diff --git a/esp/src/src-react/components/Logs.tsx b/esp/src/src-react/components/Logs.tsx
index 675bfca7b9b..f67edfba0be 100644
--- a/esp/src/src-react/components/Logs.tsx
+++ b/esp/src/src-react/components/Logs.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import * as React from "react";
 import { CommandBar, ContextualMenuItemType, ICommandBarItemProps } from "@fluentui/react";
-import { GetLogsExRequest, LogaccessService, TargetAudience, LogType } from "@hpcc-js/comms";
+import { GetLogsExRequest, LogaccessService, LogType, TargetAudience, WsLogaccess } from "@hpcc-js/comms";
 import { Level, scopedLogger } from "@hpcc-js/util";
 import nlsHPCC from "src/nlsHPCC";
-import { logColor, wuidToDate, wuidToTime } from "src/Utility";
+import { logColor, removeAllExcept, wuidToDate, wuidToTime } from "src/Utility";
+import { useLogAccessInfo } from "../hooks/platform";
 import { HolyGrail } from "../layouts/HolyGrail";
 import { pushParams } from "../util/history";
 import { FluentGrid, useCopyButtons, useFluentStoreState, FluentColumns } from "./controls/Grid";
@@ -92,6 +93,8 @@ const levelMap = (level) => {
     }
 };
 
+const columnOrder: string[] = [WsLogaccess.LogColumnType.timestamp, WsLogaccess.LogColumnType.message]
+
 export const Logs: React.FunctionComponent<LogsProps> = ({
     wuid,
     filter = defaultFilter,
@@ -109,9 +112,26 @@ export const Logs: React.FunctionComponent<LogsProps> = ({
 
     const now = React.useMemo(() => new Date(), []);
 
+    const { columns: logColumns } = useLogAccessInfo();
+
     //  Grid ---
     const columns = React.useMemo((): FluentColumns => {
-        return {
+        // we've defined the columnOrder array above to ensure specific columns will
+        // appear on the left-most side of the grid, eg timestamps and log messages
+        const cols = logColumns?.sort((a, b) => {
+            const logTypeA = columnOrder.indexOf(a.LogType);
+            const logTypeB = columnOrder.indexOf(b.LogType);
+
+            if (logTypeA >= 0) {
+                if (logTypeB >= 0) { return logTypeA - logTypeB; }
+                return -1;
+            } else if (logTypeB >= 0) {
+                return 1;
+            } else {
+                return 0;
+            }
+        });
+        const retVal = {
             timestamp: { label: nlsHPCC.TimeStamp, width: 140, sortable: false, },
             message: { label: nlsHPCC.Message, width: 600, sortable: false, },
             components: { label: nlsHPCC.ContainerName, width: 150, sortable: false },
@@ -129,7 +149,10 @@ export const Logs: React.FunctionComponent<LogsProps> = ({
             logid: { label: nlsHPCC.Sequence, width: 70, sortable: false, },
             threadid: { label: nlsHPCC.ThreadID, width: 60, sortable: false, },
         };
-    }, [wuid]);
+        const colTypes = cols?.map(c => c.LogType.toString()) ?? [];
+        removeAllExcept(retVal, colTypes);
+        return retVal;
+    }, [logColumns, wuid]);
 
     const copyButtons = useCopyButtons(columns, selection, "logaccess");
 
@@ -194,8 +217,10 @@ export const Logs: React.FunctionComponent<LogsProps> = ({
                 delete retVal.jobId;
             }
         }
+        const colTypes = logColumns?.map(c => c.LogType.toString()) ?? [];
+        removeAllExcept(retVal, colTypes);
         return retVal;
-    }, [filter, wuid]);
+    }, [filter, logColumns, wuid]);
 
     return <HolyGrail
         header={<CommandBar items={buttons} farItems={copyButtons} />}
diff --git a/esp/src/src-react/hooks/platform.ts b/esp/src/src-react/hooks/platform.ts
index 66dac5d9487..e0b9ea69a1c 100644
--- a/esp/src/src-react/hooks/platform.ts
+++ b/esp/src/src-react/hooks/platform.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import * as React from "react";
 import { Octokit } from "octokit";
 import { useConst } from "@fluentui/react-hooks";
 import { scopedLogger } from "@hpcc-js/util";
-import { Topology, WsTopology, WorkunitsServiceEx } from "@hpcc-js/comms";
+import { LogaccessService, Topology, WsLogaccess, WsTopology, WorkunitsServiceEx } from "@hpcc-js/comms";
 import { getBuildInfo, BuildInfo, fetchModernMode } from "src/Session";
 import { cmake_build_type, containerized, ModernMode } from "src/BuildInfo";
 import { sessionKeyValStore, userKeyValStore } from "src/KeyValStore";
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import { Palette } from "@hpcc-js/common";
 
 const logger = scopedLogger("src-react/hooks/platform.ts");
 
+export const service = new LogaccessService({ baseUrl: "" });
+
 declare const dojoConfig;
 
 export function useBuildInfo(): [BuildInfo, { isContainer: boolean, currencyCode: string, opsCategory: string }] {
@@ -205,4 +207,21 @@ export function useModernMode(): {
     }, [modernMode, sessionStore, userStore]);
 
     return { modernMode, setModernMode };
-} 
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+}
+
+export function useLogAccessInfo(): {
+    managerType: string;
+    columns: WsLogaccess.Column[]
+} {
+    const [managerType, setManagerType] = React.useState("");
+    const [columns, setColumns] = React.useState<WsLogaccess.Column[]>();
+
+    React.useEffect(() => {
+        service.GetLogAccessInfo({}).then(response => {
+            setManagerType(response.RemoteLogManagerType ?? "");
+            setColumns(response?.Columns?.Column)
+        });
+    }, []);
+
+    return { managerType, columns };
+}
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diff --git a/esp/src/src/Utility.ts b/esp/src/src/Utility.ts
index cc78350ed6d..32c0a912f59 100644
--- a/esp/src/src/Utility.ts
+++ b/esp/src/src/Utility.ts
@@ -1307,4 +1307,12 @@ export function wuidToTime(wuid: string): string {
 
 export function wuidToDateTime(wuid: string): Date {
     return new Date(`${wuidToDate(wuid)}T${wuidToTime(wuid)}Z`);
+}
+
+export function removeAllExcept(arr: any, keysToKeep: string[]): void {
+    for (const key of Object.keys(arr)) {
+        if (keysToKeep.indexOf(key) < 0) {
+            delete arr[key];
+        }
+    }
 }
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