diff --git a/lib/vmfloaty.rb b/lib/vmfloaty.rb
index 3693b4e..d1c2df2 100644
--- a/lib/vmfloaty.rb
+++ b/lib/vmfloaty.rb
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@ require 'vmfloaty/logger'
 class Vmfloaty
   include Commander::Methods
 
-  def self.logger
-    @logger ||= FloatyLogger.new
-  end
-
   def run # rubocop:disable Metrics/AbcSize
     program :version, Vmfloaty::VERSION
     program :description, "A CLI helper tool for Puppet's vmpooler to help you stay afloat"
@@ -50,7 +46,7 @@ class Vmfloaty
         force = options.force
 
         if args.empty?
-          logger.error 'No operating systems provided to obtain. See `floaty get --help` for more information on how to get VMs.'
+          FloatyLogger.error 'No operating systems provided to obtain. See `floaty get --help` for more information on how to get VMs.'
           exit 1
         end
 
@@ -59,13 +55,13 @@ class Vmfloaty
         max_pool_request = 5
         large_pool_requests = os_types.select { |_, v| v > max_pool_request }
         if !large_pool_requests.empty? && !force
-          logger.error "Requesting vms over #{max_pool_request} requires a --force flag."
-          logger.error 'Try again with `floaty get --force`'
+          FloatyLogger.error "Requesting vms over #{max_pool_request} requires a --force flag."
+          FloatyLogger.error 'Try again with `floaty get --force`'
           exit 1
         end
 
         if os_types.empty?
-          logger.error 'No operating systems provided to obtain. See `floaty get --help` for more information on how to get VMs.'
+          FloatyLogger.error 'No operating systems provided to obtain. See `floaty get --help` for more information on how to get VMs.'
           exit 1
         end
 
@@ -156,7 +152,7 @@ class Vmfloaty
         modify_all = options.all
 
         if hostname.nil? && !modify_all
-          logger.error 'ERROR: Provide a hostname or specify --all.'
+          FloatyLogger.error 'ERROR: Provide a hostname or specify --all.'
           exit 1
         end
         running_vms = modify_all ? service.list_active(verbose) : hostname.split(',')
@@ -177,7 +173,7 @@ class Vmfloaty
             begin
               modified_hash[vm] = service.modify(verbose, vm, modify_hash)
             rescue ModifyError => e
-              logger.error e
+              FloatyLogger.error e
               ok = false
             end
           end
@@ -247,20 +243,20 @@ class Vmfloaty
             end
           end
         else
-          logger.info 'You did not provide any hosts to delete'
+          FloatyLogger.info 'You did not provide any hosts to delete'
           exit 1
         end
 
         unless failures.empty?
-          logger.info 'Unable to delete the following VMs:'
+          FloatyLogger.info 'Unable to delete the following VMs:'
           failures.each do |hostname|
-            logger.info "- #{hostname}"
+            FloatyLogger.info "- #{hostname}"
           end
-          logger.info 'Check `floaty list --active`; Do you need to specify a different service?'
+          FloatyLogger.info 'Check `floaty list --active`; Do you need to specify a different service?'
         end
 
         unless successes.empty?
-          logger.info unless failures.empty?
+          FloatyLogger.info unless failures.empty?
           puts 'Scheduled the following VMs for deletion:'
           successes.each do |hostname|
             puts "- #{hostname}"
@@ -288,7 +284,7 @@ class Vmfloaty
         begin
           snapshot_req = service.snapshot(verbose, hostname)
         rescue TokenError, ModifyError => e
-          logger.error e
+          FloatyLogger.error e
           exit 1
         end
 
@@ -313,12 +309,12 @@ class Vmfloaty
         hostname = args[0]
         snapshot_sha = args[1] || options.snapshot
 
-        logger.info "Two snapshot arguments were given....using snapshot #{snapshot_sha}" if args[1] && options.snapshot
+        FloatyLogger.info "Two snapshot arguments were given....using snapshot #{snapshot_sha}" if args[1] && options.snapshot
 
         begin
           revert_req = service.revert(verbose, hostname, snapshot_sha)
         rescue TokenError, ModifyError => e
-          logger.error e
+          FloatyLogger.error e
           exit 1
         end
 
@@ -393,14 +389,14 @@ class Vmfloaty
             status = service.token_status(verbose, token_value)
             puts status
           when nil
-            logger.error 'No action provided'
+            FloatyLogger.error 'No action provided'
             exit 1
           else
-            logger.error "Unknown action: #{action}"
+            FloatyLogger.error "Unknown action: #{action}"
             exit 1
           end
         rescue TokenError => e
-          logger.error e
+          FloatyLogger.error e
           exit 1
         end
         exit 0
@@ -424,13 +420,13 @@ class Vmfloaty
         use_token = !options.notoken
 
         if args.empty?
-          logger.error 'No operating systems provided to obtain. See `floaty ssh --help` for more information on how to get VMs.'
+          FloatyLogger.error 'No operating systems provided to obtain. See `floaty ssh --help` for more information on how to get VMs.'
           exit 1
         end
 
