diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/ActorLifeCycleSpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/ActorLifeCycleSpec.scala
index 23373a8af6..5d3358dc6f 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/ActorLifeCycleSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/ActorLifeCycleSpec.scala
@@ -14,13 +14,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic._
 
 object ActorLifeCycleSpec {
 
-}
-
-@org.junit.runner.RunWith(classOf[org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner])
-class ActorLifeCycleSpec extends AkkaSpec with BeforeAndAfterEach with ImplicitSender {
-  import ActorLifeCycleSpec._
-
-  class LifeCycleTestActor(id: String, generationProvider: AtomicInteger) extends Actor {
+  class LifeCycleTestActor(testActor: ActorRef, id: String, generationProvider: AtomicInteger) extends Actor {
     def report(msg: Any) = testActor ! message(msg)
     def message(msg: Any): Tuple3[Any, String, Int] = (msg, id, currentGen)
     val currentGen = generationProvider.getAndIncrement()
@@ -29,6 +23,12 @@ class ActorLifeCycleSpec extends AkkaSpec with BeforeAndAfterEach with ImplicitS
     def receive = { case "status" ⇒ sender ! message("OK") }
   }
 
+}
+
+@org.junit.runner.RunWith(classOf[org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner])
+class ActorLifeCycleSpec extends AkkaSpec with BeforeAndAfterEach with ImplicitSender {
+  import ActorLifeCycleSpec._
+
   "An Actor" must {
 
     "invoke preRestart, preStart, postRestart when using OneForOneStrategy" in {
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class ActorLifeCycleSpec extends AkkaSpec with BeforeAndAfterEach with ImplicitS
         val id = newUuid().toString
         val supervisor = actorOf(Props[Supervisor].withFaultHandler(OneForOneStrategy(List(classOf[Exception]), Some(3))))
         val gen = new AtomicInteger(0)
-        val restarterProps = Props(new LifeCycleTestActor(id, gen) {
+        val restarterProps = Props(new LifeCycleTestActor(testActor, id, gen) {
           override def preRestart(reason: Throwable, message: Option[Any]) { report("preRestart") }
           override def postRestart(reason: Throwable) { report("postRestart") }
         })
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class ActorLifeCycleSpec extends AkkaSpec with BeforeAndAfterEach with ImplicitS
         val id = newUuid().toString
         val supervisor = actorOf(Props[Supervisor].withFaultHandler(OneForOneStrategy(List(classOf[Exception]), Some(3))))
         val gen = new AtomicInteger(0)
-        val restarterProps = Props(new LifeCycleTestActor(id, gen))
+        val restarterProps = Props(new LifeCycleTestActor(testActor, id, gen))
         val restarter = (supervisor ? restarterProps).as[ActorRef].get
 
         expectMsg(("preStart", id, 0))
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class ActorLifeCycleSpec extends AkkaSpec with BeforeAndAfterEach with ImplicitS
       val id = newUuid().toString
       val supervisor = actorOf(Props[Supervisor].withFaultHandler(OneForOneStrategy(List(classOf[Exception]), Some(3))))
       val gen = new AtomicInteger(0)
-      val props = Props(new LifeCycleTestActor(id, gen))
+      val props = Props(new LifeCycleTestActor(testActor, id, gen))
       val a = (supervisor ? props).as[ActorRef].get
       expectMsg(("preStart", id, 0))
       a ! "status"
diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/FSMActorSpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/FSMActorSpec.scala
index 2409d80734..69ed7e37ae 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/FSMActorSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/FSMActorSpec.scala
@@ -166,11 +166,12 @@ class FSMActorSpec extends AkkaSpec(Configuration("akka.actor.debug.fsm" -> true
           case Ev("go") ⇒ goto(2)
         }
       })
+      val name = fsm.toString
       filterException[Logging.EventHandlerException] {
         system.eventStream.subscribe(testActor, classOf[Logging.Error])
         fsm ! "go"
         expectMsgPF(1 second, hint = "Next state 2 does not exist") {
-          case Logging.Error(_, `fsm`, "Next state 2 does not exist") ⇒ true
+          case Logging.Error(_, `name`, "Next state 2 does not exist") ⇒ true
         }
         system.eventStream.unsubscribe(testActor)
       }
@@ -213,18 +214,19 @@ class FSMActorSpec extends AkkaSpec(Configuration("akka.actor.debug.fsm" -> true
               case StopEvent(r, _, _) ⇒ testActor ! r
             }
           })
+          val name = fsm.toString
           system.eventStream.subscribe(testActor, classOf[Logging.Debug])
           fsm ! "go"
           expectMsgPF(1 second, hint = "processing Event(go,null)") {
-            case Logging.Debug(`fsm`, s: String) if s.startsWith("processing Event(go,null) from Actor[") ⇒ true
+            case Logging.Debug(`name`, s: String) if s.startsWith("processing Event(go,null) from Actor[") ⇒ true
           }
-          expectMsg(1 second, Logging.Debug(fsm, "setting timer 't'/1500 milliseconds: Shutdown"))
-          expectMsg(1 second, Logging.Debug(fsm, "transition 1 -> 2"))
+          expectMsg(1 second, Logging.Debug(name, "setting timer 't'/1500 milliseconds: Shutdown"))
+          expectMsg(1 second, Logging.Debug(name, "transition 1 -> 2"))
           fsm ! "stop"
           expectMsgPF(1 second, hint = "processing Event(stop,null)") {
-            case Logging.Debug(`fsm`, s: String) if s.startsWith("processing Event(stop,null) from Actor[") ⇒ true
+            case Logging.Debug(`name`, s: String) if s.startsWith("processing Event(stop,null) from Actor[") ⇒ true
           }
-          expectMsgAllOf(1 second, Logging.Debug(fsm, "canceling timer 't'"), Normal)
+          expectMsgAllOf(1 second, Logging.Debug(name, "canceling timer 't'"), Normal)
           expectNoMsg(1 second)
           system.eventStream.unsubscribe(testActor)
         }
diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/FSMTimingSpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/FSMTimingSpec.scala
index 6e243fc020..e915b69ecd 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/FSMTimingSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/FSMTimingSpec.scala
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ class FSMTimingSpec extends AkkaSpec with ImplicitSender {
     }
 
     "notify unhandled messages" taggedAs TimingTest in {
-      filterEvents(EventFilter.warning("unhandled event Tick in state TestUnhandled", source = fsm, occurrences = 1),
-        EventFilter.warning("unhandled event Unhandled(test) in state TestUnhandled", source = fsm, occurrences = 1)) {
+      filterEvents(EventFilter.warning("unhandled event Tick in state TestUnhandled", source = fsm.toString, occurrences = 1),
+        EventFilter.warning("unhandled event Unhandled(test) in state TestUnhandled", source = fsm.toString, occurrences = 1)) {
           fsm ! TestUnhandled
           within(1 second) {
             fsm ! Tick
diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/IOActor.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/IOActor.scala
index d4f08e40c2..3765ad5b6c 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/IOActor.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/IOActor.scala
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ object IOActorSpec {
 
   class SimpleEchoClient(host: String, port: Int, ioManager: ActorRef) extends Actor with IO {
 
-    lazy val socket: SocketHandle = connect(ioManager, host, port, reader)
+    lazy val socket: SocketHandle = connect(ioManager, host, port)(reader)
     lazy val reader: ActorRef = context.actorOf {
       new Actor with IO {
         def receiveIO = {
diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/LoggingReceiveSpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/LoggingReceiveSpec.scala
index 858c0dcdea..207eacb74e 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/LoggingReceiveSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/LoggingReceiveSpec.scala
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ class LoggingReceiveSpec extends WordSpec with BeforeAndAfterEach with BeforeAnd
         val r: Actor.Receive = {
           case null ⇒
         }
-        val log = Actor.LoggingReceive(this, r)
+        val log = Actor.LoggingReceive("funky", r)
         log.isDefinedAt("hallo")
-        expectMsg(1 second, Logging.Debug(this, "received unhandled message hallo"))
+        expectMsg(1 second, Logging.Debug("funky", "received unhandled message hallo"))
       }
     }
 
