diff --git a/graphics/src/vulkan_base.c b/graphics/src/vulkan_base.c
index 63a4d6d9..f5ce8d3e 100644
--- a/graphics/src/vulkan_base.c
+++ b/graphics/src/vulkan_base.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ VKAPI_ATTR VkBool32 VKAPI_CALL debug_callback(VkDebugUtilsMessageSeverityFlagBit
     (void)message_type;
     (void)user_data;
 
-    fprintf(stderr, "validation layer: %s\n", callback_data->pMessage);
+    LOGD(callback_data->pMessage);
 
     return VK_FALSE;
 }
diff --git a/utilities/logger.h b/utilities/logger.h
index 7aa0220a..1f7ed2ef 100644
--- a/utilities/logger.h
+++ b/utilities/logger.h
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
 
-
-#define LOGGER(log_level, ...) _log_log(log_level, __FILE__, __LINE__, __VA_ARGS__)
+#define __FILENAME__ (strrchr(__FILE__, '/') ? strrchr(__FILE__, '/') + 1 : __FILE__)
+#define LOGGER(log_level, ...) _log_log(log_level, __FILENAME__, __LINE__, __VA_ARGS__)
 // #define LOGGER(log_level, ...) printf("[##log_level] %s:%d", __FILE__, __LINE__); printf(__VA_ARGS__)
 
 #define LOGT(...) LOGGER(LOGLEVEL_TRACE, __VA_ARGS__)
diff --git a/utilities/src/logger.c b/utilities/src/logger.c
index 0bc1ffe4..0c74c07b 100644
--- a/utilities/src/logger.c
+++ b/utilities/src/logger.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include "stdarg.h"
 
 const char* log_levels[] = {
-    "LOGLEVEL_TRACE", "LOGLEVEL_DEBUG", "LOGLEVEL_INFO", "LOGLEVEL_WARNING", "LOGLEVEL_ERROR", "LOGLEVEL_FATAL"
+    "[TRACE]", "[DEBUG]", "[INFO]", "WARNING", "[ERROR]", "[FATAL]"
     };
 
 void _log_log(unsigned int level, const char* file, int line, const char* fmt, ...)
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ void _log_log(unsigned int level, const char* file, int line, const char* fmt, .
     va_list list;
 
     va_start(list, fmt);
-    fprintf(stdout, "%s %s:%d ", log_levels[level], file, line);
+    fprintf(stdout, "%s %s:%d: ", log_levels[level], file, line);
     vfprintf(stdout, fmt, list);
     fprintf(stdout, "\n");
     fflush(stdout);