diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 3ad577a..4cab298 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -795,8 +795,7 @@
             "ansi-regex": {
                "version": "2.1.1",
                "bundled": true,
-               "dev": true,
-               "optional": true
+               "dev": true
             },
             "aproba": {
                "version": "1.2.0",
@@ -817,14 +816,12 @@
             "balanced-match": {
                "version": "1.0.0",
                "bundled": true,
-               "dev": true,
-               "optional": true
+               "dev": true
             },
             "brace-expansion": {
                "version": "1.1.11",
                "bundled": true,
                "dev": true,
-               "optional": true,
                "requires": {
                   "balanced-match": "^1.0.0",
                   "concat-map": "0.0.1"
@@ -839,20 +836,17 @@
             "code-point-at": {
                "version": "1.1.0",
                "bundled": true,
-               "dev": true,
-               "optional": true
+               "dev": true
             },
             "concat-map": {
                "version": "0.0.1",
                "bundled": true,
-               "dev": true,
-               "optional": true
+               "dev": true
             },
             "console-control-strings": {
                "version": "1.1.0",
                "bundled": true,
-               "dev": true,
-               "optional": true
+               "dev": true
             },
             "core-util-is": {
                "version": "1.0.2",
@@ -969,8 +963,7 @@
             "inherits": {
                "version": "2.0.3",
                "bundled": true,
-               "dev": true,
-               "optional": true
+               "dev": true
             },
             "ini": {
                "version": "1.3.5",
@@ -982,7 +975,6 @@
                "version": "1.0.0",
                "bundled": true,
                "dev": true,
-               "optional": true,
                "requires": {
                   "number-is-nan": "^1.0.0"
                }
@@ -997,7 +989,6 @@
                "version": "3.0.4",
                "bundled": true,
                "dev": true,
-               "optional": true,
                "requires": {
                   "brace-expansion": "^1.1.7"
                }
@@ -1005,14 +996,12 @@
             "minimist": {
                "version": "0.0.8",
                "bundled": true,
-               "dev": true,
-               "optional": true
+               "dev": true
             },
             "minipass": {
                "version": "2.3.5",
                "bundled": true,
                "dev": true,
-               "optional": true,
                "requires": {
                   "safe-buffer": "^5.1.2",
                   "yallist": "^3.0.0"
@@ -1031,7 +1020,6 @@
                "version": "0.5.1",
                "bundled": true,
                "dev": true,
-               "optional": true,
                "requires": {
                   "minimist": "0.0.8"
                }
@@ -1112,8 +1100,7 @@
             "number-is-nan": {
                "version": "1.0.1",
                "bundled": true,
-               "dev": true,
-               "optional": true
+               "dev": true
             },
             "object-assign": {
                "version": "4.1.1",
@@ -1125,7 +1112,6 @@
                "version": "1.4.0",
                "bundled": true,
                "dev": true,
-               "optional": true,
                "requires": {
                   "wrappy": "1"
                }
@@ -1211,8 +1197,7 @@
             "safe-buffer": {
                "version": "5.1.2",
                "bundled": true,
-               "dev": true,
-               "optional": true
+               "dev": true
             },
             "safer-buffer": {
                "version": "2.1.2",
@@ -1248,7 +1233,6 @@
                "version": "1.0.2",
                "bundled": true,
                "dev": true,
-               "optional": true,
                "requires": {
                   "code-point-at": "^1.0.0",
                   "is-fullwidth-code-point": "^1.0.0",
@@ -1268,7 +1252,6 @@
                "version": "3.0.1",
                "bundled": true,
                "dev": true,
-               "optional": true,
                "requires": {
                   "ansi-regex": "^2.0.0"
                }
@@ -1312,14 +1295,12 @@
             "wrappy": {
                "version": "1.0.2",
                "bundled": true,
-               "dev": true,
-               "optional": true
+               "dev": true
             },
             "yallist": {
                "version": "3.0.3",
                "bundled": true,
-               "dev": true,
-               "optional": true
+               "dev": true
             }
          }
       },
diff --git a/src/base.ts b/src/base.ts
index bc7d238..3f7e125 100644
--- a/src/base.ts
+++ b/src/base.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,11 @@ export class LoggingBase {
     private adapter_init: Promise<void>[] = [];
 
     private messageObservable = new Observable<Message>();
-    protected name: string;
+    protected _name: string;
+    
+    get name() {
+        return this._name;
+    }
 
     constructor(options?: Partial<LoggingBaseOptions> | string) {
         let opt: Partial<LoggingBaseOptions>;
@@ -57,7 +61,7 @@ export class LoggingBase {
         };
 
         if (config.name)
-            this.name = config.name;
+            this._name = config.name;
 
         for (let key in this) {
             if (typeof this[key] === "function") this[key] = (<any>this[key]).bind(this);
@@ -70,7 +74,7 @@ export class LoggingBase {
 
     addAdapter(adapter: Adapter) {
         this.adapter.push(adapter);
-        let prms = Promise.resolve(adapter.init(this.messageObservable.getPublicApi(), this.name));
+        let prms = Promise.resolve(adapter.init(this.messageObservable.getPublicApi(), this._name));
         this.adapter_init.push(prms);
     }
 
@@ -186,7 +190,7 @@ export class LoggingBase {
         let msg: Message = {
             date: new Date(),
             file,
-            name: this.name,
+            name: this._name,
             text: {
                 raw: lines,
                 formatted