diff --git a/pkg/client/node.go b/pkg/client/node.go
index 1998b423..088d71d4 100644
--- a/pkg/client/node.go
+++ b/pkg/client/node.go
@@ -265,6 +265,14 @@ func NodeStart(ctx context.Context, runtime runtimes.Runtime, node *k3d.Node, no
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if node.State.Started != "" {
+		ts, err := time.Parse("2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999999Z", node.State.Started)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Debugf("Failed to parse '%s.State.Started' timestamp '%s', falling back to calulated time", node.Name, node.State.Started)
+		}
+		startTime = ts
+	}
+
 	if nodeStartOpts.Wait {
 		if nodeStartOpts.ReadyLogMessage == "" {
 			nodeStartOpts.ReadyLogMessage = k3d.ReadyLogMessageByRole[node.Role]
diff --git a/pkg/runtimes/docker/node.go b/pkg/runtimes/docker/node.go
index 747c4399..27b9678b 100644
--- a/pkg/runtimes/docker/node.go
+++ b/pkg/runtimes/docker/node.go
@@ -127,6 +127,16 @@ func (d Docker) StartNode(ctx context.Context, node *k3d.Node) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	// get container which represents the node
+	nodeContainerJSON, err := docker.ContainerInspect(ctx, nodeContainer.ID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to inspect container %s for node %s: %+v", node.Name, nodeContainer.ID, err)
+	}
+
+	node.Created = nodeContainerJSON.Created
+	node.State.Running = nodeContainerJSON.State.Running
+	node.State.Started = nodeContainerJSON.State.StartedAt
+
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -297,7 +307,7 @@ func (d Docker) GetNodeLogs(ctx context.Context, node *k3d.Node, since time.Time
 
 	sinceStr := ""
 	if !since.IsZero() {
-		sinceStr = since.Format("2006-01-02T15:04:05")
+		sinceStr = since.Format("2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999999Z")
 	}
 	logreader, err := docker.ContainerLogs(ctx, container.ID, types.ContainerLogsOptions{ShowStdout: true, ShowStderr: true, Since: sinceStr})
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/types/types.go b/pkg/types/types.go
index 936f16a2..34245449 100644
--- a/pkg/types/types.go
+++ b/pkg/types/types.go
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ func GetDefaultObjectName(name string) string {
 type NodeState struct {
 	Running bool
 	Status  string
+	Started string
 }
 
 /*