diff --git a/source/log4net-loggly-console/App.config b/source/log4net-loggly-console/App.config
index 9a0b987..c93dc2f 100644
--- a/source/log4net-loggly-console/App.config
+++ b/source/log4net-loggly-console/App.config
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@
 			</layout>
 		</appender>
 		<appender name="LogglyAppender" type="log4net.loggly.LogglyAppender, log4net-loggly">
-			<rootUrl value="https://logs.loggly.com/" />
-			<inputKey value="eb952942-e7c0-4f37-9746-8f018d329595" />
+			<rootUrl value="https://logs-01.loggly.com/" />
+			<inputKey value="777b14d4-2122-49fa-87c7-21b98b3de578" />
 		</appender>
 		<appender name="LogglyBufferringAppender" type="log4net.loggly.LogglyBufferringAppender, log4net-loggly">
-			<rootUrl value="https://logs.loggly.com/" />
-			<inputKey value="eb952942-e7c0-4f37-9746-8f018d329595" />
+			<rootUrl value="https://logs-01.loggly.com/" />
+			<inputKey value="777b14d4-2122-49fa-87c7-21b98b3de578" />
 		</appender>
 	</log4net>
 </configuration>
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diff --git a/source/log4net-loggly/LogglyAppender.cs b/source/log4net-loggly/LogglyAppender.cs
index 11f0dd2..7abb4cd 100644
--- a/source/log4net-loggly/LogglyAppender.cs
+++ b/source/log4net-loggly/LogglyAppender.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-using log4net.Appender;
+using System;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Threading;
+using log4net.Appender;
 using log4net.Core;
 
 namespace log4net.loggly
@@ -19,8 +22,24 @@ public class LogglyAppender : AppenderSkeleton
 
 		protected override void Append(LoggingEvent loggingEvent)
 		{
-			Formatter.AppendAdditionalLoggingInformation(Config, loggingEvent);
-			Client.Send(Config, Config.InputKey, Formatter.ToJson(loggingEvent));
+		    ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem(x =>
+		    {
+		        try
+		        {
+		            Formatter.AppendAdditionalLoggingInformation(Config, loggingEvent);
+		            Client.Send(Config, Config.InputKey, Formatter.ToJson(loggingEvent));
+		        }
+		        catch (Exception ex)
+		        {
+                    Console.Out.WriteLine(ex.ToString());
+#if DEBUG 
+                    Debug.WriteLine("loggly-log4net error \r\n:" + ex.ToString());
+#endif
+                    Trace.WriteLine("loggly-log4net error \r\n:" + ex.ToString());
+		        }
+		    });
 		}
+
+        
 	}
 }
diff --git a/source/log4net-loggly/LogglyClient.cs b/source/log4net-loggly/LogglyClient.cs
index db6b8cb..0b8aa94 100644
--- a/source/log4net-loggly/LogglyClient.cs
+++ b/source/log4net-loggly/LogglyClient.cs
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ namespace log4net.loggly
 {
 	public class LogglyClient : ILogglyClient
 	{
+
 		public virtual void Send(ILogglyAppenderConfig config, string inputKey, string message)
 		{
 			var bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(message);
 			var request = CreateWebRequest(config, string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(inputKey) ? config.InputKey : inputKey);
+            
 			using (var dataStream = request.GetRequestStream())
 			{
 				dataStream.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
diff --git a/source/log4net-loggly/LogglyFormatter.cs b/source/log4net-loggly/LogglyFormatter.cs
index b4d1e8e..dc978b4 100644
--- a/source/log4net-loggly/LogglyFormatter.cs
+++ b/source/log4net-loggly/LogglyFormatter.cs
@@ -7,46 +7,51 @@
 
 namespace log4net.loggly
 {
-	public class LogglyFormatter : ILogglyFormatter
-	{
-		private Process _currentProcess;
+    public class LogglyFormatter : ILogglyFormatter
+    {
+        private Process _currentProcess;
 
-		public LogglyFormatter()
-		{
-			_currentProcess = Process.GetCurrentProcess();
-		}
+        public LogglyFormatter()
+        {
+            _currentProcess = Process.GetCurrentProcess();
+        }
 
