diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 08e597a..1fcc435 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ can download it from here.
 
 > `ulog.min.js` lazy loads `ulog.lazy.min.js` on demand, so make sure to include both files in your download
 
-* [full.min.js](https://unpkg.com/ulog@2.0.0-beta.18/full.min.js) (~5.7kB minified and gzipped)
+* [full.min.js](https://unpkg.com/ulog@2.0.0-beta.18/full.min.js) (~5.6kB minified and gzipped)
 
 > Full bundle, no lazy loading
 
diff --git a/mods/formats/index.js b/mods/formats/index.js
index bdb4598..0315961 100644
--- a/mods/formats/index.js
+++ b/mods/formats/index.js
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ var parse = require('kurly/parse')
 var pipe = require('kurly/pipe')
 var grab = require('../../core/grab')
 var console = require('../channels/console')
-var makeStatic = require('./utils').makeStatic
-var makeStaticPipe = require('./utils').makeStaticPipe
+var firefox = require('../colors/utils').firefox
 var applyFormatting = require('./apply-formatting')
 var applyAlignment = require('./apply-alignment')
 
@@ -64,9 +63,8 @@ module.exports = {
         .map(toTag)
         .filter(skip)
         .reduce(function(r,fmt){
-          var msg = makeStatic(fmt)
-          return applyFormatting(rec, fmt, msg, r)
-        }, [''])
+           return applyFormatting(rec, fmt, fmt, r)}
+         , [''])
         // apply alignment if needed
         applyAlignment(rec, args)
         // bind the output and arguments to the log method
@@ -77,7 +75,19 @@ module.exports = {
       } else {
         return makeDynamicPipe(output, method, rec, line)
       }
-  }
+    }
+
+    function makeStaticPipe(output, method, rec, args) {
+      return Object.defineProperty({}, 'out', {
+        get: function(){
+          return method.bind.apply(method,
+            [output].concat(firefox && (rec.level === 'trace') ? [] : args.map(function(arg){
+              return typeof arg == 'function' ? arg() : arg
+            })
+          ))
+        }
+      }).out
+    }
 
     function makeDynamicPipe(output, method, rec, line) {
      // set up a dynamic pipeline as a function
@@ -101,11 +111,12 @@ module.exports = {
       }})(rec)
     }
 
-    function toTag(node) {return (
-      !node || !node.tag ? node :
-      node.tag
-    )}
+    function toTag(node) {
+      return !node || !node.tag ? node : node.tag
+    }
 
-    function skip(tag){return (typeof tag != 'string') || tag.trim().length}
+    function skip(tag){
+      return (typeof tag != 'string') || tag.trim().length
+    }
   },
 }
diff --git a/mods/formats/utils.browser.js b/mods/formats/utils.browser.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 8d96284..0000000
--- a/mods/formats/utils.browser.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-// Detect V8 in browsers to compensate for a bug where toString is called twice
-var bug = (typeof Intl != 'undefined') && Intl.v8BreakIterator
-var firefox = require('../colors/utils').firefox
-
-module.exports.makeStatic = function(fmt){
-  if (bug && (typeof fmt == 'function') && (fmt.toString === fmt)) {
-    var skip = bug
-    fmt.toString = function(){
-      if (skip) return skip = ''
-      skip = bug
-      return fmt()
-    }
-  }
-  return fmt
-}
-
-module.exports.makeStaticPipe = function(output, method, rec, args) {
-  return method.bind.apply(method, [output].concat(firefox && (rec.level === 'trace') ? [] : args))
-}
diff --git a/mods/formats/utils.js b/mods/formats/utils.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a47887..0000000
--- a/mods/formats/utils.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-module.exports.makeStatic = function(fmt){
-  fmt.toString = fmt
-  return fmt
-}
-
-module.exports.makeStaticPipe = function(output, method, rec, args) {
-  return method.bind.apply(method, [output].concat(args))
-}
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 23e92aa..240e384 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ulog",
-  "version": "2.0.0-beta.17",
+  "version": "2.0.0-beta.18",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cc799ef..05a0b07 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@
     "./mods/config/watch.js": "./mods/config/watch.browser.js",
     "./mods/levels/default.js": "./mods/levels/default.browser.js",
     "./mods/formats/aligned.js": "./mods/formats/aligned.browser.js",
-    "./mods/formats/default.js": "./mods/formats/default.browser.js",
-    "./mods/formats/utils.js": "./mods/formats/utils.browser.js"
+    "./mods/formats/default.js": "./mods/formats/default.browser.js"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "ulog",