diff --git a/packages/core/pattern.mjs b/packages/core/pattern.mjs
index 4737f0db..23919539 100644
--- a/packages/core/pattern.mjs
+++ b/packages/core/pattern.mjs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import {
   stringifyValues,
 } from './util.mjs';
 import drawLine from './drawLine.mjs';
-import { logger } from './logger.mjs';
+import { errorLogger, logger } from './logger.mjs';
 
 let stringParser;
 
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ export class Pattern {
     try {
       return this.query(new State(new TimeSpan(begin, end), controls));
     } catch (err) {
-      logger(`[query]: ${err.message}`, 'error');
+      errorLogger(err, 'query');
       return [];
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/tonal/tonal.mjs b/packages/tonal/tonal.mjs
index 427a66f4..951f0f7e 100644
--- a/packages/tonal/tonal.mjs
+++ b/packages/tonal/tonal.mjs
@@ -5,7 +5,16 @@ This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under th
 */
 
 import { Note, Interval, Scale } from '@tonaljs/tonal';
-import { register, _mod, logger, isNote, noteToMidi, removeUndefineds, getAccidentalsOffset } from '@strudel/core';
+import {
+  _mod,
+  errorLogger,
+  getAccidentalsOffset,
+  isNote,
+  logger,
+  noteToMidi,
+  register,
+  removeUndefineds,
+} from '@strudel/core';
 import { stepInNamedScale, nearestNumberIndex } from './tonleiter.mjs';
 
 const octavesInterval = (octaves) => (octaves <= 0 ? -1 : 1) + octaves * 7 + 'P';
@@ -294,7 +303,7 @@ export const scale = register(
             }
             if (offset != 0) scaleNote = Note.transpose(scaleNote, Interval.fromSemitones(offset));
           } catch (err) {
-            logger(`[tonal] ${err.message}`, 'error');
+            errorLogger(err, 'tonal');
             return; // will be removed
           }
         }