diff --git a/app/scripts/background.js b/app/scripts/background.js
index f077ca7a8..1b96d68b5 100644
--- a/app/scripts/background.js
+++ b/app/scripts/background.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 const urlUtil = require('url')
 const endOfStream = require('end-of-stream')
 const pipe = require('pump')
+const log = require('loglevel')
+const extension = require('extensionizer')
 const LocalStorageStore = require('obs-store/lib/localStorage')
 const storeTransform = require('obs-store/lib/transform')
 const ExtensionPlatform = require('./platforms/extension')
@@ -9,13 +11,11 @@ const migrations = require('./migrations/')
 const PortStream = require('./lib/port-stream.js')
 const NotificationManager = require('./lib/notification-manager.js')
 const MetamaskController = require('./metamask-controller')
-const extension = require('extensionizer')
 const firstTimeState = require('./first-time-state')
 
 const STORAGE_KEY = 'metamask-config'
 const METAMASK_DEBUG = 'GULP_METAMASK_DEBUG'
 
-const log = require('loglevel')
 window.log = log
 log.setDefaultLevel(METAMASK_DEBUG ? 'debug' : 'warn')
 
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ let popupIsOpen = false
 const diskStore = new LocalStorageStore({ storageKey: STORAGE_KEY })
 
 // initialization flow
-initialize().catch(console.error)
+initialize().catch(log.error)
 
 async function initialize () {
   const initState = await loadStateFromPersistence()
   await setupController(initState)
-  console.log('MetaMask initialization complete.')
+  log.debug('MetaMask initialization complete.')
 }
 
 //
diff --git a/app/scripts/metamask-controller.js b/app/scripts/metamask-controller.js
index b28f5042a..0c9602568 100644
--- a/app/scripts/metamask-controller.js
+++ b/app/scripts/metamask-controller.js
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ module.exports = class MetamaskController extends EventEmitter {
   setupUntrustedCommunication (connectionStream, originDomain) {
     // Check if new connection is blacklisted
     if (this.blacklistController.checkForPhishing(originDomain)) {
-      console.log('MetaMask - sending phishing warning for', originDomain)
+      log.debug('MetaMask - sending phishing warning for', originDomain)
       this.sendPhishingWarning(connectionStream, originDomain)
       return
     }
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ module.exports = class MetamaskController extends EventEmitter {
       dnode,
       outStream,
       (err) => {
-        if (err) console.error(err)
+        if (err) log.error(err)
       }
     )
     dnode.on('remote', (remote) => {
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ module.exports = class MetamaskController extends EventEmitter {
       providerStream,
       outStream,
       (err) => {
-        if (err) console.error(err)
+        if (err) log.error(err)
       }
     )
 
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ module.exports = class MetamaskController extends EventEmitter {
     function loggerMiddleware (req, res, next, end) {
       next((cb) => {
         if (res.error) {
-          console.error('Error in RPC response:\n', res)
+          log.error('Error in RPC response:\n', res)
         }
         if (req.isMetamaskInternal) return
         log.info(`RPC (${originDomain}):`, req, '->', res)
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ module.exports = class MetamaskController extends EventEmitter {
       this.publicConfigStore,
       outStream,
       (err) => {
-        if (err) console.error(err)
+        if (err) log.error(err)
       }
     )
   }