-		public virtual void AppendAdditionalLoggingInformation(ILogglyAppenderConfig config, LoggingEvent loggingEvent)
-		{
-		}
+        public virtual void AppendAdditionalLoggingInformation(ILogglyAppenderConfig config, LoggingEvent loggingEvent)
+        {
+        }
 
-		public virtual string ToJson(LoggingEvent loggingEvent)
-		{
-			return PreParse(loggingEvent).ToJson();
-		}
+        public virtual string ToJson(LoggingEvent loggingEvent)
+        {
+            return PreParse(loggingEvent).ToJson();
+        }
 
-		public virtual string ToJson(IEnumerable<LoggingEvent> loggingEvents)
-		{
-			return loggingEvents.Select(PreParse).ToJson();
-		}
+        public virtual string ToJson(IEnumerable<LoggingEvent> loggingEvents)
+        {
+            return loggingEvents.Select(PreParse).ToJson();
+        }
 
-		private object PreParse(LoggingEvent loggingEvent)
-		{
-			var exceptionString = loggingEvent.GetExceptionString();
-			if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(exceptionString))
-			{
-				exceptionString = null; //ensure empty strings aren't included in the json output.
-			}
-			return new
-			       	{
-			       		level = loggingEvent.Level.DisplayName,
-			       		time = loggingEvent.TimeStamp.ToString("yyyyMMdd HHmmss.fff zzz"),
-						machine = Environment.MachineName,
-						process = _currentProcess.ProcessName,
-						thread = loggingEvent.ThreadName,
-						message = loggingEvent.MessageObject,
-						ex = exceptionString,
-			       	};
-		}
-	}
+        private object PreParse(LoggingEvent loggingEvent)
+        {
+            var exceptionString = loggingEvent.GetExceptionString();
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(exceptionString))
+            {
+                exceptionString = null; //ensure empty strings aren't included in the json output.
+            }
+            
+            var result = new
+            {
+                level = loggingEvent.Level.DisplayName,
+                time = loggingEvent.TimeStamp.ToString("yyyyMMdd HHmmss.fff zzz"),
+                machine = Environment.MachineName,
+                process = _currentProcess.ProcessName,
+                thread = loggingEvent.ThreadName,
+                message = loggingEvent.MessageObject.ToString(),
+                loggerName = loggingEvent.LoggerName,
+                pid = GlobalContext.Properties["pid"],
+                ex = exceptionString,
+            };
+
+            return result;
+        }
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/source/log4net-loggly/log4net-loggly.csproj b/source/log4net-loggly/log4net-loggly.csproj
index a49567a..4392ed9 100644
--- a/source/log4net-loggly/log4net-loggly.csproj
+++ b/source/log4net-loggly/log4net-loggly.csproj
@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Reference Include="log4net">
-      <HintPath>..\packages\log4net.2.0.0\lib\net40-full\log4net.dll</HintPath>
+    <Reference Include="log4net, Version=1.2.13.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=669e0ddf0bb1aa2a, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
+      <HintPath>..\packages\log4net.2.0.3\lib\net40-full\log4net.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="ServiceStack.Text">
       <HintPath>..\packages\ServiceStack.Text.3.8.5\lib\net35\ServiceStack.Text.dll</HintPath>
diff --git a/source/log4net-loggly/packages.config b/source/log4net-loggly/packages.config
index 55d0a20..a1b2257 100644
--- a/source/log4net-loggly/packages.config
+++ b/source/log4net-loggly/packages.config
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
-  <package id="log4net" version="2.0.0" targetFramework="net40" />
+  <package id="log4net" version="2.0.3" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="ServiceStack.Text" version="3.8.5" targetFramework="net40" />
 </packages>
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diff --git a/source/packages/repositories.config b/source/packages/repositories.config
index e52a69d..6f8f19f 100644
--- a/source/packages/repositories.config
+++ b/source/packages/repositories.config
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@
 <repositories>
   <repository path="..\log4net-loggly\packages.config" />
   <repository path="..\log4net-loggly-console\packages.config" />
-  <repository path="..\log4net-loggly-tests\packages.config" />
 </repositories>
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