diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a819884..41664f2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "botlib",
-  "version": "3.0.5",
+  "version": "3.0.9",
   "description": "General Bot base library for building Node.js TypeScript Apps packages (.gbapp) and Libray packages (.gblib)",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/index",
diff --git a/src/logger.ts b/src/logger.ts
index e9920b4..c662265 100644
--- a/src/logger.ts
+++ b/src/logger.ts
@@ -66,9 +66,7 @@ const logger = createLogger({
     format.label({ label: 'GB' }),
     format.timestamp(),
     format.printf(nfo => {
-      let message = `${nfo.timestamp} ${nfo.label} ${nfo.level} ${nfo.message}`;
-      message = message.replace(/\-|\.|\d\d\dZ|\:/gi, '' );
-      return message;
+      return `${nfo.timestamp.replace(/\-|\.|\d\d\dZ|\:/gi, '' )} ${nfo.label} ${nfo.level} ${nfo.message}`;
     })
   ),
   levels: config.levels,