diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KobaltLogger.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KobaltLogger.kt
index 8b6d9ad7..0bcbd313 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KobaltLogger.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KobaltLogger.kt
@@ -81,10 +81,8 @@ class Logger(val dev: Boolean) {
         val longMessage = "*****\n***** ERROR $text\n*****"
 
         println(AsciiArt.errorColor(getPattern("E", shortMessage, longMessage, tag)))
-        if (KobaltLogger.LOG_LEVEL > 1) {
-            val t = e as Throwable
-            Exceptions.printStackTrace(t)
-//            e?.printStackTrace()
+        if (KobaltLogger.LOG_LEVEL > 1 && e != null) {
+            Exceptions.printStackTrace(e)
         }
     }