diff --git a/piker/log.py b/piker/log.py
index d3f6d769..7d92d566 100644
--- a/piker/log.py
+++ b/piker/log.py
@@ -1,65 +1,19 @@
 """
 Log like a forester!
 """
-from functools import partial
-import sys
 import logging
 import json
-import colorlog
+
+import tractor
 from pygments import highlight, lexers, formatters
 
 _proj_name = 'piker'
 
-# Super sexy formatting thanks to ``colorlog``.
-# (NOTE: we use the '{' format style)
-# Here, `thin_white` is just the layperson's gray.
-LOG_FORMAT = (
-    # "{bold_white}{log_color}{asctime}{reset}"
-    "{log_color}{asctime}{reset}"
-    " {bold_white}{thin_white}({reset}"
-    "{thin_white}{processName}: {threadName}{reset}{bold_white}{thin_white})"
-    " {reset}{log_color}[{reset}{bold_log_color}{levelname}{reset}{log_color}]"
-    " {log_color}{name}"
-    " {thin_white}{filename}{log_color}:{reset}{thin_white}{lineno}{log_color}"
-    " {reset}{bold_white}{thin_white}{message}"
-)
-DATE_FORMAT = '%b %d %H:%M:%S'
-LEVELS = {
-    'GARBAGE': 1,
-    'TRACE': 5,
-    'PROFILE': 15,
-    'QUIET': 1000,
-}
-STD_PALETTE = {
-    'CRITICAL': 'red',
-    'ERROR': 'red',
-    'WARNING': 'yellow',
-    'INFO': 'green',
-    'DEBUG': 'white',
-    'TRACE': 'cyan',
-    'GARBAGE': 'blue',
-}
-BOLD_PALETTE = {
-    'bold': {
-        level: f"bold_{color}" for level, color in STD_PALETTE.items()}
-}
-
 
 def get_logger(name: str = None) -> logging.Logger:
     '''Return the package log or a sub-log for `name` if provided.
     '''
-    log = rlog = logging.getLogger(_proj_name)
-    if name and name != _proj_name:
-        log = rlog.getChild(name)
-        log.level = rlog.level
-
-    # additional levels
-    for name, val in LEVELS.items():
-        logging.addLevelName(val, name)
-        # ex. create ``log.trace()``
-        setattr(log, name.lower(), partial(log.log, val))
-
-    return log
+    return tractor.log.get_logger(name=name, _root_name=_proj_name)
 
 
 def get_console_log(level: str = None, name: str = None) -> logging.Logger:
@@ -67,28 +21,8 @@ def get_console_log(level: str = None, name: str = None) -> logging.Logger:
 
     Yeah yeah, i know we can use ``DictConfig``. You do it...
     '''
-    log = get_logger(name)  # our root logger
-
-    if level:
-        log.setLevel(level.upper() if not isinstance(level, int) else level)
-
-    for handler in log.handlers:
-        if getattr(handler, 'stream', None) and handler.stream == sys.stderr:
-            break
-    else:
-        handler = logging.StreamHandler()
-
-    formatter = colorlog.ColoredFormatter(
-        LOG_FORMAT,
-        datefmt=DATE_FORMAT,
-        log_colors=STD_PALETTE,
-        secondary_log_colors=BOLD_PALETTE,
-        style='{',
-    )
-    handler.setFormatter(formatter)
-    log.addHandler(handler)
-
-    return log
+    return tractor.log.get_console_log(
+        level, name=name, _root_name=_proj_name)  # our root logger
 
 
 def colorize_json(data, style='algol_nu'):