diff --git a/classes.py b/classes.py
index 3bbe7c0..8a2aa57 100644
--- a/classes.py
+++ b/classes.py
@@ -737,6 +737,7 @@ class PyLinkNetworkCoreWithUtils(PyLinkNetworkCore):
             text = text.replace('~', '^')
         # Encode the text as bytes first, and then lowercase it so that only ASCII characters are
         # changed. Unicode in channel names, etc. *is* case sensitive!
+        # Interesting, a quick emperical test found that this method is actually faster than str.translate()?!
         return text.encode().lower().decode()
 
     _NICK_REGEX = r'^[A-Za-z\|\\_\[\]\{\}\^\`][A-Z0-9a-z\-\|\\_\[\]\{\}\^\`]*$'
diff --git a/log.py b/log.py
index 4a01976..11b5e43 100644
--- a/log.py
+++ b/log.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ world.console_handler.setFormatter(logformatter)
 world.console_handler.setLevel(_get_console_log_level())
 
 # Get the main logger object; plugins can import this variable for convenience.
-log = logging.getLogger()
+log = logging.getLogger('pylinkirc')
 log.addHandler(world.console_handler)
 
 # This is confusing, but we have to set the root logger to accept all events. Only this way