diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b597d03..a38607b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     "@pushrocks/smartexpress": "^3.0.38",
     "@pushrocks/smartfile": "^7.0.4",
     "@pushrocks/smarthash": "^2.0.6",
+    "@pushrocks/smartlog": "^2.0.19",
     "@pushrocks/smartpromise": "^3.0.2",
     "@pushrocks/smartrequest": "^1.1.16",
     "@pushrocks/smartrx": "^2.0.3",
diff --git a/ts/smartuniverse.classes.clientuniverse.ts b/ts/smartuniverse.classes.clientuniverse.ts
index 9233d06..35c8afa 100644
--- a/ts/smartuniverse.classes.clientuniverse.ts
+++ b/ts/smartuniverse.classes.clientuniverse.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ export class ClientUniverse {
         role: 'UniverseClient',
         url: parsedURL.protocol + '//' + parsedURL.hostname
       };
-      console.log(socketConfig);
       this.smartsocketClient = new SmartsocketClient(socketConfig);
       this.observableIntake = new plugins.smartrx.ObservableIntake();
 
@@ -111,7 +110,7 @@ export class ClientUniverse {
         funcName: 'processMessage',
         allowedRoles: [],
         funcDef: async (data: interfaces.IServerUnsubscribeActionPayload) => {
-          console.log('Got message from server');
+          plugins.smartlog.defaultLogger.log('info', 'Got message from server');
         }
       });
 
@@ -120,7 +119,7 @@ export class ClientUniverse {
       this.smartsocketClient.addSocketFunction(socketFunctionProcessMessage);
 
       await this.smartsocketClient.connect();
-      console.log('universe client connected successfully');
+      plugins.smartlog.defaultLogger.log('info', 'universe client connected successfully');
       await this.clientUniverseCache.channelMap.forEach(async clientUniverseChannelArg => {
         await clientUniverseChannelArg.subscribe();
       });
diff --git a/ts/smartuniverse.classes.universe.ts b/ts/smartuniverse.classes.universe.ts
index 266e3e6..8b51846 100644
--- a/ts/smartuniverse.classes.universe.ts
+++ b/ts/smartuniverse.classes.universe.ts
@@ -121,8 +121,9 @@ export class Universe {
             socketConnectionArg
           );
           if (universeConnection) {
-            console.log('found UniverseConnection for socket');
+            plugins.smartlog.defaultLogger.log('ok', 'found UniverseConnection for socket for incoming message');
           } else {
+            plugins.smartlog.defaultLogger.log('warn', 'found no Authorized channel for incoming message');
             return {
               error: 'You need to authenticate for a channel'
             };
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ export class Universe {
     // start everything
     await this.smartexpressServer.start();
     await this.smartsocket.start();
-    console.log('started universe');
+    plugins.smartlog.defaultLogger.log('success', 'started universe');
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/ts/smartuniverse.classes.universechannel.ts b/ts/smartuniverse.classes.universechannel.ts
index 36ed54f..745d0db 100644
--- a/ts/smartuniverse.classes.universechannel.ts
+++ b/ts/smartuniverse.classes.universechannel.ts
@@ -61,12 +61,12 @@ export class UniverseChannel {
     if (foundChannel) {
       universeMessageArg.authenticated = true;
       universeMessageArg.universeChannelList.add(foundChannel);
-      console.log('message authorized');
+      plugins.smartlog.defaultLogger.log('ok', 'message authorized');
       return foundChannel;
     } else {
       universeMessageArg.authenticated = false;
       universeMessageArg.universeChannelList.add(universeCacheArg.blackListChannel);
-      console.log('message not valid');
+      plugins.smartlog.defaultLogger.log('warn', 'message not valid');
       return null;
     }
   }
diff --git a/ts/smartuniverse.classes.universeconnection.ts b/ts/smartuniverse.classes.universeconnection.ts
index d9d8e49..bc366ec 100644
--- a/ts/smartuniverse.classes.universeconnection.ts
+++ b/ts/smartuniverse.classes.universeconnection.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ export class UniverseConnection {
     universeConnectionArg: UniverseConnection
   ): Promise<UniverseConnection> {
     for (const authenticationRequest of universeConnectionArg.authenticationRequests) {
-      // TODO: authenticate channel subscriptions
       const universeChannelToAuthenticateAgainst = UniverseChannel.getUniverseChannelByName(universeRef, authenticationRequest.name);
       if (universeChannelToAuthenticateAgainst.passphrase === authenticationRequest.passphrase) {
         universeConnectionArg.authenticatedChannels.push(universeChannelToAuthenticateAgainst);
@@ -74,7 +73,6 @@ export class UniverseConnection {
     connectionArg1: UniverseConnection,
     connectionArg2: UniverseConnection
   ) {
-    // TODO: merge connections
     return connectionArg1;
   }
 
diff --git a/ts/smartuniverse.classes.universemessage.ts b/ts/smartuniverse.classes.universemessage.ts
index 864674f..43f2d2c 100644
--- a/ts/smartuniverse.classes.universemessage.ts
+++ b/ts/smartuniverse.classes.universemessage.ts
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export class UniverseMessage implements interfaces.IUniverseMessage {
    * handles bad messages for further analysis
    */
   public handleAsBadMessage() {
-    console.log('received a bad message');
+    plugins.smartlog.defaultLogger.log('warn', 'received a bad message');
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/ts/smartuniverse.plugins.ts b/ts/smartuniverse.plugins.ts
index 7390d8c..1d24080 100644
--- a/ts/smartuniverse.plugins.ts
+++ b/ts/smartuniverse.plugins.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import * as smarthash from '@pushrocks/smarthash';
 import * as smartdelay from '@pushrocks/smartdelay';
 import * as smartexpress from '@pushrocks/smartexpress';
 import * as smartfile from '@pushrocks/smartfile';
+import * as smartlog from '@pushrocks/smartlog';
 import * as smartpromise from '@pushrocks/smartpromise';
 import * as smartrequest from '@pushrocks/smartrequest';
 import * as smartrx from '@pushrocks/smartrx';
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ export {
   smartdelay,
   smartexpress,
   smartfile,
+  smartlog,
   smartpromise,
   smartrx,
   smartrequest,