@@ -73,9 +73,10 @@ class LoggingReceiveSpec extends WordSpec with BeforeAndAfterEach with BeforeAnd
             case _ ⇒ sender ! "x"
           }
         })
+        val name = actor.toString
         actor ! "buh"
         within(1 second) {
-          expectMsg(Logging.Debug(actor.underlyingActor, "received handled message buh"))
+          expectMsg(Logging.Debug(name, "received handled message buh"))
           expectMsg("x")
         }
         val r: Actor.Receive = {
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ class LoggingReceiveSpec extends WordSpec with BeforeAndAfterEach with BeforeAnd
           within(500 millis) {
             actor ! "bah"
             expectMsgPF() {
-              case Logging.Error(_: UnhandledMessageException, `actor`, _) ⇒ true
+              case Logging.Error(_: UnhandledMessageException, `name`, _) ⇒ true
             }
           }
         }
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ class LoggingReceiveSpec extends WordSpec with BeforeAndAfterEach with BeforeAnd
         })
         actor ! "buh"
         within(1 second) {
-          expectMsg(Logging.Debug(actor.underlyingActor, "received handled message buh"))
+          expectMsg(Logging.Debug(actor.toString, "received handled message buh"))
           expectMsg("x")
         }
       }
@@ -121,9 +122,10 @@ class LoggingReceiveSpec extends WordSpec with BeforeAndAfterEach with BeforeAnd
             case _ ⇒
           }
         })
+        val name = actor.toString
         actor ! PoisonPill
         expectMsgPF() {
-          case Logging.Debug(`actor`, msg: String) if msg startsWith "received AutoReceiveMessage Envelope(PoisonPill" ⇒ true
+          case Logging.Debug(`name`, msg: String) if msg startsWith "received AutoReceiveMessage Envelope(PoisonPill" ⇒ true
         }
         awaitCond(actor.isShutdown, 100 millis)
       }
@@ -141,20 +143,23 @@ class LoggingReceiveSpec extends WordSpec with BeforeAndAfterEach with BeforeAnd
         system.eventStream.subscribe(testActor, classOf[Logging.Error])
         within(3 seconds) {
           val lifecycleGuardian = appLifecycle.asInstanceOf[ActorSystemImpl].guardian
+          val lname = lifecycleGuardian.toString
           val supervisor = TestActorRef[TestLogActor](Props[TestLogActor].withFaultHandler(OneForOneStrategy(List(classOf[Throwable]), 5, 5000)))
+          val sname = supervisor.toString
 
           val supervisorSet = receiveWhile(messages = 2) {
-            case Logging.Debug(`lifecycleGuardian`, msg: String) if msg startsWith "now supervising" ⇒ 1
-            case Logging.Debug(`supervisor`, msg: String) if msg startsWith "started"                ⇒ 2
+            case Logging.Debug(`lname`, msg: String) if msg startsWith "now supervising" ⇒ 1
+            case Logging.Debug(`sname`, msg: String) if msg startsWith "started"         ⇒ 2
           }.toSet
           expectNoMsg(Duration.Zero)
           assert(supervisorSet == Set(1, 2), supervisorSet + " was not Set(1, 2)")
 
           val actor = TestActorRef[TestLogActor](Props[TestLogActor], supervisor, "none")
+          val aname = actor.toString
 
           val set = receiveWhile(messages = 2) {
-            case Logging.Debug(`supervisor`, msg: String) if msg startsWith "now supervising" ⇒ 1
-            case Logging.Debug(`actor`, msg: String) if msg startsWith "started"              ⇒ 2
+            case Logging.Debug(`sname`, msg: String) if msg startsWith "now supervising" ⇒ 1
+            case Logging.Debug(`aname`, msg: String) if msg startsWith "started"         ⇒ 2
           }.toSet
           expectNoMsg(Duration.Zero)
           assert(set == Set(1, 2), set + " was not Set(1, 2)")
@@ -174,18 +179,18 @@ class LoggingReceiveSpec extends WordSpec with BeforeAndAfterEach with BeforeAnd
           filterException[ActorKilledException] {
             actor ! Kill
             val set = receiveWhile(messages = 3) {
-              case Logging.Error(_: ActorKilledException, `actor`, "Kill") ⇒ 1
-              case Logging.Debug(`actor`, "restarting")                    ⇒ 2
-              case Logging.Debug(`actor`, "restarted")                     ⇒ 3
+              case Logging.Error(_: ActorKilledException, `aname`, "Kill") ⇒ 1
+              case Logging.Debug(`aname`, "restarting")                    ⇒ 2
+              case Logging.Debug(`aname`, "restarted")                     ⇒ 3
             }.toSet
             expectNoMsg(Duration.Zero)
             assert(set == Set(1, 2, 3), set + " was not Set(1, 2, 3)")
           }
 
           supervisor.stop()
-          expectMsg(Logging.Debug(supervisor, "stopping"))
-          expectMsg(Logging.Debug(actor, "stopped"))
-          expectMsg(Logging.Debug(supervisor, "stopped"))
+          expectMsg(Logging.Debug(sname, "stopping"))
+          expectMsg(Logging.Debug(aname, "stopped"))
+          expectMsg(Logging.Debug(sname, "stopped"))
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/dispatch/ActorModelSpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/dispatch/ActorModelSpec.scala
index 33cea49284..450c201a75 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/dispatch/ActorModelSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/dispatch/ActorModelSpec.scala
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ object ActorModelSpec {
       await(deadline)(stops == dispatcher.stops.get)
     } catch {
       case e ⇒
-        system.eventStream.publish(Error(e, dispatcher, "actual: stops=" + dispatcher.stops.get +
+        system.eventStream.publish(Error(e, dispatcher.toString, "actual: stops=" + dispatcher.stops.get +
           " required: stops=" + stops))
         throw e
     }
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ object ActorModelSpec {
       await(deadline)(stats.restarts.get() == restarts)
     } catch {
       case e ⇒
-        system.eventStream.publish(Error(e, dispatcher, "actual: " + stats + ", required: InterceptorStats(susp=" + suspensions +
+        system.eventStream.publish(Error(e, dispatcher.toString, "actual: " + stats + ", required: InterceptorStats(susp=" + suspensions +
           ",res=" + resumes + ",reg=" + registers + ",unreg=" + unregisters +
           ",recv=" + msgsReceived + ",proc=" + msgsProcessed + ",restart=" + restarts))
         throw e
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ abstract class ActorModelSpec extends AkkaSpec {
           try {
             f
           } catch {
-            case e ⇒ system.eventStream.publish(Error(e, this, "error in spawned thread"))
+            case e ⇒ system.eventStream.publish(Error(e, "spawn", "error in spawned thread"))
           }
         }
       }
diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/event/EventStreamSpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/event/EventStreamSpec.scala
index d5371af0b9..6314561897 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/event/EventStreamSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/event/EventStreamSpec.scala
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class EventStreamSpec extends AkkaSpec(Configuration(
 
   private def verifyLevel(bus: LoggingBus, level: Logging.LogLevel) {
     import Logging._
-    val allmsg = Seq(Debug(this, "debug"), Info(this, "info"), Warning(this, "warning"), Error(this, "error"))
+    val allmsg = Seq(Debug("", "debug"), Info("", "info"), Warning("", "warning"), Error("", "error"))
     val msg = allmsg filter (_.level <= level)
     allmsg foreach bus.publish
     msg foreach (x ⇒ expectMsg(x))
diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/performance/workbench/Report.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/performance/workbench/Report.scala
index 83e8b182bf..05319e0772 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/performance/workbench/Report.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/performance/workbench/Report.scala
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class Report(
   compareResultWith: Option[String] = None) {
 
   private def doLog = System.getProperty("benchmark.logResult", "true").toBoolean
-  val log = Logging(system, this)
+  val log = Logging(system, "Report")
 
   val dateTimeFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm")
   val legendTimeFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm")
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Actor.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Actor.scala
index 30eebb2f87..6472153d75 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Actor.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Actor.scala
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import akka.cluster.ClusterNode
 import akka.japi.{ Creator, Procedure }
 import akka.serialization.{ Serializer, Serialization }
 import akka.event.Logging.Debug
+import akka.event.LogSource
 import akka.experimental
 import akka.AkkaException
 
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ object Actor {
   class LoggingReceive(source: AnyRef, r: Receive)(implicit system: ActorSystem) extends Receive {
     def isDefinedAt(o: Any) = {
       val handled = r.isDefinedAt(o)
-      system.eventStream.publish(Debug(source, "received " + (if (handled) "handled" else "unhandled") + " message " + o))
+      system.eventStream.publish(Debug(LogSource.fromAnyRef(source), "received " + (if (handled) "handled" else "unhandled") + " message " + o))
       handled
     }
     def apply(o: Any): Unit = r(o)
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorCell.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorCell.scala
index 2685f6ca85..8a5f0eff75 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorCell.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorCell.scala
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import akka.event.Logging.{ Debug, Warning, Error }
  */
 trait ActorContext extends ActorRefFactory with TypedActorFactory {
 
