diff --git a/namespaced_logging.nimble b/namespaced_logging.nimble
index aae22cc..5dd3daa 100644
--- a/namespaced_logging.nimble
+++ b/namespaced_logging.nimble
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Package
 
-version       = "0.2.0"
+version       = "0.3.0"
 author        = "Jonathan Bernard"
 description   = "Wrapper around std/logging to provide namespaced logging."
 license       = "MIT"
diff --git a/src/namespaced_logging.nim b/src/namespaced_logging.nim
index affc38b..d83eb95 100644
--- a/src/namespaced_logging.nim
+++ b/src/namespaced_logging.nim
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import logging, sequtils, strutils, tables
+import std/[logging, options, sequtils, strutils, tables]
 
-export logging.Level
+export logging
 
 type
   LoggingNamespace* = ref object
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ template knownNamespaces(): TableRef[string, LoggingNamespace] =
     knownNamespacesInst = newTable[string, LoggingNamespace]()
   knownNamespacesInst
 
-proc initLoggingNamespace*(name: string, level = lvlInfo, msgPrefix: string): LoggingNamespace =
+proc initLoggingNamespace(name: string, level = lvlInfo, msgPrefix: string): LoggingNamespace =
   result = LoggingNamespace(
     name: name,
     level: level,
@@ -23,19 +23,30 @@ proc initLoggingNamespace*(name: string, level = lvlInfo, msgPrefix: string): Lo
 
   knownNamespaces[name] = result
 
-proc initLoggingNamespace*(name: string, level = lvlInfo): LoggingNamespace =
-  return initLoggingNamespace(name, level, name & ": ")
+proc getLoggerForNamespace*(
+    namespace: string,
+    level = lvlInfo,
+    msgPrefix: Option[string] = none[string]()
+  ): LoggingNamespace =
+  ## Get a LogginNamesapce for the given namespace. The first time this is
+  ## called for a given name space a new logger will be created. In that case,
+  ## the optional `level` and `msgPrefix` will be used to configure the logger.
+  ## In all other cases, these paratmers are ignored and the existing namespace
+  ## instance is returned
 
-proc getLoggerForNamespace*(namespace: string, level = lvlInfo): LoggingNamespace =
   if knownNamespaces.hasKey(namespace): return knownNamespaces[namespace]
-  else: return initLoggingNamespace(namespace, level)
+  else:
+    if msgPrefix.isSome:
+      return initLoggingNamespace(namespace, level, msgPrefix.get)
+    else:
+      return initLoggingNamespace(namespace, level, namespace)
 
 proc setLevelForNamespace*(namespace: string, lvl: Level, recursive = false) =
   if recursive:
     for k, v in knownNamespaces.pairs:
       if k.startsWith(namespace):
         v.level = lvl
-  elif knownNamespaces.hasKey(namespace): knownNamespaces[namespace].level = lvl
+  else: getLoggerForNamespace(namespace).level = lvl
 
 proc name*(ns: LoggingNamespace): string = ns.name
 proc log*(ns: LoggingNamespace, level: Level, args: varargs[string, `$`]) =