diff --git a/bufferutils.py b/bufferutils.py
index ad6d0cb..f71cb39 100644
--- a/bufferutils.py
+++ b/bufferutils.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 logging.basicConfig(
     level=logging.INFO,
     # format='[%(asctime)s] %(levelname)-8s %(name)-12s %(message)s'
-    format='[%(levelname)-8s] %(message)s'
+    format='%(levelname)-8s %(message)s'
 )
 
 base_directory = Path(".")