-  def self: ActorRef with ScalaActorRef
+  def self: ActorRef
 
   def hasMessages: Boolean
 
@@ -174,11 +174,11 @@ private[akka] class ActorCell(
       actor = created
       created.preStart()
       checkReceiveTimeout
-      if (system.settings.DebugLifecycle) system.eventStream.publish(Debug(self, "started (" + actor + ")"))
+      if (system.settings.DebugLifecycle) system.eventStream.publish(Debug(self.toString, "started (" + actor + ")"))
     } catch {
       case e ⇒
         try {
-          system.eventStream.publish(Error(e, self, "error while creating actor"))
+          system.eventStream.publish(Error(e, self.toString, "error while creating actor"))
           // prevent any further messages to be processed until the actor has been restarted
           dispatcher.suspend(this)
         } finally {
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ private[akka] class ActorCell(
 
     def recreate(cause: Throwable): Unit = try {
       val failedActor = actor
-      if (system.settings.DebugLifecycle) system.eventStream.publish(Debug(self, "restarting"))
+      if (system.settings.DebugLifecycle) system.eventStream.publish(Debug(self.toString, "restarting"))
       val freshActor = newActor()
       if (failedActor ne null) {
         val c = currentMessage //One read only plz
@@ -202,14 +202,14 @@ private[akka] class ActorCell(
       }
       actor = freshActor // assign it here so if preStart fails, we can null out the sef-refs next call
       freshActor.postRestart(cause)
-      if (system.settings.DebugLifecycle) system.eventStream.publish(Debug(self, "restarted"))
+      if (system.settings.DebugLifecycle) system.eventStream.publish(Debug(self.toString, "restarted"))
 
       dispatcher.resume(this) //FIXME should this be moved down?
 
       props.faultHandler.handleSupervisorRestarted(cause, self, children)
     } catch {
       case e ⇒ try {
-        system.eventStream.publish(Error(e, self, "error while creating actor"))
+        system.eventStream.publish(Error(e, self.toString, "error while creating actor"))
         // prevent any further messages to be processed until the actor has been restarted
         dispatcher.suspend(this)
       } finally {
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ private[akka] class ActorCell(
       val c = children
       if (c.isEmpty) doTerminate()
       else {
-        if (system.settings.DebugLifecycle) system.eventStream.publish(Debug(self, "stopping"))
+        if (system.settings.DebugLifecycle) system.eventStream.publish(Debug(self.toString, "stopping"))
         for (child ← c) child.stop()
         stopping = true
       }
@@ -239,8 +239,8 @@ private[akka] class ActorCell(
       if (!stats.contains(child)) {
         childrenRefs = childrenRefs.updated(child.name, child)
         childrenStats = childrenStats.updated(child, ChildRestartStats())
-        if (system.settings.DebugLifecycle) system.eventStream.publish(Debug(self, "now supervising " + child))
-      } else system.eventStream.publish(Warning(self, "Already supervising " + child))
+        if (system.settings.DebugLifecycle) system.eventStream.publish(Debug(self.toString, "now supervising " + child))
+      } else system.eventStream.publish(Warning(self.toString, "Already supervising " + child))
     }
 
     try {
@@ -255,10 +255,10 @@ private[akka] class ActorCell(
           case Recreate(cause) ⇒ recreate(cause)
           case Link(subject) ⇒
             system.deathWatch.subscribe(self, subject)
-            if (system.settings.DebugLifecycle) system.eventStream.publish(Debug(self, "now monitoring " + subject))
+            if (system.settings.DebugLifecycle) system.eventStream.publish(Debug(self.toString, "now monitoring " + subject))
           case Unlink(subject) ⇒
             system.deathWatch.unsubscribe(self, subject)
-            if (system.settings.DebugLifecycle) system.eventStream.publish(Debug(self, "stopped monitoring " + subject))
+            if (system.settings.DebugLifecycle) system.eventStream.publish(Debug(self.toString, "stopped monitoring " + subject))
           case Suspend()        ⇒ suspend()
           case Resume()         ⇒ resume()
           case Terminate()      ⇒ terminate()
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ private[akka] class ActorCell(
       }
     } catch {
       case e ⇒ //Should we really catch everything here?
-        system.eventStream.publish(Error(e, self, "error while processing " + message))
+        system.eventStream.publish(Error(e, self.toString, "error while processing " + message))
         //TODO FIXME How should problems here be handled?
         throw e
     }
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ private[akka] class ActorCell(
             currentMessage = null // reset current message after successful invocation
           } catch {
             case e ⇒
-              system.eventStream.publish(Error(e, self, e.getMessage))
+              system.eventStream.publish(Error(e, self.toString, e.getMessage))
 
               // prevent any further messages to be processed until the actor has been restarted
               dispatcher.suspend(this)
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ private[akka] class ActorCell(
           }
         } catch {
           case e ⇒
-            system.eventStream.publish(Error(e, self, e.getMessage))
+            system.eventStream.publish(Error(e, self.toString, e.getMessage))
             throw e
         }
       }
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ private[akka] class ActorCell(
   }
 
   def autoReceiveMessage(msg: Envelope) {
-    if (system.settings.DebugAutoReceive) system.eventStream.publish(Debug(self, "received AutoReceiveMessage " + msg))
+    if (system.settings.DebugAutoReceive) system.eventStream.publish(Debug(self.toString, "received AutoReceiveMessage " + msg))
 
     if (stopping) msg.message match {
       case ChildTerminated ⇒ handleChildTerminated(sender)
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ private[akka] class ActorCell(
 
   private def doTerminate() {
     if (!system.provider.evict(self.path.toString))
-      system.eventStream.publish(Warning(self, "evict of " + self.path.toString + " failed"))
+      system.eventStream.publish(Warning(self.toString, "evict of " + self.path.toString + " failed"))
 
     dispatcher.detach(this)
 
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ private[akka] class ActorCell(
       try {
         parent.tell(ChildTerminated, self)
         system.deathWatch.publish(Terminated(self))
-        if (system.settings.DebugLifecycle) system.eventStream.publish(Debug(self, "stopped"))
+        if (system.settings.DebugLifecycle) system.eventStream.publish(Debug(self.toString, "stopped"))
       } finally {
         currentMessage = null
         clearActorFields()
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ private[akka] class ActorCell(
 
   final def handleFailure(child: ActorRef, cause: Throwable): Unit = childrenStats.get(child) match {
     case Some(stats) ⇒ if (!props.faultHandler.handleFailure(child, cause, stats, childrenStats)) throw cause
-    case None        ⇒ system.eventStream.publish(Warning(self, "dropping Failed(" + cause + ") from unknown child"))
+    case None        ⇒ system.eventStream.publish(Warning(self.toString, "dropping Failed(" + cause + ") from unknown child"))
   }
 
   final def handleChildTerminated(child: ActorRef): Unit = {
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorRefProvider.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorRefProvider.scala
index 5770a5959f..803410b67c 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorRefProvider.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorRefProvider.scala
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class LocalActorRefProvider(
   val dispatcher: MessageDispatcher,
   val scheduler: Scheduler) extends ActorRefProvider {
 
-  val log = Logging(eventStream, this)
+  val log = Logging(eventStream, "LocalActorRefProvider")
 
   // FIXME remove/replave (clustering shall not leak into akka-actor)
   val nodename: String = System.getProperty("akka.cluster.nodename") match {
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorSystem.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorSystem.scala
index 6be2325385..b4416ae5fb 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorSystem.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorSystem.scala
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ class ActorSystemImpl(val name: String, config: Configuration) extends ActorSyst
   // this provides basic logging (to stdout) until .start() is called below
   val eventStream = new EventStream(DebugEventStream)
   eventStream.startStdoutLogger(settings)
-  val log = new BusLogging(eventStream, this) // “this” used only for .getClass in tagging messages
+  val log = new BusLogging(eventStream, "ActorSystem") // “this” used only for .getClass in tagging messages
 
   /**
    * The root actor path for this application.
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Deployer.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Deployer.scala
index 4b5d64bde6..7a2ad320b6 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Deployer.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Deployer.scala
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ trait ActorDeployer {
 class Deployer(val settings: ActorSystem.Settings, val eventStream: EventStream, val nodename: String) extends ActorDeployer {
 
   val deploymentConfig = new DeploymentConfig(nodename)
-  val log = Logging(eventStream, this)
+  val log = Logging(eventStream, "Deployer")
 
   val instance: ActorDeployer = {
     val deployer = new LocalDeployer()
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/IO.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/IO.scala
index 65e325bfe8..aeb4e53573 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/IO.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/IO.scala
@@ -71,13 +71,11 @@ object IO {
   case class ServerHandle(owner: ActorRef, ioManager: ActorRef, uuid: UUID = new UUID()) extends Handle {
     override def asServer = this
 
