diff --git a/.jshintrc b/.jshintrc
index 0964eba..ff95a7f 100644
--- a/.jshintrc
+++ b/.jshintrc
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 {
   //ENVIRONMENT
   "node": true,
-
-  "esnext": true,
+  "esversion": 6,
 
   //ENFORCING OPTIONS
   //These options tell jshint to be more strict about the code.
diff --git a/lib/karl.js b/lib/karl.js
index 5020b61..4924f26 100644
--- a/lib/karl.js
+++ b/lib/karl.js
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
 //disable warnings about unnecessary semicolons
 /*jshint -W032 */
 
-var util = require("util");
-var os = require("os");
-var path = require("path");
-var assert = require("assert");
+const util = require("util");
+const os = require("os");
+const path = require("path");
+const assert = require("assert");
 
 /**
  * Mixes the enumerable properties of the source objects to the target object.
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ const stdout = process.stdout;
  * @constant
  * @private
 */
-const LOG_LEVELS = ["DEBUG", "INFO", "WARN", "ERROR", "FATAL"];
+const LOG_LEVELS = ["TRACE", "DEBUG", "INFO", "WARN", "ERROR", "FATAL"];
 
 /**
  * @constant
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ Object.keys(colors._colors).forEach(function(key) {
  * @constant
  * @private
 */
-var logColors = {
+const logColors = {
+  TRACE: colors.green,
   DEBUG: colors.defaultTextColor,
   INFO: colors.defaultTextColor,
   WARN: colors.yellow,
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ var logColors = {
 };
 
 /** @private */
-var logOptions = defaultLogOptions;
+let logOptions = defaultLogOptions;
 
 /**
  * Supported formatters:
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ function textFormatter(message) {
 }
 
 /** @private */
-var formatters = {
+const formatters = {
   jsonFormatter: jsonFormatter,
   textFormatter: textFormatter,
 
@@ -162,14 +163,14 @@ var formatters = {
  *
  * @private
 */
-var defaultFormatter = formatters.getFormatter(defaultLogOptions);
+const defaultFormatter = formatters.getFormatter(defaultLogOptions);
 
 /**
  * The currently active formatter.
  *
  * @private
 */
-var currentFormatter = null;
+let currentFormatter = null;
 
 /**
  * The karl logger.
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@ var currentFormatter = null;
  *
  * @property {String} version The version of the karl module.
 */
-var karl = {
+let karl = {
   version: require("../package.json").version
 };
 
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ module.exports = karl;
  *
  * @private
 */
-var dummyTrace = {
+const dummyTrace = {
   getFileName: function() { return null; },
   getLineNumber: function() { return null; },
   getFunctionName: function() { return null; }
@@ -382,10 +383,12 @@ LOG_LEVELS.forEach(function(level) {
 });
 
 /** @private */
-let defaultConsole = {};
+let defaultConsole = {
+  debug: console.log
+};
 
 /** @private */
-["log", "info", "warn", "error"].forEach(function(level) {
+["trace", "log", "info", "warn", "error"].forEach(function(level) {
     defaultConsole[level] = console[level];
   });
 
@@ -398,7 +401,7 @@ function redirectConsole(enable) {
       //redirect console.log, .info, .warn and .error logging methods to our logger
       console.log = karl.info.bind(karl);
 
-      ["info", "warn", "error"].forEach(function(level) {
+      ["trace", "debug", "info", "warn", "error"].forEach(function(level) {
         console[level] = karl[level].bind(karl);
       });
     }
@@ -407,7 +410,7 @@ function redirectConsole(enable) {
     /* istanbul ignore else */
     if (console.log !== defaultConsole.log) {
       //reset to default
-      ["log", "info", "warn", "error"].forEach(function(level) {
+      ["trace", "debug", "log", "info", "warn", "error"].forEach(function(level) {
           console[level] = defaultConsole[level];
         });
     }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 15bde8b..77a1633 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "karl",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
+  "version": "1.0.2",
   "description": "Very fast and simplistic logger that logs to the console.",
   "main": "./lib/karl.js",
   "scripts": {