diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KobaltLogger.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KobaltLogger.kt
index 17fcc907..27480154 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KobaltLogger.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KobaltLogger.kt
@@ -5,10 +5,7 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
 
 public interface KobaltLogger {
     val logger : Logger
-        get() = LoggerFactory.getLogger(javaClass.getSimpleName())
-
-//    private fun log(method: Function1<String, Void>, message: String) =
-//        method.invoke(message)
+        get() = LoggerFactory.getLogger(javaClass.simpleName)
 
     companion object {
 
@@ -16,19 +13,16 @@ public interface KobaltLogger {
 
         fun log(level: Int, s: String) {
             if (level <= LOG_LEVEL) {
-                LoggerFactory.getLogger(KobaltLogger::class.java.getSimpleName()).info(s)
+                LoggerFactory.getLogger(KobaltLogger::class.java.simpleName).info(s)
             }
         }
 
         fun warn(s: String, e: Throwable? = null) {
-            LoggerFactory.getLogger(KobaltLogger::class.java.getSimpleName()).warn(s, e)
+            LoggerFactory.getLogger(KobaltLogger::class.java.simpleName).warn(s, e)
         }
     }
 
     final fun log(level: Int = 1, message: String) {
-        // Compiler crashing if I use LOG_LEVEL here
-        // Caused by: java.lang.VerifyError: Bad invokespecial instruction: current class isn't
-        // assignable to reference class.
         if (level <= LOG_LEVEL) {
             logger.info(message)
         }
@@ -39,7 +33,7 @@ public interface KobaltLogger {
     }
 
     final fun error(message: String, e: Throwable? = null) {
-        logger.error("***** ${message}", e)
+        logger.error("***** $message", e)
     }
 
     final fun warn(message: String, e: Throwable? = null) {