diff --git a/Dispatch.ts b/Dispatch.ts
index 2f2a1bd..c507e83 100644
--- a/Dispatch.ts
+++ b/Dispatch.ts
@@ -1,45 +1,24 @@
-import { statSync } from "node:fs";
 import { IDispatch, IDispatchConfig } from "./IDispatch";
 import { ILogItem } from "./ILogItem";
 import { LogLevel } from "./LogLevel";
 
-export class Dispatch implements IDispatch {
-  private dispatches: IDispatch[] = [];
+export abstract class Dispatch implements IDispatch {
+  children: IDispatch[] = [];
 
-  constructor(config: IDispatchConfig = {}) {}
-
-  trace(...args: any[]): void {
-    this.process({ timestamp: new Date(), level: LogLevel.Trace, data: args });
-  }
-
-  debug(...args: any[]): void {
-    this.process({ timestamp: new Date(), level: LogLevel.Debug, data: args });
-  }
-
-  info(...args: any[]): void {
-    this.process({ timestamp: new Date(), level: LogLevel.Info, data: args });
-  }
-
-  warn(...args: any[]): void {
-    this.process({ timestamp: new Date(), level: LogLevel.Warn, data: args });
-  }
-
-  error(...args: any[]): void {
-    this.process({ timestamp: new Date(), level: LogLevel.Error, data: args });
-  }
-
-  fatal(...args: any[]): void {
-    this.process({ timestamp: new Date(), level: LogLevel.Fatal, data: args });
-  }
+  constructor(config: IDispatchConfig = {}) { }
 
   process(item: ILogItem): void {
-    for (const dispatch of this.dispatches) {
+    this.output(item);
+  }
+
+  output(item: ILogItem): void {
+    for (const dispatch of this.children) {
       dispatch.process(item);
     }
   }
 
-  add(dispatch: IDispatch): Dispatch {
-    this.dispatches.push(dispatch);
+  chain(dispatch: IDispatch): Dispatch {
+    this.children.push(dispatch);
     return this;
   }
 }
diff --git a/FileDispatch.ts b/FileDispatch.ts
index a094780..e4f009a 100644
--- a/FileDispatch.ts
+++ b/FileDispatch.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import * as fs from "fs";
 import { FormattedDispatch } from "./FormattedDispatch";
 import { App } from "../App";
 import { ILogItem } from "./ILogItem";
+import { LOGE, LOGW } from "./common";
 
 export class FileDispatch extends FormattedDispatch {
   path: string;
@@ -12,9 +13,7 @@ export class FileDispatch extends FormattedDispatch {
     this.path = path;
     this.stream = fs.createWriteStream(path, { flags: "a" });
 
-    this.stream.on("error", (err) => {
-      App.logger.error(`Error writing to file: ${this.path}`, err);
-    });
+    this.stream.on("error", (err) => LOGE(`Error writing to file: ${this.path}`, err));
   }
 
   process(item: ILogItem): void {
diff --git a/FormattedDispatch.ts b/FormattedDispatch.ts
index 10e424a..95cc0d4 100644
--- a/FormattedDispatch.ts
+++ b/FormattedDispatch.ts
@@ -1,34 +1,46 @@
+import { object } from "zod";
 import { Dispatch } from "./Dispatch";
 import { ILogItem } from "./ILogItem";
 import { LogLevel } from "./LogLevel";
 
 export class FormattedDispatch extends Dispatch {
   private formatString: string = "%t %l <%o>: %m";
+  private levelFixedLength = Object.keys(LogLevel).reduce((acc, cur) => cur.length > acc ? cur.length : acc, 0)
+
+  private fmtPart(x: any) {
+    switch (typeof x) {
+      case "string":
+      case "number":
+        return x;
+      case "object":
+        return JSON.stringify(x);
+      default:
+        return x;
+    }
+  }
 
   format(item: ILogItem): string {
+    let data;
+
+    // Array to string
+    if (Array.isArray(item.data))
+      data = item.data
+        .map((item: any) => this.fmtPart(item))
+        .join(" ");
+    else data = this.fmtPart(item.data);
+
+
     return this.formatString
       .replace("%t", item.timestamp.toISOString())
-      .replace("%l", LogLevel[item.level])
+      .replace("%l", LogLevel[item.level].padEnd(this.levelFixedLength))
       .replace("%o", item.origin || "")
       .replace(
         "%m",
-        item.data
-          .map((item: any) => {
-            switch (typeof item) {
-              case "string":
-              case "number":
-                return item;
-              case "object":
-                return JSON.stringify(item);
-              default:
-                return item;
-            }
-          })
-          .join(" "),
-      );
+        data);
   }
 
   process(item: ILogItem): void {
+    if (item.flags?.includes("skip_formatting")) return super.process(item);
     super.process({
       ...item,
       data: this.format(item),
diff --git a/IDispatch.ts b/IDispatch.ts
index 15e6601..a5f2e2e 100644
--- a/IDispatch.ts
+++ b/IDispatch.ts
@@ -3,5 +3,7 @@ import { ILogItem } from "./ILogItem";
 export interface IDispatchConfig {}
 
