diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/DependencyManager.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/DependencyManager.kt
index c57eeef5..968056b6 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/DependencyManager.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/DependencyManager.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.beust.kobalt.maven
 
 import com.beust.kobalt.api.*
+import com.beust.kobalt.maven.aether.ConsoleRepositoryListener
 import com.beust.kobalt.maven.aether.KobaltAether
 import com.beust.kobalt.maven.dependency.FileDependency
 import com.beust.kobalt.misc.KFiles
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ class DependencyManager @Inject constructor(val executors: KobaltExecutors, val
         var result = hashSetOf<IClasspathDependency>()
 
         dependencies.forEach { projectDependency ->
-            log(3, "$indent Resolving $projectDependency")
+            log(ConsoleRepositoryListener.LOG_LEVEL, "$indent Resolving $projectDependency")
             result.add(projectDependency)
             projectDependency.id.let {
                 result.add(create(it))
diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/aether/Aether.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/aether/Aether.kt
index 15268130..5120c7ad 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/aether/Aether.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/aether/Aether.kt
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class KobaltAether @Inject constructor (val settings: KobaltSettings, val aether
         }
 
     fun resolve(id: String): DependencyResult {
-        log(3, "Resolving $id")
+        log(ConsoleRepositoryListener.LOG_LEVEL, "Resolving $id")
         val results = aether.resolve(DefaultArtifact(MavenId.toKobaltId(id)))
         if (results != null && results.size > 0) {
             return DependencyResult(AetherDependency(results[0].artifact), results[0].repository.toString())
@@ -201,11 +201,11 @@ class AetherDependency(val artifact: Artifact): IClasspathDependency, Comparable
                     if (! it.dependency.isOptional) {
                         result.add(AetherDependency(it.artifact))
                     } else {
-                        log(3, "Skipping optional dependency " + deps.root.artifact)
+                        log(ConsoleRepositoryListener.LOG_LEVEL, "Skipping optional dependency " + deps.root.artifact)
                     }
                 }
             } else {
-                log(3, "Skipping optional dependency " + deps.root.artifact)
+                log(ConsoleRepositoryListener.LOG_LEVEL, "Skipping optional dependency " + deps.root.artifact)
             }
         } else {
             warn("Couldn't resolve $artifact")
diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/aether/ConsoleRepositoryListener.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/aether/ConsoleRepositoryListener.kt
index 0399f3ae..dc55b290 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/aether/ConsoleRepositoryListener.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/aether/ConsoleRepositoryListener.kt
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ import java.io.PrintStream
  * A simplistic repository listener that logs events to the console.
  */
 class ConsoleRepositoryListener @JvmOverloads constructor(out: PrintStream? = null) : AbstractRepositoryListener() {
-    val LOG_LEVEL = 3
+    companion object {
+        val LOG_LEVEL = 4
+    }
 
     private val out: PrintStream