diff --git a/lib/appenders/loggly.js b/lib/appenders/loggly.js
index 9cd19f3..9ab4047 100644
--- a/lib/appenders/loggly.js
+++ b/lib/appenders/loggly.js
@@ -18,24 +18,18 @@ var layouts = require('../layouts')
  */
 function logglyAppender(config, layout) {
 	var client = loggly.createClient(config);
+  if(!layout) layout = passThrough;
 
-	function packageMessage(loggingEvent) {
-		function BaseItem(level, msg) {
-			this.level    = level || loggingEvent.level.toString();
-			this.category = loggingEvent.categoryName;
-			this.hostname = os.hostname().toString();
-			if (typeof msg !== 'undefined')
-				this.msg = msg;
-		};
-
-    var formattedMsg = passThrough(loggingEvent);
-    return new BaseItem(formattedMsg);
-	};
-
-	return function(loggingEvent) {
-		var a = layout ? layout(loggingEvent) : packageMessage(loggingEvent);
-		client.log(a, config.tags);
-	};
+  return function(loggingEvent) {
+    console.log('logging ', loggingEvent);
+    var msg = layout(loggingEvent);
+    client.log({
+      msg: msg,
+      level: loggingEvent.level.levelStr,
+      category: loggingEvent.categoryName,
+      hostname: os.hostname().toString(),
+    });
+  }
 }
 
 function configure(config) {