diff --git a/core/bot.py b/core/bot.py
index a1fc554..3b3de69 100644
--- a/core/bot.py
+++ b/core/bot.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def get_logger():
     # create a formatter and set the formatter for the handler.
     frmt = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s [%(levelname)s] %(message)s')
     fh.setFormatter(frmt)
-    simple_frmt = logging.Formatter('[%(levelname)s] %(message)s')
+    simple_frmt = logging.Formatter('%(message)s')
     sh.setFormatter(simple_frmt)
 
     # add the Handlers to the logger
diff --git a/core/irc.py b/core/irc.py
index 2708d1c..0f9234f 100755
--- a/core/irc.py
+++ b/core/irc.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class SendThread(threading.Thread):
     def run(self):
         while not self.shutdown:
             line = self.output_queue.get().splitlines()[0][:500]
-            print u"{}>>> {}".format(self.conn_name, line)
+            print u"{}> {}".format(self.conn_name, line)
             self.output_buffer += line.encode('utf-8', 'replace') + '\r\n'
             while self.output_buffer:
                 sent = self.socket.send(self.output_buffer)