-    def accept(socketOwner: ActorRef): SocketHandle = {
+    def accept()(implicit socketOwner: ActorRef): SocketHandle = {
       val socket = SocketHandle(socketOwner, ioManager)
       ioManager ! Accept(socket, this)
       socket
     }
-
-    def accept()(implicit socketOwner: ScalaActorRef): SocketHandle = accept(socketOwner)
   }
 
   sealed trait IOMessage
@@ -91,35 +89,23 @@ object IO {
   case class Read(handle: ReadHandle, bytes: ByteString) extends IOMessage
   case class Write(handle: WriteHandle, bytes: ByteString) extends IOMessage
 
-  def listen(ioManager: ActorRef, address: InetSocketAddress, owner: ActorRef): ServerHandle = {
+  def listen(ioManager: ActorRef, address: InetSocketAddress)(implicit owner: ActorRef): ServerHandle = {
     val server = ServerHandle(owner, ioManager)
     ioManager ! Listen(server, address)
     server
   }
 
-  def listen(ioManager: ActorRef, address: InetSocketAddress)(implicit sender: ScalaActorRef): ServerHandle =
-    listen(ioManager, address, sender)
+  def listen(ioManager: ActorRef, host: String, port: Int)(implicit owner: ActorRef): ServerHandle =
+    listen(ioManager, new InetSocketAddress(host, port))
 
-  def listen(ioManager: ActorRef, host: String, port: Int, owner: ActorRef): ServerHandle =
-    listen(ioManager, new InetSocketAddress(host, port), owner)
-
-  def listen(ioManager: ActorRef, host: String, port: Int)(implicit sender: ScalaActorRef): ServerHandle =
-    listen(ioManager, new InetSocketAddress(host, port), sender)
-
-  def connect(ioManager: ActorRef, address: InetSocketAddress, owner: ActorRef): SocketHandle = {
+  def connect(ioManager: ActorRef, address: InetSocketAddress)(implicit owner: ActorRef): SocketHandle = {
     val socket = SocketHandle(owner, ioManager)
     ioManager ! Connect(socket, address)
     socket
   }
 
-  def connect(ioManager: ActorRef, address: InetSocketAddress)(implicit sender: ScalaActorRef): SocketHandle =
-    connect(ioManager, address, sender)
-
-  def connect(ioManager: ActorRef, host: String, port: Int, owner: ActorRef): SocketHandle =
-    connect(ioManager, new InetSocketAddress(host, port), owner)
-
-  def connect(ioManager: ActorRef, host: String, port: Int)(implicit sender: ScalaActorRef): SocketHandle =
-    connect(ioManager, new InetSocketAddress(host, port), sender)
+  def connect(ioManager: ActorRef, host: String, port: Int)(implicit sender: ActorRef): SocketHandle =
+    connect(ioManager, new InetSocketAddress(host, port))
 
   private class HandleState(var readBytes: ByteString, var connected: Boolean) {
     def this() = this(ByteString.empty, false)
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/AbstractDispatcher.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/AbstractDispatcher.scala
index 3d66532d31..aa3edd69ac 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/AbstractDispatcher.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/AbstractDispatcher.scala
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ final case class TaskInvocation(eventStream: EventStream, function: () ⇒ Unit,
     try {
       function()
     } catch {
-      case e ⇒ eventStream.publish(Error(e, this, e.getMessage))
+      case e ⇒ eventStream.publish(Error(e, "TaskInvocation", e.getMessage))
     } finally {
       cleanup()
     }
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Dispatcher.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Dispatcher.scala
index 586586b7d5..e8f799c414 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Dispatcher.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Dispatcher.scala
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class Dispatcher(
           executorService.get() execute invocation
         } catch {
           case e2: RejectedExecutionException ⇒
-            prerequisites.eventStream.publish(Warning(this, e2.toString))
+            prerequisites.eventStream.publish(Warning("Dispatcher", e2.toString))
             throw e2
         }
     }
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Future.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Future.scala
index 2160c406cd..b57ff39512 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Future.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Future.scala
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ object Future {
                   result completeWithResult currentValue
                 } catch {
                   case e: Exception ⇒
-                    dispatcher.prerequisites.eventStream.publish(Error(e, this, e.getMessage))
+                    dispatcher.prerequisites.eventStream.publish(Error(e, "Future.fold", e.getMessage))
                     result completeWithException e
                 } finally {
                   results.clear
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ sealed trait Future[+T] extends japi.Future[T] {
             Right(f(res))
           } catch {
             case e: Exception ⇒
-              dispatcher.prerequisites.eventStream.publish(Error(e, this, e.getMessage))
+              dispatcher.prerequisites.eventStream.publish(Error(e, "Future.map", e.getMessage))
               Left(e)
           })
       }
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ sealed trait Future[+T] extends japi.Future[T] {
           future.completeWith(f(r))
         } catch {
           case e: Exception ⇒
-            dispatcher.prerequisites.eventStream.publish(Error(e, this, e.getMessage))
+            dispatcher.prerequisites.eventStream.publish(Error(e, "Future.flatMap", e.getMessage))
             future complete Left(e)
         }
       }
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ sealed trait Future[+T] extends japi.Future[T] {
           if (p(res)) r else Left(new MatchError(res))
         } catch {
           case e: Exception ⇒
-            dispatcher.prerequisites.eventStream.publish(Error(e, this, e.getMessage))
+            dispatcher.prerequisites.eventStream.publish(Error(e, "Future.filter", e.getMessage))
             Left(e)
         })
       }
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ trait Promise[T] extends Future[T] {
         fr completeWith cont(f)
       } catch {
         case e: Exception ⇒
-          dispatcher.prerequisites.eventStream.publish(Error(e, this, e.getMessage))
+          dispatcher.prerequisites.eventStream.publish(Error(e, "Promise.completeWith", e.getMessage))
           fr completeWithException e
       }
     }
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ trait Promise[T] extends Future[T] {
         fr completeWith cont(f)
       } catch {
         case e: Exception ⇒
-          dispatcher.prerequisites.eventStream.publish(Error(e, this, e.getMessage))
+          dispatcher.prerequisites.eventStream.publish(Error(e, "Promise.completeWith", e.getMessage))
           fr completeWithException e
       }
     }
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ class DefaultPromise[T](val timeout: Timeout)(implicit val dispatcher: MessageDi
     } else this
 
   private def notifyCompleted(func: Future[T] ⇒ Unit) {
-    try { func(this) } catch { case e ⇒ dispatcher.prerequisites.eventStream.publish(Error(e, this, "Future onComplete-callback raised an exception")) } //TODO catch, everything? Really?
+    try { func(this) } catch { case e ⇒ dispatcher.prerequisites.eventStream.publish(Error(e, "Future", "Future onComplete-callback raised an exception")) } //TODO catch, everything? Really?
   }
 
   @inline
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Mailbox.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Mailbox.scala
index b752653f1d..ddbebdf3ef 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Mailbox.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Mailbox.scala
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ abstract class Mailbox(val actor: ActorCell) extends AbstractMailbox with Messag
       }
     } catch {
       case e ⇒
-        actor.system.eventStream.publish(Error(e, actor.self, "exception during processing system messages, dropping " + SystemMessage.size(nextMessage) + " messages!"))
+        actor.system.eventStream.publish(Error(e, actor.self.toString, "exception during processing system messages, dropping " + SystemMessage.size(nextMessage) + " messages!"))
         throw e
     }
   }
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/event/EventStream.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/event/EventStream.scala
index c2be45d81e..3906d2cb04 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/event/EventStream.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/event/EventStream.scala
@@ -3,9 +3,16 @@
  */
 package akka.event
 
-import akka.actor.{ ActorRef, Actor, Props, ActorSystemImpl, Terminated }
+import akka.actor.{ ActorRef, Actor, Props, ActorSystemImpl, Terminated, ActorSystem, simpleName }
 import akka.util.Subclassification
 
