diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 44b4643..50b8351 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1506,7 +1506,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde 1.0.101 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_derive 1.0.101 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_json 1.0.40 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "simplelog 0.6.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "simplelog 0.7.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "toml 0.5.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "unix-daemonize 0.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "uuid 0.7.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -2107,7 +2107,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "simplelog"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.7.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono 0.4.9 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -2881,7 +2881,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 "checksum serde_urlencoded 0.5.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "642dd69105886af2efd227f75a520ec9b44a820d65bc133a9131f7d229fd165a"
 "checksum sha2 0.8.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "7b4d8bfd0e469f417657573d8451fb33d16cfe0989359b93baf3a1ffc639543d"
 "checksum shell32-sys 0.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "9ee04b46101f57121c9da2b151988283b6beb79b34f5bb29a58ee48cb695122c"
-"checksum simplelog 0.6.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "aa9c948a5a26cd38340ddbeaa557a8c8a5ce4442408eb60453bee2bb3c84a3fb"
+"checksum simplelog 0.7.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "2b6e1abbebfa1e8e010dd97fae39622173374ec93ff0e05b88123f7d927514b6"
 "checksum slab 0.4.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "c111b5bd5695e56cffe5129854aa230b39c93a305372fdbb2668ca2394eea9f8"
 "checksum smallvec 0.6.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "ab606a9c5e214920bb66c458cd7be8ef094f813f20fe77a54cc7dbfff220d4b7"
 "checksum stable_deref_trait 1.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "dba1a27d3efae4351c8051072d619e3ade2820635c3958d826bfea39d59b54c8"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 800ef0c..2dedc69 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ rust-crypto = "0.2.36"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_derive = "1.0"
 serde_json = "1.0"
-simplelog = "0.6"
+simplelog = "0.7"
 toml = "0.5"
 
 [dependencies.rocket_contrib]
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 6ba83f7..51091f3 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ extern crate diesel;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate diesel_migrations;
 #[cfg(feature = "profile-index")]
-#[macro_use] extern crate flamer;
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate flamer;
 
 #[cfg(unix)]
 use libsystemd::daemon::{self, NotifyState};
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ use core::ops::Deref;
 use error_chain::bail;
 use getopts::Options;
 use log::info;
-use simplelog::{Level, LevelFilter, SimpleLogger, TermLogger, TerminalMode};
+use simplelog::{LevelFilter, SimpleLogger, TermLogger, TerminalMode};
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
@@ -53,13 +54,9 @@ mod vfs;
 mod web;
 
 fn log_config() -> simplelog::Config {
-	simplelog::Config {
-		time: Some(Level::Error),
-		level: Some(Level::Error),
-		target: Some(Level::Error),
-		location: Some(Level::Error),
-		..Default::default()
-	}
+	simplelog::ConfigBuilder::new()
+		.set_location_level(LevelFilter::Error)
+		.build()
 }
 
 fn main() {
@@ -96,16 +93,15 @@ fn daemonize(options: &getopts::Matches) -> Result<()> {
 
 #[cfg(unix)]
 fn init_log(log_level: LevelFilter, options: &getopts::Matches) -> Result<()> {
-	let config = log_config();
 	if options.opt_present("f") {
-		if let Err(e) = TermLogger::init(log_level, config, TerminalMode::Stdout) {
+		if let Err(e) = TermLogger::init(log_level, log_config(), TerminalMode::Stdout) {
 			println!("Error starting terminal logger: {}", e);
 		} else {
 			return Ok(());
 		}
 	}
 
-	if let Err(e) = SimpleLogger::init(log_level, config) {
+	if let Err(e) = SimpleLogger::init(log_level, log_config()) {
 		bail!("Error starting simple logger: {}", e);
 	}
 	Ok(())
@@ -113,9 +109,8 @@ fn init_log(log_level: LevelFilter, options: &getopts::Matches) -> Result<()> {
 
 #[cfg(windows)]
 fn init_log(log_level: LevelFilter, _: &getopts::Matches) -> Result<()> {
-	let config = log_config();
-	if TermLogger::init(log_level, config, TerminalMode::Stdout).is_err() {
-		if let Err(e) = SimpleLogger::init(log_level, config) {
+	if TermLogger::init(log_level, log_config(), TerminalMode::Stdout).is_err() {
+		if let Err(e) = SimpleLogger::init(log_level, log_config()) {
 			bail!("Error starting simple logger: {}", e);
 		}
 	};