diff --git a/proxywatchd.py b/proxywatchd.py
index 3faf1b8..5780f8d 100644
--- a/proxywatchd.py
+++ b/proxywatchd.py
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ class WorkerThread():
 class Proxywatchd():
 
 	def stop(self):
-		_log('Requesting proxywatchd to halt (%d thread(s))' % len([item for item in self.threads if True]))
+		_log('halting... (%d thread(s))' % len([item for item in self.threads if True]), 'watchd')
 		self.stopping.set()
 
 	def _cleanup(self):
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ class Proxywatchd():
 
 	def submit_collected(self):
 		if len(self.collected) == 0: return
-		_log("watchd main thread: updating %d entries"%len(self.collected))
+		_log("updating %d DB entries"%len(self.collected), 'watchd')
 		self._prep_db()
 		query = 'UPDATE proxylist SET failed=?,tested=?,dronebl=?,country=?,proto=?,success_count=?,total_duration=? WHERE proxy=?'
 		args = [ (job.failcount, job.nextcheck, 1, 'unknown', job.proto, job.success_count, job.total_duration, job.proxy) for job in self.collected ]
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ class Proxywatchd():
 		t.start()
 
 	def _run(self):
-		_log('Starting proxywatchd..', 'notice')
+		_log('starting...', 'watchd')
 
 		for i in range(config.watchd_threads):
 			threadid = ''.join( [ random.choice(string.letters) for x in range(5) ] )
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ class Proxywatchd():
 						# allow threads enough time to consume the jobs
 						sleeptime = 10
 				if len(self.jobs):
-					_log("watchd main: handing out %d jobs and %d thread(s)"% (len(self.jobs), config.watchd_threads))
+					_log("handing out %d jobs to %d thread(s)"% (len(self.jobs), config.watchd_threads), 'watchd')
 					jpt = len(self.jobs)/config.watchd_threads
 					if len(self.jobs)/float(config.watchd_threads) - jpt > 0.0: jpt += 1
 					for tid in range(config.watchd_threads):