diff --git a/astrid/assets/logback.xml b/astrid/assets/logback.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2446f9fa8..000000000
--- a/astrid/assets/logback.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-<configuration>
-    <configuration>
-        <appender
-            name="LOGCAT"
-            class="ch.qos.logback.classic.android.LogcatAppender" >
-            <tagEncoder>
-                <pattern>%logger{0}</pattern>
-            </tagEncoder>
-            <encoder>
-                <pattern>[ %thread ] %msg%n</pattern>
-            </encoder>
-        </appender>
-
-        <root level="WARN" >
-            <appender-ref ref="LOGCAT" />
-        </root>
-    </configuration>
-</configuration>
diff --git a/astrid/src/main/assets/logback.xml b/astrid/src/main/assets/logback.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8c42aeb83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/astrid/src/main/assets/logback.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<configuration debug='true'>
+    <appender name="LOGCAT" class="ch.qos.logback.classic.android.LogcatAppender">
+        <encoder>
+            <pattern>[%thread] %-5level - %msg%n</pattern>
+        </encoder>
+    </appender>
+
+    <root level="DEBUG">
+        <appender-ref ref="LOGCAT"/>
+    </root>
+</configuration>
diff --git a/astrid/src/main/java/com/todoroo/astrid/voice/VoiceOutputAssistant.java b/astrid/src/main/java/com/todoroo/astrid/voice/VoiceOutputAssistant.java
index 7fe060885..7ed0d5345 100644
--- a/astrid/src/main/java/com/todoroo/astrid/voice/VoiceOutputAssistant.java
+++ b/astrid/src/main/java/com/todoroo/astrid/voice/VoiceOutputAssistant.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class VoiceOutputAssistant implements OnInitListener {
     public void speak(String textToSpeak) {
         if (mTts != null && isTTSInitialized) {
             final String id = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
-            log.debug("{}: {} ({})", this, textToSpeak, id);
+            log.debug("{}: {} ({})", mTts, textToSpeak, id);
             mTts.setOnUtteranceCompletedListener(new TextToSpeech.OnUtteranceCompletedListener() {
                 @Override
                 public void onUtteranceCompleted(String utteranceId) {