diff --git a/lib/core_ext/logger.rb b/lib/core_ext/logger.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 5364dd0..0000000
--- a/lib/core_ext/logger.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-require 'logger'
-
-class Logger
-
-  def level_with_yell=( level )
-    self.level_without_yell= level.is_a?(Yell::Level) ? Integer(level) : level
-  end
-  alias_method :level_without_yell=, :level=
-  alias_method :level=, :level_with_yell=
-
-  def add_with_yell( severity, message = nil, progname = nil, &block )
-    add_without_yell(Integer(severity), message, progname, &block)
-  end
-  alias_method :add_without_yell, :add
-  alias_method :add, :add_with_yell
-
-end
diff --git a/lib/yell.rb b/lib/yell.rb
index b1fd4d6..e0cc376 100644
--- a/lib/yell.rb
+++ b/lib/yell.rb
@@ -134,7 +134,11 @@ def __fetch__( hash, *args )
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/yell/loggable'
 
 # core extensions
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/core_ext/logger'
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/yell/stdlib_log_wrapper'
+
+# Patch stdlib ::Logger
+require 'logger'
+::Logger.prepend(Yell::StdlibLogWrapper)
 
 # register known adapters
 Yell.register :null, Yell::Adapters::Base # adapter that does nothing (for convenience only)
diff --git a/lib/yell/stdlib_log_wrapper.rb b/lib/yell/stdlib_log_wrapper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..289a66f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/yell/stdlib_log_wrapper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+module Yell
+  # Module intended to be prepended onto ::Logger
+  module StdlibLogWrapper
+    def level=(level)
+      super(level.is_a?(Yell::Level) ? Integer(level) : level)
+    end
+
+    def add( severity, message = nil, progname = nil, &block )
+      super(Integer(severity), message, progname, &block)
+    end
+  end
+end