+object EventStream {
+  implicit def fromActorSystem(system: ActorSystem) = system.eventStream
+}
+
+class A(x: Int = 0) extends Exception("x=" + x)
+class B extends A
+
 class EventStream(debug: Boolean = false) extends LoggingBus with SubchannelClassification {
 
   type Event = AnyRef
@@ -24,18 +31,18 @@ class EventStream(debug: Boolean = false) extends LoggingBus with SubchannelClas
   protected def publish(event: AnyRef, subscriber: ActorRef) = subscriber ! event
 
   override def subscribe(subscriber: ActorRef, channel: Class[_]): Boolean = {
-    if (debug) publish(Logging.Debug(this, "subscribing " + subscriber + " to channel " + channel))
+    if (debug) publish(Logging.Debug(simpleName(this), "subscribing " + subscriber + " to channel " + channel))
     if (reaper ne null) reaper ! subscriber
     super.subscribe(subscriber, channel)
   }
 
   override def unsubscribe(subscriber: ActorRef, channel: Class[_]): Boolean = {
-    if (debug) publish(Logging.Debug(this, "unsubscribing " + subscriber + " from channel " + channel))
+    if (debug) publish(Logging.Debug(simpleName(this), "unsubscribing " + subscriber + " from channel " + channel))
     super.unsubscribe(subscriber, channel)
   }
 
   override def unsubscribe(subscriber: ActorRef) {
-    if (debug) publish(Logging.Debug(this, "unsubscribing " + subscriber + " from all channels"))
+    if (debug) publish(Logging.Debug(simpleName(this), "unsubscribing " + subscriber + " from all channels"))
     super.unsubscribe(subscriber)
   }
 
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/event/Logging.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/event/Logging.scala
index 62ee06381d..5b3ae4b801 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/event/Logging.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/event/Logging.scala
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ import akka.dispatch.FutureTimeoutException
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger
 import akka.actor.ActorRefProvider
 
+object LoggingBus {
+  implicit def fromActorSystem(system: ActorSystem): LoggingBus = system.eventStream
+}
+
 /**
  * This trait brings log level handling to the EventStream: it reads the log
  * levels for the initial logging (StandardOutLogger) and the loggers&level
@@ -68,7 +72,7 @@ trait LoggingBus extends ActorEventBus {
 
   private[akka] def startStdoutLogger(config: Settings) {
     val level = levelFor(config.StdoutLogLevel) getOrElse {
-      StandardOutLogger.print(Error(new EventHandlerException, this, "unknown akka.stdout-loglevel " + config.StdoutLogLevel))
+      StandardOutLogger.print(Error(new EventHandlerException, simpleName(this), "unknown akka.stdout-loglevel " + config.StdoutLogLevel))
       ErrorLevel
     }
     AllLogLevels filter (level >= _) foreach (l ⇒ subscribe(StandardOutLogger, classFor(l)))
@@ -76,12 +80,12 @@ trait LoggingBus extends ActorEventBus {
       loggers = Seq(StandardOutLogger)
       _logLevel = level
     }
-    publish(Info(this, "StandardOutLogger started"))
+    publish(Info(simpleName(this), "StandardOutLogger started"))
   }
 
   private[akka] def startDefaultLoggers(system: ActorSystemImpl) {
     val level = levelFor(system.settings.LogLevel) getOrElse {
-      StandardOutLogger.print(Error(new EventHandlerException, this, "unknown akka.stdout-loglevel " + system.settings.LogLevel))
+      StandardOutLogger.print(Error(new EventHandlerException, simpleName(this), "unknown akka.stdout-loglevel " + system.settings.LogLevel))
       ErrorLevel
     }
     try {
@@ -109,7 +113,7 @@ trait LoggingBus extends ActorEventBus {
         loggers = myloggers
         _logLevel = level
       }
-      publish(Info(this, "Default Loggers started"))
+      publish(Info(simpleName(this), "Default Loggers started"))
       if (!(defaultLoggers contains StandardOutLoggerName)) {
         unsubscribe(StandardOutLogger)
       }
@@ -125,7 +129,7 @@ trait LoggingBus extends ActorEventBus {
     val level = _logLevel // volatile access before reading loggers
     if (!(loggers contains StandardOutLogger)) {
       AllLogLevels filter (level >= _) foreach (l ⇒ subscribe(StandardOutLogger, classFor(l)))
-      publish(Info(this, "shutting down: StandardOutLogger started"))
+      publish(Info(simpleName(this), "shutting down: StandardOutLogger started"))
     }
     for {
       logger ← loggers
@@ -135,7 +139,7 @@ trait LoggingBus extends ActorEventBus {
       unsubscribe(logger)
       logger.stop()
     }
-    publish(Info(this, "all default loggers stopped"))
+    publish(Info(simpleName(this), "all default loggers stopped"))
   }
 
   private def addLogger(system: ActorSystemImpl, clazz: Class[_ <: Actor], level: LogLevel): ActorRef = {
@@ -144,17 +148,52 @@ trait LoggingBus extends ActorEventBus {
     implicit val timeout = Timeout(3 seconds)
     val response = try actor ? InitializeLogger(this) get catch {
       case _: FutureTimeoutException ⇒
-        publish(Warning(this, "Logger " + name + " did not respond within " + timeout + " to InitializeLogger(bus)"))
+        publish(Warning(simpleName(this), "Logger " + name + " did not respond within " + timeout + " to InitializeLogger(bus)"))
     }
     if (response != LoggerInitialized)
       throw new LoggerInitializationException("Logger " + name + " did not respond with LoggerInitialized, sent instead " + response)
     AllLogLevels filter (level >= _) foreach (l ⇒ subscribe(actor, classFor(l)))
-    publish(Info(this, "logger " + name + " started"))
+    publish(Info(simpleName(this), "logger " + name + " started"))
     actor
   }
 
 }
 
+trait LogSource[-T] {
+  def genString(t: T): String
+}
+
+object LogSource {
+  implicit val fromString: LogSource[String] = new LogSource[String] {
+    def genString(s: String) = s
+  }
+
+  implicit val fromActor: LogSource[Actor] = new LogSource[Actor] {
+    def genString(a: Actor) = a.self.toString
+  }
+
+  implicit val fromActorRef: LogSource[ActorRef] = new LogSource[ActorRef] {
+    def genString(a: ActorRef) = a.toString
+  }
+
+  // this one unfortunately does not work as implicit, because existential types have some weird behavior
+  val fromClass: LogSource[Class[_]] = new LogSource[Class[_]] {
+    def genString(c: Class[_]) = simpleName(c)
+  }
+  implicit def fromAnyClass[T]: LogSource[Class[T]] = fromClass.asInstanceOf[LogSource[Class[T]]]
+
+  def apply[T: LogSource](o: T) = implicitly[LogSource[T]].genString(o)
+
+  def fromAnyRef(o: AnyRef): String =
+    o match {
+      case c: Class[_] ⇒ fromClass.genString(c)
+      case a: Actor    ⇒ fromActor.genString(a)
+      case a: ActorRef ⇒ fromActorRef.genString(a)
+      case s: String   ⇒ s
+      case x           ⇒ simpleName(x)
+    }
+}
+
 /**
  * Main entry point for Akka logging: log levels and message types (aka
  * channels) defined for the main transport medium, the main event bus. The
@@ -235,24 +274,26 @@ object Logging {
 
   /**
    * Obtain LoggingAdapter for the given application and source object. The
-   * source object is used to identify the source of this logging channel.
+   * source is used to identify the source of this logging channel and must have
+   * a corresponding LogSource[T] instance in scope; by default these are
+   * provided for Class[_], Actor, ActorRef and String types.
    */
-  def apply(system: ActorSystem, source: AnyRef): LoggingAdapter = new BusLogging(system.eventStream, source)
+  def apply[T: LogSource](eventStream: LoggingBus, logSource: T): LoggingAdapter =
+    new BusLogging(eventStream, implicitly[LogSource[T]].genString(logSource))
+
   /**
    * Java API: Obtain LoggingAdapter for the given application and source object. The
-   * source object is used to identify the source of this logging channel.
+   * source object is used to identify the source of this logging channel; if it is
+   * an Actor or ActorRef, its address is used, in case of a class an approximation of
+   * its simpleName and in all other cases the simpleName of its class.
    */
-  def getLogger(system: ActorSystem, source: AnyRef): LoggingAdapter = apply(system, source)
-  /**
-   * Obtain LoggingAdapter for the given event bus and source object. The
-   * source object is used to identify the source of this logging channel.
-   */
-  def apply(bus: LoggingBus, source: AnyRef): LoggingAdapter = new BusLogging(bus, source)
+  def getLogger(system: ActorSystem, logSource: AnyRef): LoggingAdapter = apply(system.eventStream, LogSource.fromAnyRef(logSource))
+
   /**
    * Java API: Obtain LoggingAdapter for the given event bus and source object. The
    * source object is used to identify the source of this logging channel.
    */
-  def getLogger(bus: LoggingBus, source: AnyRef): LoggingAdapter = apply(bus, source)
+  def getLogger(bus: LoggingBus, logSource: AnyRef): LoggingAdapter = apply(bus, LogSource.fromAnyRef(logSource))
 
   /**
    * Artificial exception injected into Error events if no Throwable is
@@ -266,22 +307,22 @@ object Logging {
     def level: LogLevel
   }
 
