diff --git a/api/server.go b/api/server.go
index 7080292..28b7b2d 100644
--- a/api/server.go
+++ b/api/server.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func (h Handler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	if success {
 		LogInfo(r, &rsp)
 	} else {
-		LogError(r, &rsp, errors.Base(consoleText))
+		LogError(r, &rsp, errors.Prefix(consoleText, rsp.Error))
 	}
 
 	// redirect
@@ -105,9 +105,10 @@ func (h Handler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		http.Redirect(w, r, rsp.RedirectURL, rsp.Status)
 		return
 	} else if rsp.RedirectURL != "" {
-		LogError(r, &rsp, errors.Base("status code "+strconv.Itoa(rsp.Status)+
-			" does not indicate a redirect, but RedirectURL is non-empty '"+
-			rsp.RedirectURL+"'"))
+		LogError(r, &rsp, errors.Base(
+			"status code %d does not indicate a redirect, but RedirectURL is non-empty '%s'",
+			rsp.Status, rsp.RedirectURL,
+		))
 	}
 
 	var errorString *string
@@ -142,10 +143,6 @@ func (h Handler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		LogError(r, &rsp, errors.Prefix("Error encoding JSON response: ", err))
 	}
 
-	if rsp.Status >= http.StatusInternalServerError {
-		LogError(r, &rsp, errors.Prefix(r.Method+" "+r.URL.Path+"\n", rsp.Error))
-	}
-
 	w.WriteHeader(rsp.Status)
 	w.Write(jsonResponse)
 }
diff --git a/errors/errors.go b/errors/errors.go
index 0d1f38d..1b2c12e 100644
--- a/errors/errors.go
+++ b/errors/errors.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package errors
 
 import (
-	base "errors"
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/go-errors/errors"
@@ -100,8 +99,8 @@ func FullTrace(err error) string {
 }
 
 // Base returns a simple error with no stack trace attached
-func Base(text string) error {
-	return base.New(text)
+func Base(format string, a ...interface{}) error {
+	return fmt.Errorf(format, a...)
 }
 
 // HasTrace checks if error has a trace attached