diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/Config.h b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/Config.h
index eb27c6a2..e97e27af 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/Config.h
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/Config.h
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ freely, subject to the following restrictions:
 #define __PolyVox_Config_H__
 
 #define POLYVOX_ASSERTS_ENABLED
-#define POLYVOX_LOGGING_ENABLED
 #define POLYVOX_THROW_ENABLED
 
 #endif
diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/ErrorHandling.h b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/ErrorHandling.h
index 3e80d6b7..8df554a3 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/ErrorHandling.h
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/ErrorHandling.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ freely, subject to the following restrictions:
 #include <cstdlib>  // For std::exit
 #include <iostream> // For std::cerr
 #include <stdexcept>
+#include <sstream>
 #include <string.h> // Exception constuctors take strings.
 
 #if defined(_MSC_VER)
@@ -82,8 +83,15 @@ namespace PolyVox
 	LogHandler getLogHandler();
 	void setLogHandler(LogHandler newHandler);
 
-	//The actual logging function
+	// The actual logging function
 	void log(const std::string& message, LogLevel logLevel);
+
+	// Some handy wrappers
+	void logDebug  (const std::string& message);
+	void logInfo   (const std::string& message);
+	void logWarning(const std::string& message);
+	void logError  (const std::string& message);
+	void logFatal  (const std::string& message);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -106,12 +114,14 @@ namespace PolyVox
 		{ \
 			if (!(condition)) \
 			{ \
-				std::cerr << std::endl << std::endl; \
-				std::cerr << "    PolyVox Assertion Failed!" << std::endl; \
-				std::cerr << "    =========================" << std::endl; \
-				std::cerr << "    Condition: " << #condition << std::endl; \
-				std::cerr << "    Message:   " << (message) << std::endl; \
-				std::cerr << "    Location:  " << "Line " << __LINE__ << " of " << __FILE__ << std::endl << std::endl; \
+				std::stringstream ss; \
+				ss << std::endl << std::endl; \
+				ss << "    PolyVox Assertion Failed!" << std::endl; \
+				ss << "    =========================" << std::endl; \
+				ss << "    Condition: " << #condition << std::endl; \
+				ss << "    Message:   " << (message) << std::endl; \
+				ss << "    Location:  " << "Line " << __LINE__ << " of " << __FILE__ << std::endl << std::endl; \
+				logFatal(ss.str()); \
 				POLYVOX_HALT(); \
 			} \
 		} while(0) \
diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/source/Impl/ErrorHandling.cpp b/library/PolyVoxCore/source/Impl/ErrorHandling.cpp
index 06472c1e..7c1cde82 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/source/Impl/ErrorHandling.cpp
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/source/Impl/ErrorHandling.cpp
@@ -82,29 +82,57 @@ namespace PolyVox
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Some handy wrappers
+	void logDebug(const std::string& message)
+	{ 
+		log(message, LogLevels::Debug  );
+	}
+
+	void logInfo(const std::string& message)
+	{
+		log(message, LogLevels::Info);
+	}
+
+	void logWarning(const std::string& message)
+	{
+		log(message, LogLevels::Warning);
+	}
+
+	void logError(const std::string& message)
+	{
+		log(message, LogLevels::Error);
+	}
+
+	void logFatal(const std::string& message)
+	{
+		log(message, LogLevels::Fatal);
+	}
+
 #ifndef POLYVOX_THROW_ENABLED
 	void defaultThrowHandler(std::exception& e, const char* file, int line)
 	{
-		std::cerr << std::endl << std::endl; \
-		std::cerr << "    PolyVox exception thrown!" << std::endl; \
-		std::cerr << "    =========================" << std::endl; \
-		std::cerr << "    PolyVox has tried to throw an exception but it was built without support" << std::endl; \
-		std::cerr << "    for exceptions. In this scenario PolyVox will call a 'throw handler'" << std::endl; \
-		std::cerr << "    and this message is being printed by the default throw handler." << std::endl << std::endl; \
+		std::stringstream ss; \
+		ss << std::endl << std::endl; \
+		ss << "    PolyVox exception thrown!" << std::endl; \
+		ss << "    =========================" << std::endl; \
+		ss << "    PolyVox has tried to throw an exception but it was built without support" << std::endl; \
+		ss << "    for exceptions. In this scenario PolyVox will call a 'throw handler'" << std::endl; \
+		ss << "    and this message is being printed by the default throw handler." << std::endl << std::endl; \
 
-		std::cerr << "    If you don't want to enable exceptions then you should try to determine why" << std::endl; \
-		std::cerr << "    this exception was thrown and make sure it doesn't happen again. If it was" << std::endl; \
-		std::cerr << "    due to something like an invalid argument to a function then you should be" << std::endl; \
-		std::cerr << "    able to fix it quite easily by validating parameters as appropriate. More" << std::endl; \
-		std::cerr << "    complex exception scenarios (out of memory, etc) might be harder to fix and" << std::endl; \
-		std::cerr << "    you should replace this default handler with something which is more" << std::endl; \
-		std::cerr << "    meaningful to your users." << std::endl << std::endl; \
+		ss << "    If you don't want to enable exceptions then you should try to determine why" << std::endl; \
+		ss << "    this exception was thrown and make sure it doesn't happen again. If it was" << std::endl; \
+		ss << "    due to something like an invalid argument to a function then you should be" << std::endl; \
+		ss << "    able to fix it quite easily by validating parameters as appropriate. More" << std::endl; \
+		ss << "    complex exception scenarios (out of memory, etc) might be harder to fix and" << std::endl; \
+		ss << "    you should replace this default handler with something which is more" << std::endl; \
+		ss << "    meaningful to your users." << std::endl << std::endl; \
 
-		std::cerr << "    Exception details" << std::endl; \
-		std::cerr << "    -----------------" << std::endl; \
-		std::cerr << "    Line:    " << line << std::endl; \
-		std::cerr << "    File:    " << file << std::endl; \
-		std::cerr << "    Message: " << e.what() << std::endl << std::endl; \
+		ss << "    Exception details" << std::endl; \
+		ss << "    -----------------" << std::endl; \
+		ss << "    Line:    " << line << std::endl; \
+		ss << "    File:    " << file << std::endl; \
+		ss << "    Message: " << e.what() << std::endl << std::endl; \
+		logFatal(ss.str()); \
 
 		POLYVOX_HALT(); \
 	}