-  case class Error(cause: Throwable, instance: AnyRef, message: Any = "") extends LogEvent {
+  case class Error(cause: Throwable, logSource: String, message: Any = "") extends LogEvent {
     def level = ErrorLevel
   }
   object Error {
-    def apply(instance: AnyRef, message: Any) = new Error(new EventHandlerException, instance, message)
+    def apply(logSource: String, message: Any) = new Error(new EventHandlerException, logSource, message)
   }
 
-  case class Warning(instance: AnyRef, message: Any = "") extends LogEvent {
+  case class Warning(logSource: String, message: Any = "") extends LogEvent {
     def level = WarningLevel
   }
 
-  case class Info(instance: AnyRef, message: Any = "") extends LogEvent {
+  case class Info(logSource: String, message: Any = "") extends LogEvent {
     def level = InfoLevel
   }
 
-  case class Debug(instance: AnyRef, message: Any = "") extends LogEvent {
+  case class Debug(logSource: String, message: Any = "") extends LogEvent {
     def level = DebugLevel
   }
 
@@ -318,7 +359,7 @@ object Logging {
         case e: Warning ⇒ warning(e)
         case e: Info    ⇒ info(e)
         case e: Debug   ⇒ debug(e)
-        case e          ⇒ warning(Warning(this, "received unexpected event of class " + e.getClass + ": " + e))
+        case e          ⇒ warning(Warning(simpleName(this), "received unexpected event of class " + e.getClass + ": " + e))
       }
     }
 
@@ -326,7 +367,7 @@ object Logging {
       println(errorFormat.format(
         timestamp,
         event.thread.getName,
-        instanceName(event.instance),
+        event.logSource,
         event.message,
         stackTraceFor(event.cause)))
 
@@ -334,21 +375,21 @@ object Logging {
       println(warningFormat.format(
         timestamp,
         event.thread.getName,
-        instanceName(event.instance),
+        event.logSource,
         event.message))
 
     def info(event: Info) =
       println(infoFormat.format(
         timestamp,
         event.thread.getName,
-        instanceName(event.instance),
+        event.logSource,
         event.message))
 
     def debug(event: Debug) =
       println(debugFormat.format(
         timestamp,
         event.thread.getName,
-        instanceName(event.instance),
+        event.logSource,
         event.message))
 
     def instanceName(instance: AnyRef): String = instance match {
@@ -491,7 +532,7 @@ trait LoggingAdapter {
   }
 }
 
-class BusLogging(val bus: LoggingBus, val loggingInstance: AnyRef) extends LoggingAdapter {
+class BusLogging(val bus: LoggingBus, val logSource: String) extends LoggingAdapter {
 
   import Logging._
 
@@ -500,14 +541,14 @@ class BusLogging(val bus: LoggingBus, val loggingInstance: AnyRef) extends Loggi
   def isInfoEnabled = bus.logLevel >= InfoLevel
   def isDebugEnabled = bus.logLevel >= DebugLevel
 
-  protected def notifyError(message: String) { bus.publish(Error(loggingInstance, message)) }
+  protected def notifyError(message: String) { bus.publish(Error(logSource, message)) }
 
-  protected def notifyError(cause: Throwable, message: String) { bus.publish(Error(cause, loggingInstance, message)) }
+  protected def notifyError(cause: Throwable, message: String) { bus.publish(Error(cause, logSource, message)) }
 
-  protected def notifyWarning(message: String) { bus.publish(Warning(loggingInstance, message)) }
+  protected def notifyWarning(message: String) { bus.publish(Warning(logSource, message)) }
 
-  protected def notifyInfo(message: String) { bus.publish(Info(loggingInstance, message)) }
+  protected def notifyInfo(message: String) { bus.publish(Info(logSource, message)) }
 
-  protected def notifyDebug(message: String) { bus.publish(Debug(loggingInstance, message)) }
+  protected def notifyDebug(message: String) { bus.publish(Debug(logSource, message)) }
 
 }
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/util/JMX.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/util/JMX.scala
index 2bf8545210..2c87524843 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/util/JMX.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/util/JMX.scala
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ object JMX {
     case e: InstanceAlreadyExistsException ⇒
       Some(mbeanServer.getObjectInstance(name))
     case e: Exception ⇒
-      system.eventStream.publish(Error(e, this, "Error when registering mbean [%s]".format(mbean)))
+      system.eventStream.publish(Error(e, "JMX", "Error when registering mbean [%s]".format(mbean)))
       None
   }
 
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ object JMX {
     mbeanServer.unregisterMBean(mbean)
   } catch {
     case e: InstanceNotFoundException ⇒ {}
-    case e: Exception                 ⇒ system.eventStream.publish(Error(e, this, "Error while unregistering mbean [%s]".format(mbean)))
+    case e: Exception                 ⇒ system.eventStream.publish(Error(e, "JMX", "Error while unregistering mbean [%s]".format(mbean)))
   }
 }
diff --git a/akka-durable-mailboxes/akka-beanstalk-mailbox/src/main/scala/akka/actor/mailbox/BeanstalkBasedMailbox.scala b/akka-durable-mailboxes/akka-beanstalk-mailbox/src/main/scala/akka/actor/mailbox/BeanstalkBasedMailbox.scala
index fae743b46c..5a0cbeebe7 100644
--- a/akka-durable-mailboxes/akka-beanstalk-mailbox/src/main/scala/akka/actor/mailbox/BeanstalkBasedMailbox.scala
+++ b/akka-durable-mailboxes/akka-beanstalk-mailbox/src/main/scala/akka/actor/mailbox/BeanstalkBasedMailbox.scala
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class BeanstalkBasedMailbox(val owner: ActorCell) extends DurableMailbox(owner)
   val messageSubmitTimeout = Duration(system.settings.config.getInt("akka.actor.mailbox.beanstalk.message-submit-timeout", 5), defaultTimeUnit).toSeconds.toInt
   val messageTimeToLive = Duration(system.settings.config.getInt("akka.actor.mailbox.beanstalk.message-time-to-live", 120), defaultTimeUnit).toSeconds.toInt
 
-  val log = Logging(system, this)
+  val log = Logging(system, "BeanstalkBasedMailbox")
 
   private val queue = new ThreadLocal[Client] { override def initialValue = connect(name) }
 
diff --git a/akka-durable-mailboxes/akka-file-mailbox/src/main/scala/akka/actor/mailbox/FiledBasedMailbox.scala b/akka-durable-mailboxes/akka-file-mailbox/src/main/scala/akka/actor/mailbox/FiledBasedMailbox.scala
index 2ea90fb7d7..869bada6cd 100644
--- a/akka-durable-mailboxes/akka-file-mailbox/src/main/scala/akka/actor/mailbox/FiledBasedMailbox.scala
+++ b/akka-durable-mailboxes/akka-file-mailbox/src/main/scala/akka/actor/mailbox/FiledBasedMailbox.scala
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ object FileBasedMailbox {
 
 class FileBasedMailbox(val owner: ActorCell) extends DurableMailbox(owner) with DurableMessageSerialization {
 
-  val log = Logging(system, this)
+  val log = Logging(system, "FileBasedMailbox")
 
   val queuePath = FileBasedMailbox.queuePath(owner.system.settings.config)
 
diff --git a/akka-durable-mailboxes/akka-mongo-mailbox/src/main/scala/akka/actor/mailbox/MongoBasedMailbox.scala b/akka-durable-mailboxes/akka-mongo-mailbox/src/main/scala/akka/actor/mailbox/MongoBasedMailbox.scala
index 9a262fd3b3..def5a1a0c2 100644
--- a/akka-durable-mailboxes/akka-mongo-mailbox/src/main/scala/akka/actor/mailbox/MongoBasedMailbox.scala
+++ b/akka-durable-mailboxes/akka-mongo-mailbox/src/main/scala/akka/actor/mailbox/MongoBasedMailbox.scala
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class MongoBasedMailbox(val owner: ActorCell) extends DurableMailbox(owner) {
   val writeTimeout = system.settings.config.getInt(WRITE_TIMEOUT_KEY, 3000)
   val readTimeout = system.settings.config.getInt(READ_TIMEOUT_KEY, 3000)
 
-  val log = Logging(system, this)
+  val log = Logging(system, "MongoBasedMailbox")
 
   @volatile
   private var mongo = connect()
diff --git a/akka-durable-mailboxes/akka-redis-mailbox/src/main/scala/akka/actor/mailbox/RedisBasedMailbox.scala b/akka-durable-mailboxes/akka-redis-mailbox/src/main/scala/akka/actor/mailbox/RedisBasedMailbox.scala
index ca765bfd62..65f27b3b8f 100644
--- a/akka-durable-mailboxes/akka-redis-mailbox/src/main/scala/akka/actor/mailbox/RedisBasedMailbox.scala
+++ b/akka-durable-mailboxes/akka-redis-mailbox/src/main/scala/akka/actor/mailbox/RedisBasedMailbox.scala
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class RedisBasedMailbox(val owner: ActorCell) extends DurableMailbox(owner) with
   @volatile
   private var clients = connect() // returns a RedisClientPool for multiple asynchronous message handling
 
