diff --git a/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs b/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
index 0ddff5e5aa..ea0bf22112 100644
--- a/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
@@ -177,8 +177,7 @@ namespace osu.Game
             }
             catch (MigrationFailedException e)
             {
-                Logger.Log((e.InnerException ?? e).ToString(), LoggingTarget.Database, LogLevel.Error);
-                Logger.Log("Migration failed! We'll be starting with a fresh database.", LoggingTarget.Database, LogLevel.Error);
+                Logger.Error(e.InnerException ?? e, "Migration failed! We'll be starting with a fresh database.", LoggingTarget.Database);
 
                 // if we failed, let's delete the database and start fresh.
                 // todo: we probably want a better (non-destructive) migrations/recovery process at a later point than this.
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/HitObjectComposer.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/HitObjectComposer.cs
index 4487f74364..36740b96cb 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/HitObjectComposer.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/HitObjectComposer.cs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Edit
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
-                Logger.Log($"Could not load this beatmap sucessfully ({e})!", LoggingTarget.Runtime, LogLevel.Error);
+                Logger.Error(e, "Could not load beatmap sucessfully!");
                 return;
             }
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs
index 340fc39d52..2cbb203c37 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
-                Logger.Log($"Could not load this beatmap sucessfully ({e})!", LoggingTarget.Runtime, LogLevel.Error);
+                Logger.Error(e, "Could not load beatmap sucessfully!");
 
                 //couldn't load, hard abort!
                 Exit();