diff --git a/CircuitPython_Logger/ble_handler.py b/CircuitPython_Logger/ble_handler.py
index afc022035..aa4b254eb 100644
--- a/CircuitPython_Logger/ble_handler.py
+++ b/CircuitPython_Logger/ble_handler.py
@@ -62,7 +62,5 @@ class BLEHandler(LoggingHandler):
         """
         while not self._uart.connected:
             pass
-
         data = bytes(self.format(level, msg), 'utf-8')
-        for i in range(len(data)):
-            self._uart.write(data[i:i+1])
+        self._uart.write(data)
diff --git a/CircuitPython_Logger/ble_test.py b/CircuitPython_Logger/ble_test.py
index 7fbce99c2..d1f3dcc59 100644
--- a/CircuitPython_Logger/ble_test.py
+++ b/CircuitPython_Logger/ble_test.py
@@ -12,17 +12,17 @@ def go():
         t = random.randint(1, 5)
         if t == 1:
             print('debug')
-            l.debug("debug message: %d", random.randint(0, 1000))
+            l.debug("%d", random.randint(0, 1000))
         elif t == 2:
             print('info')
-            l.info("info message: %d", random.randint(0, 1000))
+            l.info("%d", random.randint(0, 1000))
         elif t == 3:
             print('warning')
-            l.warning("warning message: %d", random.randint(0, 1000))
+            l.warning("%d", random.randint(0, 1000))
         elif t == 4:
             print('error')
-            l.error("error message: %d", random.randint(0, 1000))
+            l.error("%d", random.randint(0, 1000))
         elif t == 5:
             print('critical')
-            l.critical("critical message: %d", random.randint(0, 1000))
+            l.critical(" %d", random.randint(0, 1000))
         time.sleep(5.0 + (random.random() * 5.0))