-  val log = Logging(system, this)
+  val log = Logging(system, "RedisBasedMailbox")
 
   def enqueue(receiver: ActorRef, envelope: Envelope) {
     log.debug("ENQUEUING message in redis-based mailbox [%s]".format(envelope))
diff --git a/akka-durable-mailboxes/akka-zookeeper-mailbox/src/main/scala/akka/actor/mailbox/ZooKeeperBasedMailbox.scala b/akka-durable-mailboxes/akka-zookeeper-mailbox/src/main/scala/akka/actor/mailbox/ZooKeeperBasedMailbox.scala
index 6fff77d7cc..dd00a4cfdc 100644
--- a/akka-durable-mailboxes/akka-zookeeper-mailbox/src/main/scala/akka/actor/mailbox/ZooKeeperBasedMailbox.scala
+++ b/akka-durable-mailboxes/akka-zookeeper-mailbox/src/main/scala/akka/actor/mailbox/ZooKeeperBasedMailbox.scala
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class ZooKeeperBasedMailbox(val owner: ActorCell) extends DurableMailbox(owner)
   val queueNode = "/queues"
   val queuePathTemplate = queueNode + "/%s"
 
-  val log = Logging(system, this)
+  val log = Logging(system, "ZooKeeperBasedMailbox")
 
   private val zkClient = new AkkaZkClient(zkServerAddresses, sessionTimeout, connectionTimeout)
   private val queue = new ZooKeeperQueue[Array[Byte]](zkClient, queuePathTemplate.format(name), blockingQueue)
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/Gossiper.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/Gossiper.scala
index 56a59b2ae2..636d8a67ec 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/Gossiper.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/Gossiper.scala
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class Gossiper(remote: Remote) {
     nodeMembershipChangeListeners: Set[NodeMembershipChangeListener] = Set.empty[NodeMembershipChangeListener])
 
   private val system = remote.system
-  private val log = Logging(system, this)
+  private val log = Logging(system, "Gossiper")
   private val failureDetector = remote.failureDetector
   private val connectionManager = new RemoteConnectionManager(system, remote, Map.empty[RemoteAddress, ActorRef])
   private val seeds = Set(address) // FIXME read in list of seeds from config
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/Remote.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/Remote.scala
index cf3b93b311..13d813145b 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/Remote.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/Remote.scala
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong
  */
 class Remote(val system: ActorSystemImpl, val nodename: String) {
 
-  val log = Logging(system, this)
+  val log = Logging(system, "Remote")
 
   import system._
   import settings._
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ class RemoteMessage(input: RemoteMessageProtocol, remote: RemoteSupport, classLo
         .newInstance(exception.getMessage).asInstanceOf[Throwable]
     } catch {
       case problem: Exception ⇒
-        remote.system.eventStream.publish(Logging.Error(problem, remote, problem.getMessage))
+        remote.system.eventStream.publish(Logging.Error(problem, "RemoteMessage", problem.getMessage))
         CannotInstantiateRemoteExceptionDueToRemoteProtocolParsingErrorException(problem, classname, exception.getMessage)
     }
   }
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteActorRefProvider.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteActorRefProvider.scala
index facbf6cba1..7aa723ebb9 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteActorRefProvider.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteActorRefProvider.scala
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ class RemoteActorRefProvider(
   val dispatcher: MessageDispatcher,
   val scheduler: Scheduler) extends ActorRefProvider {
 
-  val log = Logging(eventStream, this)
+  val log = Logging(eventStream, "RemoteActorRefProvider")
+
   val local = new LocalActorRefProvider(settings, rootPath, eventStream, dispatcher, scheduler)
 
   def deathWatch = local.deathWatch
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteConnectionManager.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteConnectionManager.scala
index e128742365..7b739b6199 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteConnectionManager.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteConnectionManager.scala
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class RemoteConnectionManager(
   initialConnections: Map[RemoteAddress, ActorRef] = Map.empty[RemoteAddress, ActorRef])
   extends ConnectionManager {
 
-  val log = Logging(system, this)
+  val log = Logging(system, "RemoteConnectionManager")
 
   // FIXME is this VersionedIterable really needed? It is not used I think. Complicates API. See 'def connections' etc.
   case class State(version: Long, connections: Map[RemoteAddress, ActorRef])
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/netty/NettyRemoteSupport.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/netty/NettyRemoteSupport.scala
index f6110f62d4..38e03a968f 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/netty/NettyRemoteSupport.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/netty/NettyRemoteSupport.scala
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ abstract class RemoteClient private[akka] (
   val remoteSupport: NettyRemoteSupport,
   val remoteAddress: RemoteAddress) {
 
-  val log = Logging(remoteSupport.system, this)
+  val log = Logging(remoteSupport.system, "RemoteClient")
 
   val name = simpleName(this) + "@" + remoteAddress
 
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ class ActiveRemoteClientHandler(
  * Provides the implementation of the Netty remote support
  */
 class NettyRemoteSupport(_system: ActorSystem) extends RemoteSupport(_system) with RemoteMarshallingOps {
-  val log = Logging(system, this)
+  val log = Logging(system, "NettyRemoteSupport")
 
   val serverSettings = new RemoteServerSettings(system.settings.config, system.settings.DefaultTimeUnit)
   val clientSettings = new RemoteClientSettings(system.settings.config, system.settings.DefaultTimeUnit)
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ class NettyRemoteSupport(_system: ActorSystem) extends RemoteSupport(_system) wi
 }
 
 class NettyRemoteServer(val remoteSupport: NettyRemoteSupport, val loader: Option[ClassLoader]) {
-  val log = Logging(remoteSupport.system, this)
+  val log = Logging(remoteSupport.system, "NettyRemoteServer")
   import remoteSupport.serverSettings._
 
   val address = remoteSupport.system.rootPath.remoteAddress
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ class RemoteServerHandler(
   val applicationLoader: Option[ClassLoader],
   val remoteSupport: NettyRemoteSupport) extends SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler {
 
-  val log = Logging(remoteSupport.system, this)
+  val log = Logging(remoteSupport.system, "RemoteServerHandler")
 
   import remoteSupport.serverSettings._
 
diff --git a/akka-testkit/src/main/scala/akka/testkit/CallingThreadDispatcher.scala b/akka-testkit/src/main/scala/akka/testkit/CallingThreadDispatcher.scala
index ff53016a74..fe3b406575 100644
--- a/akka-testkit/src/main/scala/akka/testkit/CallingThreadDispatcher.scala
+++ b/akka-testkit/src/main/scala/akka/testkit/CallingThreadDispatcher.scala
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ class CallingThreadDispatcher(
   val name: String = "calling-thread") extends MessageDispatcher(_prerequisites) {
   import CallingThreadDispatcher._
 
+  val log = akka.event.Logging(prerequisites.eventStream, "CallingThreadDispatcher")
+
   protected[akka] override def createMailbox(actor: ActorCell) = new CallingThreadMailbox(actor)
 
