diff --git a/sandbox/ConsoleApp/Program.cs b/sandbox/ConsoleApp/Program.cs
index 206abb38..0266b7ad 100644
--- a/sandbox/ConsoleApp/Program.cs
+++ b/sandbox/ConsoleApp/Program.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@
         {
             console.ConfigureEnableAnsiEscapeCode = true;
             console.OutputEncodingToUtf8 = true;
-            console.UsePlainTextFormatter();
+            console.UsePlainTextFormatter(formatter =>
+            {
+                formatter.SetPrefixFormatter($"{0:timeonly} | {1:short} | ", (template, info) => template.Format(info.Timestamp, info.LogLevel));
+            });
         });
     });
 });
diff --git a/src/ZLogger/MessageTemplate.cs b/src/ZLogger/MessageTemplate.cs
index f746bb12..957bd4ea 100644
--- a/src/ZLogger/MessageTemplate.cs
+++ b/src/ZLogger/MessageTemplate.cs
@@ -67,27 +67,26 @@ static void AppendLogLevel(ref Utf8StringWriter<IBufferWriter<byte>> writer, ref
                 {
                     case LogLevel.Trace:
                         writer.AppendUtf8("TRC"u8);
-                        break;
+                        return;
                     case LogLevel.Debug:
                         writer.AppendUtf8("DBG"u8);
-                        break;
+                        return;
                     case LogLevel.Information:
                         writer.AppendUtf8("INF"u8);
-                        break;
+                        return;
                     case LogLevel.Warning:
                         writer.AppendUtf8("WRN"u8);
-                        break;
+                        return;
                     case LogLevel.Error:
                         writer.AppendUtf8("ERR"u8);
-                        break;
+                        return;
                     case LogLevel.Critical:
                         writer.AppendUtf8("CRI"u8);
-                        break;
+                        return;
                     case LogLevel.None:
                         writer.AppendUtf8("NON"u8);
-                        break;
+                        return;
                     default:
-                        writer.AppendFormatted(value);
                         break;
                 }
             }