diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index ffcf1dcf..37bf5116 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 All changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [8.1.9] - 2020-03-09
+
+(ws cobra_subscribe) add a --fluentd option to wrap a message in an enveloppe so that fluentd can recognize it
+
 ## [8.1.8] - 2020-03-02
 
 (websocket server) fix regression with disabling zlib extension on the server side. If a client does not support this extension the server will handle it fine. We still need to figure out how to disable the option.
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
index f0a51af4..21f3f444 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#define IX_WEBSOCKET_VERSION "8.1.7"
+#define IX_WEBSOCKET_VERSION "8.1.9"
diff --git a/ws/ws.cpp b/ws/ws.cpp
index 05c57e73..96fa8e27 100644
--- a/ws/ws.cpp
+++ b/ws/ws.cpp
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     bool verbose = false;
     bool save = false;
     bool quiet = false;
+    bool fluentd = false;
     bool compress = false;
     bool strict = false;
     bool stress = false;
@@ -227,6 +228,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     cobraSubscribeApp->add_option("--pidfile", pidfile, "Pid file");
     cobraSubscribeApp->add_option("--filter", filter, "Stream SQL Filter");
     cobraSubscribeApp->add_flag("-q", quiet, "Quiet / only display stats");
+    cobraSubscribeApp->add_flag("--fluentd", fluentd, "Write fluentd prefix");
     addTLSOptions(cobraSubscribeApp);
 
     CLI::App* cobraPublish = app.add_subcommand("cobra_publish", "Cobra publisher");
@@ -437,7 +439,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     else if (app.got_subcommand("cobra_subscribe"))
     {
         ret = ix::ws_cobra_subscribe_main(
-            appkey, endpoint, rolename, rolesecret, channel, filter, quiet, tlsOptions);
+            appkey, endpoint, rolename, rolesecret, channel, filter, quiet, fluentd, tlsOptions);
     }
     else if (app.got_subcommand("cobra_publish"))
     {
diff --git a/ws/ws.h b/ws/ws.h
index 007793fa..b281e1fb 100644
--- a/ws/ws.h
+++ b/ws/ws.h
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ namespace ix
                                 const std::string& channel,
                                 const std::string& filter,
                                 bool quiet,
+                                bool fluentd,
                                 const ix::SocketTLSOptions& tlsOptions);
 
     int ws_cobra_publish_main(const std::string& appkey,
diff --git a/ws/ws_cobra_subscribe.cpp b/ws/ws_cobra_subscribe.cpp
index 6661d616..4a833ea6 100644
--- a/ws/ws_cobra_subscribe.cpp
+++ b/ws/ws_cobra_subscribe.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include <atomic>
 #include <chrono>
+#include <iostream>
 #include <ixcobra/IXCobraConnection.h>
 #include <spdlog/spdlog.h>
 #include <sstream>
@@ -13,6 +14,23 @@
 
 namespace ix
 {
+    void writeToStdout(bool fluentd, Json::FastWriter& jsonWriter, const Json::Value& msg)
+    {
+        Json::Value enveloppe;
+        if (fluentd)
+        {
+            enveloppe["producer"] = "cobra";
+            enveloppe["consumer"] = "fluentd";
+            enveloppe["message"] = msg;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            enveloppe = msg;
+        }
+
+        std::cout << jsonWriter.write(enveloppe);
+    }
+
     int ws_cobra_subscribe_main(const std::string& appkey,
                                 const std::string& endpoint,
                                 const std::string& rolename,
@@ -20,6 +38,7 @@ namespace ix
                                 const std::string& channel,
                                 const std::string& filter,
                                 bool quiet,
+                                bool fluentd,
                                 const ix::SocketTLSOptions& tlsOptions)
     {
         ix::CobraConnection conn;
@@ -51,7 +70,7 @@ namespace ix
         std::thread t(timer);
 
         conn.setEventCallback(
-            [&conn, &channel, &jsonWriter, &filter, &msgCount, &msgPerSeconds, &quiet](
+            [&conn, &channel, &jsonWriter, &filter, &msgCount, &msgPerSeconds, &quiet, &fluentd](
                 ix::CobraConnectionEventType eventType,
                 const std::string& errMsg,
                 const ix::WebSocketHttpHeaders& headers,
@@ -69,18 +88,18 @@ namespace ix
                 else if (eventType == ix::CobraConnection_EventType_Authenticated)
                 {
                     spdlog::info("Subscriber authenticated");
-                    conn.subscribe(
-                        channel,
-                        filter,
-                        [&jsonWriter, &quiet, &msgPerSeconds, &msgCount](const Json::Value& msg) {
-                            if (!quiet)
-                            {
-                                spdlog::info(jsonWriter.write(msg));
-                            }
+                    conn.subscribe(channel,
+                                   filter,
+                                   [&jsonWriter, &quiet, &msgPerSeconds, &msgCount, &fluentd](
+                                       const Json::Value& msg) {
+                                       if (!quiet)
+                                       {
+                                           writeToStdout(fluentd, jsonWriter, msg);
+                                       }
 
-                            msgPerSeconds++;
-                            msgCount++;
-                        });
+                                       msgPerSeconds++;
+                                       msgCount++;
+                                   });
                 }
                 else if (eventType == ix::CobraConnection_EventType_Subscribed)
                 {
diff --git a/ws/ws_connect.cpp b/ws/ws_connect.cpp
index ca0d399d..7598a669 100644
--- a/ws/ws_connect.cpp
+++ b/ws/ws_connect.cpp
@@ -30,8 +30,14 @@ namespace ix
         void start();
         void stop();
 
-        int getSentBytes() { return _sentBytes; }
-        int getReceivedBytes() { return _receivedBytes; }
+        int getSentBytes()
+        {
+            return _sentBytes;
+        }
+        int getReceivedBytes()
+        {
+            return _receivedBytes;
+        }
 
         void sendMessage(const std::string& text);
 
@@ -76,19 +82,16 @@ namespace ix
             _webSocket.addSubProtocol(subprotocol);
         }
 
-        WebSocket::setTrafficTrackerCallback(
-            [this](int size, bool incoming)
+        WebSocket::setTrafficTrackerCallback([this](int size, bool incoming) {
+            if (incoming)
             {
-                if (incoming)
-                {
-                    _receivedBytes += size;
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    _sentBytes += size;
-                }
+                _receivedBytes += size;
             }
-        );
+            else
+            {
+                _sentBytes += size;
+            }
+        });
     }
 
     void WebSocketConnect::log(const std::string& msg)