 export interface IDispatch {
-  process(item: ILogItem): void;
+  chain(dispatch: IDispatch): void; // add dispatches
+  process(item: ILogItem): void; // process a line; format, stats, etc.
+  output(item: ILogItem): void; // output a line
 }
diff --git a/ILogItem.ts b/ILogItem.ts
index 5fc0103..57aaebf 100644
--- a/ILogItem.ts
+++ b/ILogItem.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { LogLevel } from "./LogLevel";
 export interface ILogItem {
   timestamp: Date;
   origin?: string;
+  flags?: string[];
   level: LogLevel;
   data: any;
 }
diff --git a/SmartDispatch.ts b/SmartDispatch.ts
index 420efbc..d6bb4b6 100644
--- a/SmartDispatch.ts
+++ b/SmartDispatch.ts
@@ -1,44 +1,54 @@
 import { statSync } from "fs";
 import { Dispatch } from "./Dispatch";
 import { ILogItem } from "./ILogItem";
+import { LogLevel } from "./LogLevel";
 
 export class SmartDispatch extends Dispatch {
   process(item: ILogItem) {
-    let err = new Error();
-    // we need to look through the stack and keep track of intermediate dispatches
-    let stack = err.stack!.split("\n");
-    let i = 0;
-    while (!stack[i].includes("at SmartDispatch.process")) i++;
 
-    let src = stack[i + 2].trim();
-    let path = null;
+    let origin = item.origin;
+    if (!item.origin) {
+      let err = new Error();
+      // we need to look through the stack and keep track of intermediate dispatches
+      let stack = err.stack!.split("\n");
+      let i = 0;
+      while (!stack[i].includes("at SmartDispatch.process")) i++;
 
-    // now we need to format the src (at ...:..:.. or at App.<anonymous> ..., etc)
-    if (src.includes("at ")) src = src.split("at ")[1];
-    if (src.includes(" (")) src = src.split(" (")[1];
-    if (src.includes(")")) src = src.split(")")[0];
+      let src = stack[i + 2].trim();
+      let path = null;
 
-    let file = {
-      path: src.split(":")[0],
-      line: src.split(":")[1],
-      column: src.split(":")[2],
-    };
+      // now we need to format the src (at ...:..:.. or at App.<anonymous> ..., etc)
+      if (src.includes("at ")) src = src.split("at ")[1];
+      if (src.includes(" (")) src = src.split(" (")[1];
+      if (src.includes(")")) src = src.split(")")[0];
 
-    try {
-      path = statSync(file.path).isFile() ? file.path : null;
-    } catch (e) {
-      path = null;
+      let file = {
+        path: src.split(":")[0],
+        line: src.split(":")[1],
+        column: src.split(":")[2],
+      };
+
+      try {
+        path = statSync(file.path).isFile() ? file.path : null;
+      } catch (e) {
+        path = null;
+      }
+
+      if (path) {
+        // trim the path to the project root
+        if (path.startsWith(process.cwd()))
+          path = "." + path.slice(process.cwd().length);
+        src = `${path}:${file.line}:${file.column}`;
+      }
+      origin = src;
     }
 
-    if (path) {
-      // trim the path to the project root
-      if (path.startsWith(process.cwd()))
-        path = "." + path.slice(process.cwd().length);
-      src = `${path}:${file.line}:${file.column}`;
-    }
+    if (!item.level) item.level = LogLevel.Trace;
+    if (!item.timestamp) item.timestamp = new Date();
+
     super.process({
       ...item,
-      origin: src,
+      origin
     });
   }
 }
diff --git a/StdoutDispatch.ts b/StdoutDispatch.ts
index ddce5b1..93f679a 100644
--- a/StdoutDispatch.ts
+++ b/StdoutDispatch.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ import { ILogItem } from "./ILogItem";
 import { LogLevel } from "./LogLevel";
 
 export class StdoutDispatch extends FormattedDispatch {
-  process(item: ILogItem) {
-    process.stdout.write(this.format(item) + "\n");
-    super.process(item);
+  output(item: ILogItem) {
+    process.stdout.write(item.data + "\n");
   }
 }
diff --git a/common.ts b/common.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce4a3a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { Dispatch } from "./Dispatch";
+import { ILogItem } from "./ILogItem";
+import { LogLevel } from "./LogLevel";
+
+let CURRENT_DISPATCH: Dispatch = new class extends Dispatch {
+    process(item: ILogItem): void {
+        console.log(item.data);
+    }
+};
+
+export const setDispatch = (dispatch: Dispatch) => CURRENT_DISPATCH = dispatch;
+
+export const LOGT = (...args) => CURRENT_DISPATCH.process({ timestamp: new Date(), level: LogLevel.Trace, data: args });
+export const LOGD = (...args) => CURRENT_DISPATCH.process({ timestamp: new Date(), level: LogLevel.Debug, data: args });
+export const LOGI = (...args) => CURRENT_DISPATCH.process({ timestamp: new Date(), level: LogLevel.Info, data: args });
+export const LOGW = (...args) => CURRENT_DISPATCH.process({ timestamp: new Date(), level: LogLevel.Warn, data: args });
+export const LOGE = (...args) => CURRENT_DISPATCH.process({ timestamp: new Date(), level: LogLevel.Error, data: args });
+export const LOGF = (...args) => CURRENT_DISPATCH.process({ timestamp: new Date(), level: LogLevel.Fatal, data: args });
+
+export const LOG = (item: Partial<ILogItem>) => CURRENT_DISPATCH.process({
+    flags: item.flags ?? [],
+    origin: item.origin ?? "unknown",
+    level: item.level ?? LogLevel.Trace,
+    timestamp: item.timestamp ?? new Date(),
+    data: item.data ?? ""
+})
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