diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index cf7c4f6..2c44e86 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -40,32 +40,18 @@ void exit_err( const char *msg )
 }
 
 
-
 void mylog(int line_level, const char* format, ...)
 {
-	va_list argptr;
-	char * format_n = NULL;
-	int format_len;
-
-	
 	if (line_level < log_level) { return; }
-	
-	/* Copy the format sideways so that we can append a "\n" to it
-	 * and avoid a second fprintf. This stops log lines from getting
-	 * interleaved.
-	 */
-	format_len = strlen( format );
-	format_n = xmalloc( format_len + 2 );
-	memcpy( format_n, format, format_len+1 );
-	format_n[format_len] = '\n';
+
+	va_list argptr;
 
 	va_start(argptr, format);
-	vfprintf(stderr, format_n, argptr);
+	vfprintf(stderr, format, argptr);
 	va_end(argptr);
-
-	free( format_n );
 }
 
+
 void* xrealloc(void* ptr, size_t size)
 {
 	void* p = realloc(ptr, size);
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index 6d0f57b..15181a5 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ void mylog(int line_level, const char* format, ...);
 
 #define levstr(i) (i==0?'D':(i==1?'I':(i==2?'W':(i==3?'E':'F'))))
 
-#define myloglev(level, msg, ...) mylog( level, "%c:%d %p %s:%d: "msg, levstr(level), getpid(),pthread_self(), __FILE__, __LINE__, ##__VA_ARGS__ )
+#define myloglev(level, msg, ...) mylog( level, "%c:%d %p %s:%d: "msg"\n", levstr(level), getpid(),pthread_self(), __FILE__, __LINE__, ##__VA_ARGS__ )
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
 #  define debug(msg, ...) myloglev(0, msg, ##__VA_ARGS__)