diff --git a/src/System/Logger/Message.hs b/src/System/Logger/Message.hs
index 7de1bfb729adca1d1232e2b0a769427c5fd9c307..544adc4f5c6d866337d88c2a062026a7be16ef00 100644
--- a/src/System/Logger/Message.hs
+++ b/src/System/Logger/Message.hs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ module System.Logger.Message
     , Msg
     , msg
     , field
+    , (=:)
     , render
     ) where
 
@@ -26,10 +27,12 @@ newtype Msg  = Msg { builders :: [B.Builder] }
 msg :: ByteString -> Builder
 msg p (Msg m) = Msg (B.byteString p : m)
 
-field :: ByteString -> ByteString -> Builder
+field, (=:) :: ByteString -> ByteString -> Builder
 field k v (Msg m) = Msg $
     B.byteString k <> B.byteString "=" <> B.byteString v : m
 
+(=:) = field
+
 render :: ByteString -> Builder -> L.ByteString
 render s f = finish
            . mconcat
diff --git a/src/System/LoggerT.hs b/src/System/LoggerT.hs
index f781526e9de9029aafc9df4aa03d0b30e4b202d5..db311a5c0f4d40adf48eef3a0d49fdd8e3242d33 100644
--- a/src/System/LoggerT.hs
+++ b/src/System/LoggerT.hs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ where
 
 import Prelude hiding (log)
 import Control.Applicative
+import Control.Monad.Catch
 import Control.Monad.Reader
 import System.Logger (Logger, Level (..))
 import System.Logger.Message as M
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ newtype LoggerT m a = LoggerT
                , Applicative
                , Monad
                , MonadIO
+               , MonadCatch
                , MonadReader Logger
                , MonadTrans
                )
diff --git a/tinylog.cabal b/tinylog.cabal
index 53137b846e0ef4794dbfc60a4d35e28f89ce45ad..7182ccc7ded156920ac69d3ef08dd104614840d3 100644
--- a/tinylog.cabal
+++ b/tinylog.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                 tinylog
-version:              0.4.2
+version:              0.5
 synopsis:             Simplistic logging using fast-logger.
 author:               Toralf Wittner
 maintainer:           Toralf Wittner <tw@dtex.org>
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ library
           base         == 4.*
         , bytestring   >= 0.10
         , date-cache   >= 0.3
+        , exceptions   >= 0.3
         , fast-logger  >= 2.1.4 && < 2.2
         , mtl          >= 2.1
         , transformers >= 0.3