diff --git a/cmd/garm-cli/cmd/events.go b/cmd/garm-cli/cmd/events.go
index d0adb685..52a3fe9a 100644
--- a/cmd/garm-cli/cmd/events.go
+++ b/cmd/garm-cli/cmd/events.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
+	"github.com/cloudbase/garm/cmd/garm-cli/common"
 	garmWs "github.com/cloudbase/garm/websocket"
 )
 
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ var eventsCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		ctx, stop := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), signals...)
 		defer stop()
 
-		reader, err := garmWs.NewReader(ctx, mgr.BaseURL, "/api/v1/events", mgr.Token)
+		reader, err := garmWs.NewReader(ctx, mgr.BaseURL, "/api/v1/events", mgr.Token, common.PrintWebsocketMessage)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/garm-cli/cmd/log.go b/cmd/garm-cli/cmd/log.go
index 57d08814..89f687ef 100644
--- a/cmd/garm-cli/cmd/log.go
+++ b/cmd/garm-cli/cmd/log.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
+	"github.com/cloudbase/garm/cmd/garm-cli/common"
 	garmWs "github.com/cloudbase/garm/websocket"
 )
 
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var logCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		ctx, stop := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), signals...)
 		defer stop()
 
-		reader, err := garmWs.NewReader(ctx, mgr.BaseURL, "/api/v1/ws", mgr.Token)
+		reader, err := garmWs.NewReader(ctx, mgr.BaseURL, "/api/v1/ws", mgr.Token, common.PrintWebsocketMessage)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/garm-cli/common/common.go b/cmd/garm-cli/common/common.go
index 3fc6c339..08189d21 100644
--- a/cmd/garm-cli/common/common.go
+++ b/cmd/garm-cli/common/common.go
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/manifoldco/promptui"
 	"github.com/nbutton23/zxcvbn-go"
+
+	"github.com/cloudbase/garm-provider-common/util"
 )
 
 func PromptPassword(label string, compareTo string) (string, error) {
@@ -67,3 +69,8 @@ func PromptString(label string, a ...interface{}) (string, error) {
 	}
 	return result, nil
 }
+
+func PrintWebsocketMessage(_ int, msg []byte) error {
+	fmt.Println(util.SanitizeLogEntry(string(msg)))
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/websocket/util.go b/websocket/util.go
index bb173014..e0dc256d 100644
--- a/websocket/util.go
+++ b/websocket/util.go
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
 
-	"github.com/cloudbase/garm-provider-common/util"
 	apiParams "github.com/cloudbase/garm/apiserver/params"
 )
 
-func NewReader(ctx context.Context, baseURL, pth, token string) (*Reader, error) {
+type MessageHandler func(msgType int, msg []byte) error
+
+func NewReader(ctx context.Context, baseURL, pth, token string, handler MessageHandler) (*Reader, error) {
 	parsedURL, err := url.Parse(baseURL)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -31,10 +32,11 @@ func NewReader(ctx context.Context, baseURL, pth, token string) (*Reader, error)
 	header.Add("Authorization", fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %s", token))
 
 	return &Reader{
-		ctx:    ctx,
-		url:    u,
-		header: header,
-		done:   make(chan struct{}),
+		ctx:     ctx,
+		url:     u,
+		header:  header,
+		handler: handler,
+		done:    make(chan struct{}),
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -46,6 +48,8 @@ type Reader struct {
 	done    chan struct{}
 	running bool
 
+	handler MessageHandler
+
 	conn     *websocket.Conn
 	mux      sync.Mutex
 	writeMux sync.Mutex
@@ -107,11 +111,11 @@ func (w *Reader) Start() error {
 	w.conn = c
 	w.running = true
 	go w.loop()
-	go w.printWebsocketToConsole()
+	go w.handlerReader()
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (w *Reader) printWebsocketToConsole() {
+func (w *Reader) handlerReader() {
 	defer w.Stop()
 	w.writeMux.Lock()
 	w.conn.SetReadLimit(maxMessageSize)
@@ -119,14 +123,18 @@ func (w *Reader) printWebsocketToConsole() {
 	w.conn.SetPongHandler(func(string) error { w.conn.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(pongWait)); return nil })
 	w.writeMux.Unlock()
 	for {
-		_, message, err := w.conn.ReadMessage()
+		msgType, message, err := w.conn.ReadMessage()
 		if err != nil {
 			if IsErrorOfInterest(err) {
 				slog.With(slog.Any("error", err)).Error("reading log message")
 			}
 			return
 		}
-		fmt.Println(util.SanitizeLogEntry(string(message)))
+		if w.handler != nil {
+			if err := w.handler(msgType, message); err != nil {
+				slog.With(slog.Any("error", err)).Error("handling log message")
+			}
+		}
 	}
 }