diff --git a/init.d/basics/misc.el b/init.d/basics/misc.el
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4fdb37f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/init.d/basics/misc.el
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+;;; misc.el --- Basic things that do not fit any other category. -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
+
+;; Time-stamp: <2020-01-01T03:42:07+0100>
+
+;;; Commentary:
+
+;;; Code:
+
+(use-package emacs
+  :ensure nil
+
+  :config
+  (defun my/message-with-timestamp (old-func fmt-string &rest args)
+    "Prepend current timestamp to a message"
+    (apply old-func
+           (concat (format-time-string "[%FT%T%z] ") fmt-string)
+           args))
+
+  (advice-add 'message :around #'my/message-with-timestamp)
+  )
+
+(provide 'basics/misc)
+;;; misc.el ends here
diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 6dd7c97..ecdc40b 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; init.el --- tastytea's Emacs init file. -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
 
-;; Time-stamp: <2019-12-26T18:21:40+00:00>
+;; Time-stamp: <2020-01-01T03:37:43+0100>
 
 ;;; Commentary:
 ;; Requires at least Emacs 26. Most of it will probably work with Emacs 24 and
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     (setq gc-cons-threshold (* 20 1024 1024))
   (setq gc-cons-threshold (* 100 1024 1024)))
 
+(require 'basics/misc)
 (require 'basics/input)
 (require 'basics/buffers)
 (require 'basics/appearance)