         host_os = args.first
 
-        logger.info "Can't ssh to multiple hosts; Using #{host_os} only..." if args.length > 1
+        FloatyLogger.info "Can't ssh to multiple hosts; Using #{host_os} only..." if args.length > 1
 
         service.ssh(verbose, host_os, use_token)
         exit 0
@@ -457,7 +453,7 @@ class Vmfloaty
           puts completion_file
           exit 0
         else
-          logger.error "Could not find completion file for '#{shell}': No such file #{completion_file}"
+          FloatyLogger.error "Could not find completion file for '#{shell}': No such file #{completion_file}"
           exit 1
         end
       end
diff --git a/lib/vmfloaty/abs.rb b/lib/vmfloaty/abs.rb
index a06dee1..9a6358a 100644
--- a/lib/vmfloaty/abs.rb
+++ b/lib/vmfloaty/abs.rb
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class ABS
 
         ret_val.push(req_hash)
       rescue NoMethodError
-        Vmfloaty.logger.warn "Warning: couldn't parse line returned from abs/status/queue: "
+        FloatyLogger.warn "Warning: couldn't parse line returned from abs/status/queue: "
       end
     end
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class ABS
     conn = Http.get_conn(verbose, url)
     conn.headers['X-AUTH-TOKEN'] = token if token
 
-    Vmfloaty.logger.info "Trying to delete hosts #{hosts}" if verbose
+    FloatyLogger.info "Trying to delete hosts #{hosts}" if verbose
     requests = get_active_requests(verbose, url, user)
 
     jobs_to_delete = []
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class ABS
             }
             jobs_to_delete.push(req_hash)
           else
-            Vmfloaty.logger.info "When using ABS you must delete all vms that you requested at the same time: Can't delete #{req_hash['request']['job']['id']}: #{hosts} does not include all of #{req_hash['allocated_resources']}"
+            FloatyLogger.info "When using ABS you must delete all vms that you requested at the same time: Can't delete #{req_hash['request']['job']['id']}: #{hosts} does not include all of #{req_hash['allocated_resources']}"
           end
         end
       end
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class ABS
         'hosts'  => job['allocated_resources'],
       }
 
-      Vmfloaty.logger.info "Deleting #{req_obj}" if verbose
+      FloatyLogger.info "Deleting #{req_obj}" if verbose
 
       return_result = conn.post 'return', req_obj.to_json
       req_obj['hosts'].each do |host|
@@ -220,11 +220,11 @@ class ABS
                            end
     end
 
-    Vmfloaty.logger.info "Posting to ABS #{req_obj.to_json}" if verbose
+    FloatyLogger.info "Posting to ABS #{req_obj.to_json}" if verbose
 
     # os_string = os_type.map { |os, num| Array(os) * num }.flatten.join('+')
     # raise MissingParamError, 'No operating systems provided to obtain.' if os_string.empty?
-    Vmfloaty.logger.info "Requesting VMs with job_id: #{saved_job_id}.  Will retry for up to an hour."
+    FloatyLogger.info "Requesting VMs with job_id: #{saved_job_id}.  Will retry for up to an hour."
     res = conn.post 'request', req_obj.to_json
 
     retries = 360
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ class ABS
 
       sleep_seconds = 10 if i >= 10
       sleep_seconds = i if i < 10
-      Vmfloaty.logger.info "Waiting #{sleep_seconds} seconds to check if ABS request has been filled.  Queue Position: #{queue_place}... (x#{i})"
+      FloatyLogger.info "Waiting #{sleep_seconds} seconds to check if ABS request has been filled.  Queue Position: #{queue_place}... (x#{i})"
 
       sleep(sleep_seconds)
     end
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ class ABS
   end
 
   def self.snapshot(_verbose, _url, _hostname, _token)
-    Vmfloaty.logger.info "Can't snapshot with ABS, use '--service vmpooler' (even for vms checked out with ABS)"
+    FloatyLogger.info "Can't snapshot with ABS, use '--service vmpooler' (even for vms checked out with ABS)"
   end
 
   def self.status(verbose, url)
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ class ABS
   def self.query(verbose, url, hostname)
     return @active_hostnames if @active_hostnames
 
-    Vmfloaty.logger.info "For vmpooler/snapshot information, use '--service vmpooler' (even for vms checked out with ABS)"
+    FloatyLogger.info "For vmpooler/snapshot information, use '--service vmpooler' (even for vms checked out with ABS)"
     conn = Http.get_conn(verbose, url)
 
     res = conn.get "host/#{hostname}"
diff --git a/lib/vmfloaty/conf.rb b/lib/vmfloaty/conf.rb
index 3742fb3..0b61f30 100644
--- a/lib/vmfloaty/conf.rb
+++ b/lib/vmfloaty/conf.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class Conf
     begin
       conf = YAML.load_file("#{Dir.home}/.vmfloaty.yml")
     rescue StandardError
-      Vmfloaty.logger.warn "WARNING: There was no config file at #{Dir.home}/.vmfloaty.yml"
+      FloatyLogger.warn "WARNING: There was no config file at #{Dir.home}/.vmfloaty.yml"
     end
     conf
   end
diff --git a/lib/vmfloaty/logger.rb b/lib/vmfloaty/logger.rb
index 623e8a4..d669d78 100644
--- a/lib/vmfloaty/logger.rb
+++ b/lib/vmfloaty/logger.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,22 @@
 require 'logger'
 