   private def getMailbox(actor: ActorCell): Option[CallingThreadMailbox] = actor.mailbox match {
@@ -215,12 +217,12 @@ class CallingThreadDispatcher(
           true
         } catch {
           case ie: InterruptedException ⇒
-            prerequisites.eventStream.publish(Error(this, ie))
+            log.error(ie, "Interrupted during message processing")
             Thread.currentThread().interrupt()
             intex = ie
             true
           case e ⇒
-            prerequisites.eventStream.publish(Error(this, e))
+            log.error(e, "Error during message processing")
             queue.leave
             false
         }
diff --git a/akka-testkit/src/main/scala/akka/testkit/TestEventListener.scala b/akka-testkit/src/main/scala/akka/testkit/TestEventListener.scala
index 13b3587624..8cf7a8da4a 100644
--- a/akka-testkit/src/main/scala/akka/testkit/TestEventListener.scala
+++ b/akka-testkit/src/main/scala/akka/testkit/TestEventListener.scala
@@ -95,26 +95,20 @@ abstract class EventFilter(occurrences: Int) {
   /*
    * these default values are just there for easier subclassing
    */
-  protected val source: Option[AnyRef] = None
+  protected val source: Option[String] = None
   protected val message: Either[String, Regex] = Left("")
   protected val complete: Boolean = false
   /**
    * internal implementation helper, no guaranteed API
    */
-  protected def doMatch(src: AnyRef, msg: Any) = {
+  protected def doMatch(src: String, msg: Any) = {
     val msgstr = if (msg != null) msg.toString else "null"
-    (source.isDefined && sourceMatch(src) || source.isEmpty) &&
+    (source.isDefined && source.get == src || source.isEmpty) &&
       (message match {
         case Left(s)  ⇒ if (complete) msgstr == s else msgstr.startsWith(s)
         case Right(p) ⇒ p.findFirstIn(msgstr).isDefined
       })
   }
-  private def sourceMatch(src: AnyRef) = {
-    source.get match {
-      case c: Class[_] ⇒ c isInstance src
-      case s           ⇒ src == s
-    }
-  }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -151,7 +145,7 @@ object EventFilter {
    * `null` does NOT work (passing `null` disables the
    * source filter).''
    */
-  def apply[A <: Throwable: Manifest](message: String = null, source: AnyRef = null, start: String = "", pattern: String = null, occurrences: Int = Int.MaxValue): EventFilter =
+  def apply[A <: Throwable: Manifest](message: String = null, source: String = null, start: String = "", pattern: String = null, occurrences: Int = Int.MaxValue): EventFilter =
     ErrorFilter(manifest[A].erasure, Option(source),
       if (message ne null) Left(message) else Option(pattern) map (new Regex(_)) toRight start,
       message ne null)(occurrences)
@@ -170,7 +164,7 @@ object EventFilter {
    * `null` does NOT work (passing `null` disables the
    * source filter).''
    */
-  def warning(message: String = null, source: AnyRef = null, start: String = "", pattern: String = null, occurrences: Int = Int.MaxValue): EventFilter =
+  def warning(message: String = null, source: String = null, start: String = "", pattern: String = null, occurrences: Int = Int.MaxValue): EventFilter =
     WarningFilter(Option(source),
       if (message ne null) Left(message) else Option(pattern) map (new Regex(_)) toRight start,
       message ne null)(occurrences)
@@ -189,7 +183,7 @@ object EventFilter {
    * `null` does NOT work (passing `null` disables the
    * source filter).''
    */
-  def info(message: String = null, source: AnyRef = null, start: String = "", pattern: String = null, occurrences: Int = Int.MaxValue): EventFilter =
+  def info(message: String = null, source: String = null, start: String = "", pattern: String = null, occurrences: Int = Int.MaxValue): EventFilter =
     InfoFilter(Option(source),
       if (message ne null) Left(message) else Option(pattern) map (new Regex(_)) toRight start,
       message ne null)(occurrences)
@@ -208,7 +202,7 @@ object EventFilter {
    * `null` does NOT work (passing `null` disables the
    * source filter).''
    */
-  def debug(message: String = null, source: AnyRef = null, start: String = "", pattern: String = null, occurrences: Int = Int.MaxValue): EventFilter =
+  def debug(message: String = null, source: String = null, start: String = "", pattern: String = null, occurrences: Int = Int.MaxValue): EventFilter =
     DebugFilter(Option(source),
       if (message ne null) Left(message) else Option(pattern) map (new Regex(_)) toRight start,
       message ne null)(occurrences)
@@ -244,7 +238,7 @@ object EventFilter {
  */
 case class ErrorFilter(
   throwable: Class[_],
-  override val source: Option[AnyRef],
+  override val source: Option[String],
   override val message: Either[String, Regex],
   override val complete: Boolean)(occurrences: Int) extends EventFilter(occurrences) {
 
@@ -272,7 +266,7 @@ case class ErrorFilter(
    * @param complete
    *   whether the event’s message must match the given message string or pattern completely
    */
-  def this(throwable: Class[_], source: AnyRef, message: String, pattern: Boolean, complete: Boolean, occurrences: Int) =
+  def this(throwable: Class[_], source: String, message: String, pattern: Boolean, complete: Boolean, occurrences: Int) =
     this(throwable, Option(source),
       if (message eq null) Left("")
       else if (pattern) Right(new Regex(message))
@@ -295,7 +289,7 @@ case class ErrorFilter(
  * If you want to match all Warning events, the most efficient is to use <code>Left("")</code>.
  */
 case class WarningFilter(
-  override val source: Option[AnyRef],
+  override val source: Option[String],
   override val message: Either[String, Regex],
   override val complete: Boolean)(occurrences: Int) extends EventFilter(occurrences) {
 
@@ -321,7 +315,7 @@ case class WarningFilter(
    * @param complete
    *   whether the event’s message must match the given message string or pattern completely
    */
-  def this(source: AnyRef, message: String, pattern: Boolean, complete: Boolean, occurrences: Int) =
+  def this(source: String, message: String, pattern: Boolean, complete: Boolean, occurrences: Int) =
     this(Option(source),
       if (message eq null) Left("")
       else if (pattern) Right(new Regex(message))
@@ -338,7 +332,7 @@ case class WarningFilter(
  * If you want to match all Info events, the most efficient is to use <code>Left("")</code>.
  */
 case class InfoFilter(
-  override val source: Option[AnyRef],
+  override val source: Option[String],
   override val message: Either[String, Regex],
   override val complete: Boolean)(occurrences: Int) extends EventFilter(occurrences) {
 
@@ -364,7 +358,7 @@ case class InfoFilter(
    * @param complete
    *   whether the event’s message must match the given message string or pattern completely
    */
-  def this(source: AnyRef, message: String, pattern: Boolean, complete: Boolean, occurrences: Int) =
+  def this(source: String, message: String, pattern: Boolean, complete: Boolean, occurrences: Int) =
     this(Option(source),
       if (message eq null) Left("")
       else if (pattern) Right(new Regex(message))
@@ -381,7 +375,7 @@ case class InfoFilter(
  * If you want to match all Debug events, the most efficient is to use <code>Left("")</code>.
  */
 case class DebugFilter(
-  override val source: Option[AnyRef],
+  override val source: Option[String],
   override val message: Either[String, Regex],
   override val complete: Boolean)(occurrences: Int) extends EventFilter(occurrences) {
 
@@ -407,7 +401,7 @@ case class DebugFilter(
    * @param complete
    *   whether the event’s message must match the given message string or pattern completely
    */
-  def this(source: AnyRef, message: String, pattern: Boolean, complete: Boolean, occurrences: Int) =
+  def this(source: String, message: String, pattern: Boolean, complete: Boolean, occurrences: Int) =
     this(Option(source),
       if (message eq null) Left("")
       else if (pattern) Right(new Regex(message))
@@ -452,12 +446,12 @@ class TestEventListener extends Logging.DefaultLogger {
     case event: LogEvent ⇒ if (!filter(event)) print(event)
     case DeadLetter(msg: SystemMessage, _, rcp) ⇒
       if (!msg.isInstanceOf[Terminate]) {
-        val event = Warning(rcp, "received dead system message: " + msg)
+        val event = Warning(rcp.toString, "received dead system message: " + msg)
         if (!filter(event)) print(event)
       }
     case DeadLetter(msg, snd, rcp) ⇒
       if (!msg.isInstanceOf[Terminated]) {
-        val event = Warning(rcp, "received dead letter from " + snd + ": " + msg)
+        val event = Warning(rcp.toString, "received dead letter from " + snd + ": " + msg)
         if (!filter(event)) print(event)
       }
   }
diff --git a/akka-testkit/src/main/scala/akka/testkit/TestKit.scala b/akka-testkit/src/main/scala/akka/testkit/TestKit.scala
index 857d9f22ee..9f225a07cc 100644
--- a/akka-testkit/src/main/scala/akka/testkit/TestKit.scala
+++ b/akka-testkit/src/main/scala/akka/testkit/TestKit.scala
@@ -602,5 +602,5 @@ object TestProbe {
 }
 
 trait ImplicitSender { this: TestKit ⇒
-  implicit def implicitSenderTestActor = testActor
+  implicit def self = testActor
 }
diff --git a/akka-testkit/src/test/scala/akka/testkit/AkkaSpec.scala b/akka-testkit/src/test/scala/akka/testkit/AkkaSpec.scala
index c365cd43fa..b3e34de2f3 100644
--- a/akka-testkit/src/test/scala/akka/testkit/AkkaSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-testkit/src/test/scala/akka/testkit/AkkaSpec.scala
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ object TimingTest extends Tag("timing")
 abstract class AkkaSpec(_application: ActorSystem = ActorSystem())
   extends TestKit(_application) with WordSpec with MustMatchers with BeforeAndAfterAll {
 
-  val log: LoggingAdapter = Logging(system, this)
+  val log: LoggingAdapter = Logging(system, this.getClass)
 
   final override def beforeAll {
     atStartup()