diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c2c5a82..d391e53 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@uci/socket",
-  "version": "0.2.3",
+  "version": "0.2.7",
   "description": "JSON packet intra(named)/inter(TCP) host communication over socket",
   "main": "src",
   "scripts": {
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@
     "nodemon": "^1.18.6"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@uci/logger": "0.0.9",
+    "@uci-utils/logger": "0.0.13",
     "better-try-catch": "^0.6.2",
     "clone": "^2.1.2",
     "death": "^1.1.0",
-    "make-dir": "^1.3.0"
+    "make-dir": "^2.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/consumer.js b/src/consumer.js
index c6cc1f1..3f26826 100644
--- a/src/consumer.js
+++ b/src/consumer.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import btc from 'better-try-catch'
 import JsonStream from './json-stream'
 
 // import logger from '../../uci-logger/src/logger'
-import logger from '@uci/logger'
+import logger from '@uci-utils/logger'
 
 let log = {}
 
@@ -34,10 +34,7 @@ class SocketConsumer extends Socket {
     })
     this.id = opts.id || opts.name || 'socket:' + new Date().getTime()
     if (!opts.path) {
-      log.warn(
-        { opts: opts },
-        'no host supplied using localhost...use named piped instead'
-      )
+      if(!opts.host) log.warn({ opts: opts, msg:'no host supplied using localhost...use named piped instead - opts.path'})
       opts.host = opts.host || '127.0.0.1'
       opts.port = opts.port || 8080
     } else {
diff --git a/src/socket-class.js b/src/socket-class.js
index 333b1b7..55cfb6d 100644
--- a/src/socket-class.js
+++ b/src/socket-class.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import _ON_DEATH from 'death' //this is intentionally ugly
 import JSONStream from './json-stream'
 import clone from 'clone'
 // uci modules
-import logger from '@uci/logger'
+import logger from '@uci-utils/logger'
 let log = {} // must declare here and set later for module wide access
 
 export default function socketClass(Server) {