 class FloatyLogger < ::Logger
+  def self.logger
+    @@logger ||= FloatyLogger.new
+  end
+
+  def self.info(msg)
+    FloatyLogger.logger.info msg
+  end
+
+  def self.warn(msg)
+    FloatyLogger.logger.warn msg
+  end
+
+  def self.error(msg)
+    FloatyLogger.logger.error msg
+  end
+
   def initialize
     super(STDERR)
     self.level = ::Logger::INFO
@@ -8,4 +24,4 @@ class FloatyLogger < ::Logger
         "#{msg}\n"
     end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/lib/vmfloaty/pooler.rb b/lib/vmfloaty/pooler.rb
index ffc0a3f..fb811cf 100644
--- a/lib/vmfloaty/pooler.rb
+++ b/lib/vmfloaty/pooler.rb
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ class Pooler
     while check_ondemandvm(verbose, request_id, url) == false
       return false if (Time.now - start_time).to_i > timeout
 
-      Vmfloaty.logger.info "waiting for request #{request_id} to be fulfilled"
+      FloatyLogger.info "waiting for request #{request_id} to be fulfilled"
       sleep 5
     end
-    Vmfloaty.logger.info "The request has been fulfilled"
+    FloatyLogger.info "The request has been fulfilled"
     check_ondemandvm(verbose, request_id, url)
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/vmfloaty/service.rb b/lib/vmfloaty/service.rb
index 39bd20e..11ddc29 100644
--- a/lib/vmfloaty/service.rb
+++ b/lib/vmfloaty/service.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class Service
 
   def user
     unless @config['user']
-      Vmfloaty.logger.info "Enter your #{@config['url']} service username:"
+      FloatyLogger.info "Enter your #{@config['url']} service username:"
       @config['user'] = STDIN.gets.chomp
     end
     @config['user']
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class Service
 
   def token
     unless @config['token']
-      Vmfloaty.logger.info 'No token found. Retrieving a token...'
+      FloatyLogger.info 'No token found. Retrieving a token...'
       @config['token'] = get_new_token(nil)
     end
     @config['token']
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class Service
   end
 
   def retrieve(verbose, os_types, use_token = true, ondemand = nil)
-    Vmfloaty.logger.info 'Requesting a vm without a token...' unless use_token
+    FloatyLogger.info 'Requesting a vm without a token...' unless use_token
     token_value = use_token ? token : nil
     @service_object.retrieve verbose, os_types, token_value, url, user, @config, ondemand
   end
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ class Service
       begin
         token_value = token || get_new_token(verbose)
       rescue TokenError => e
-        Vmfloaty.logger.error e
-        Vmfloaty.logger.info 'Could not get token... requesting vm without a token anyway...'
+        FloatyLogger.error e
+        FloatyLogger.info 'Could not get token... requesting vm without a token anyway...'
       end
     end
     Ssh.ssh(verbose, self, host_os, token_value)
diff --git a/lib/vmfloaty/utils.rb b/lib/vmfloaty/utils.rb
index 6edca63..0c2328b 100644
--- a/lib/vmfloaty/utils.rb
+++ b/lib/vmfloaty/utils.rb
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ class Utils
           raise "Invalid service type #{service.type}"
         end
       rescue StandardError => e
-        Vmfloaty.logger.error("Something went wrong while trying to gather information on #{hostname}:")
-        Vmfloaty.logger.error(e)
+        FloatyLogger.error("Something went wrong while trying to gather information on #{hostname}:")
+        FloatyLogger.error(e)
       end
     end
   end
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class Utils
           char = 'o'
           puts "#{name.ljust(width)} #{(char * ready).green}#{(char * pending).yellow}#{(char * missing).red}"
         rescue StandardError => e
-          Vmfloaty.logger.error "#{name.ljust(width)} #{e.red}"
+          FloatyLogger.error "#{name.ljust(width)} #{e.red}"
         end
       end
       puts message.colorize(status_response['status']['ok'] ? :default : :red)
@@ -153,11 +153,11 @@ class Utils
           char = 'o'
           puts "#{name.ljust(width)} #{(char * ready).green}#{(char * pending).yellow}#{(char * missing).red}"
         rescue StandardError => e
-          Vmfloaty.logger.error "#{name.ljust(width)} #{e.red}"
+          FloatyLogger.error "#{name.ljust(width)} #{e.red}"
         end
       end
     when 'ABS'
-      Vmfloaty.logger.error 'ABS Not OK' unless status_response
+      FloatyLogger.error 'ABS Not OK' unless status_response
       puts 'ABS is OK'.green if status_response
     else
       raise "Invalid service type #{service.type}"