diff --git a/src/libply-splash-core/ply-boot-splash.c b/src/libply-splash-core/ply-boot-splash.c
index 54c76965..9549eccc 100644
--- a/src/libply-splash-core/ply-boot-splash.c
+++ b/src/libply-splash-core/ply-boot-splash.c
@@ -476,6 +476,11 @@ ply_boot_splash_show (ply_boot_splash_t     *splash,
         } else if (splash->mode != PLY_BOOT_SPLASH_MODE_INVALID) {
                 splash->plugin_interface->hide_splash_screen (splash->plugin,
                                                               splash->loop);
+                if (splash->plugin_interface->on_boot_progress != NULL) {
+                        ply_event_loop_stop_watching_for_timeout (splash->loop,
+                                                                  (ply_event_loop_timeout_handler_t)
+                                                                  ply_boot_splash_update_progress, splash);
+                }
         }
 
         ply_trace ("showing splash screen");
@@ -671,9 +676,12 @@ ply_boot_splash_become_idle (ply_boot_splash_t                *splash,
 {
         assert (splash->idle_trigger == NULL);
 
-        if (splash->progress != NULL) {
+        if (splash->plugin_interface->on_boot_progress != NULL &&
+            splash->progress != NULL) {
                 ply_progress_set_percentage (splash->progress, 1.0);
-                ply_boot_splash_update_progress (splash);
+                splash->plugin_interface->on_boot_progress (splash->plugin,
+                                                            ply_progress_get_time (splash->progress),
+                                                            1.0);
         }
 
         ply_trace ("telling splash to become idle");
diff --git a/src/libply-splash-graphics/ply-animation.c b/src/libply-splash-graphics/ply-animation.c
index 323d9edc..9b6d8ce2 100644
--- a/src/libply-splash-graphics/ply-animation.c
+++ b/src/libply-splash-graphics/ply-animation.c
@@ -261,11 +261,11 @@ ply_animation_add_frames (ply_animation_t *animation)
 
         number_of_frames = ply_array_get_size (animation->frames);
         if (number_of_frames == 0) {
-                ply_trace ("%s directory had no files starting with %s\n",
+                ply_trace ("%s directory had no files starting with %s",
                            animation->image_dir, animation->frames_prefix);
                 goto out;
         } else {
-                ply_trace ("animation has %d frames\n", number_of_frames);
+                ply_trace ("animation has %d frames", number_of_frames);
         }
 
         load_finished = true;
diff --git a/src/libply/ply-logger.h b/src/libply/ply-logger.h
index 53d1ad9d..0015c0cf 100644
--- a/src/libply/ply-logger.h
+++ b/src/libply/ply-logger.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <time.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 typedef struct _ply_logger ply_logger_t;
@@ -88,11 +89,21 @@ bool ply_logger_is_tracing_enabled (ply_logger_t *logger);
                 _old_errno = errno;                                                        \
                 if (ply_logger_is_tracing_enabled (logger))                                \
                 {                                                                        \
+                        struct timespec timespec = { 0, 0 };                                   \
+                        char buf[128];                                                         \
+                        clock_gettime (CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &timespec);                            \
                         ply_logger_flush (logger);                                             \
+                        snprintf (buf, sizeof(buf),                                            \
+                                  "%02d:%02d:%02d.%03d %s:%d:%s",                              \
+                                  (int)(timespec.tv_sec / 3600),                               \
+                                  (int)((timespec.tv_sec / 60) % 60),                          \
+                                  (int)(timespec.tv_sec % 60),                                 \
+                                  (int)(timespec.tv_nsec / 1000000),                           \
+                                  __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__);                               \
                         errno = _old_errno;                                                    \
                         ply_logger_inject (logger,                                             \
-                                           "[%s:%d] %45.45s:" format "\n",                   \
-                                           __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__, ## args);              \
+                                           "%-75.75s: " format "\n",                           \
+                                           buf, ## args);                                      \
                         ply_logger_flush (logger);                                             \
                         errno = _old_errno;                                                    \
                 }                                                                        \
diff --git a/src/libply/ply-utils.c b/src/libply/ply-utils.c
index 4ff7b1b9..0cadae96 100644
--- a/src/libply/ply-utils.c
+++ b/src/libply/ply-utils.c
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ ply_open_module (const char *module_path)
                                                  RTLD_NODELETE | RTLD_NOW | RTLD_LOCAL);
 
         if (handle == NULL) {
-                ply_trace ("Could not load module \"%s\": %s\n", module_path, dlerror ());
+                ply_trace ("Could not load module \"%s\": %s", module_path, dlerror ());
                 if (errno == 0)
                         errno = ELIBACC;
         }
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index ddc18832..9adff3a0 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -1123,7 +1123,7 @@ load_devices (state_t                   *state,
 static void
 quit_splash (state_t *state)
 {
-        ply_trace ("quiting splash");
+        ply_trace ("quitting splash");
         if (state->boot_splash != NULL) {
                 ply_trace ("freeing splash");
                 ply_boot_splash_free (state->boot_splash);
diff --git a/src/plugins/renderers/drm/plugin.c b/src/plugins/renderers/drm/plugin.c
index 0151f473..88c9d978 100644
--- a/src/plugins/renderers/drm/plugin.c
+++ b/src/plugins/renderers/drm/plugin.c
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ get_preferred_mode (drmModeConnector *connector)
 
         for (i = 0; i < connector->count_modes; i++)
                 if (connector->modes[i].type & DRM_MODE_TYPE_PREFERRED) {
-                        ply_trace ("Found preferred mode %dx%d at index %d\n",
+                        ply_trace ("Found preferred mode %dx%d at index %d",
                                    connector->modes[i].hdisplay,
                                    connector->modes[i].vdisplay, i);
                         return &connector->modes[i];