.which_ackVariant == SubPacket_fail_id_tag)
-            LOG_DEBUG(" failId=%08x", s.ackVariant.fail_id); */
+            out += DEBUG_PORT.mt_sprintf(" failId=%08x", s.ackVariant.fail_id); */
     } else {
-        LOG_DEBUG(" encrypted");
+        out += " encrypted";
     }
 
     if (p->rx_time != 0) {
-        LOG_DEBUG(" rxtime=%u", p->rx_time);
+        out += DEBUG_PORT.mt_sprintf(" rxtime=%u", p->rx_time);
     }
     if (p->rx_snr != 0.0) {
-        LOG_DEBUG(" rxSNR=%g", p->rx_snr);
+        out += DEBUG_PORT.mt_sprintf(" rxSNR=%g", p->rx_snr);
     }
     if (p->rx_rssi != 0) {
-        LOG_DEBUG(" rxRSSI=%i", p->rx_rssi);
+        out += DEBUG_PORT.mt_sprintf(" rxRSSI=%i", p->rx_rssi);
     }
     if (p->priority != 0)
-        LOG_DEBUG(" priority=%d", p->priority);
+        out += DEBUG_PORT.mt_sprintf(" priority=%d", p->priority);
 
-    LOG_DEBUG(")\n");
+    out + ")\n";
+    LOG_DEBUG("%s", out.c_str());
 }
 
 RadioInterface::RadioInterface()