diff --git a/chronicles.nim b/chronicles.nim
index 5dce48b..950d784 100644
--- a/chronicles.nim
+++ b/chronicles.nim
@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@ macro expandIt*(T: type, expandedProps: untyped): untyped =
     record = ident "record"
     it = ident "it"
     it_name = ident "it_name"
-    value = ident "value"
     setPropertyCalls = newStmtList()
 
   for prop in expandedProps:
@@ -260,7 +259,7 @@ macro logIMPL(lineInfo: static InstInfo,
       else:
         for topic in enabledTopics:
           if topic.name == t:
-            if topic.logLevel != NONE:
+            if topic.logLevel != LogLevel.NONE:
               if severity >= topic.logLevel:
                 enabledTopicsMatch = true
             elif severity >= enabledLogLevel:
@@ -268,7 +267,10 @@ macro logIMPL(lineInfo: static InstInfo,
         if t in requiredTopics:
           dec requiredTopicsCount
 
-  if severity != NONE and not enabledTopicsMatch or requiredTopicsCount > 0:
+  if requiredTopicsCount > 0:
+    return
+
+  if enabledTopics.len > 0 and not enabledTopicsMatch:
     return
 
   # Handling file name and line numbers on/off (lineNumbersEnabled) for particular log statements
@@ -282,7 +284,7 @@ macro logIMPL(lineInfo: static InstInfo,
 
   var code = newStmtList()
   when runtimeFilteringEnabled:
-    if severity != NONE:
+    if severity != LogLevel.NONE:
       code.add runtimeTopicFilteringCode(severity, activeTopics)
 
   # The rest of the code selects the active LogRecord type (which can
@@ -290,10 +292,6 @@ macro logIMPL(lineInfo: static InstInfo,
   # translates the log statement to a set of calls to `initLogRecord`,
   # `setProperty` and `flushRecord`.
   let
-    recordTypeSym = skipTypedesc(RecordType.getTypeImpl())
-    recordTypeNodes = recordTypeSym.getTypeImpl()
-    recordArity = if recordTypeNodes.kind != nnkTupleConstr: 1
-                  else: recordTypeNodes.len
     record = genSym(nskVar, "record")
     expandItIMPL = bindSym("expandItIMPL", brForceOpen)
 
diff --git a/chronicles/dynamic_scope.nim b/chronicles/dynamic_scope.nim
index 482e4dc..82f2996 100644
--- a/chronicles/dynamic_scope.nim
+++ b/chronicles/dynamic_scope.nim
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import
-  macros, log_output, scope_helpers, options, dynamic_scope_types
+  macros, log_output, scope_helpers, dynamic_scope_types
 
 proc appenderIMPL[LogRecord, PropertyType](log: var LogRecord,
                                            keyValuePair: ptr ScopeBindingBase[LogRecord]) =
diff --git a/chronicles/js_json_records.nim b/chronicles/json_records.nim
similarity index 77%
rename from chronicles/js_json_records.nim
rename to chronicles/json_records.nim
index 9d316ba..b090f43 100644
--- a/chronicles/js_json_records.nim
+++ b/chronicles/json_records.nim
@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@ when not defined(js):
     outputs, json_serialization
 
   type
-    LogRecord*[Output; timestamps: static[TimestampScheme]] = object
+    LogRecord*[Output;
+               timestamps: static[TimestampScheme],
+               colors: static[ColorScheme]] = object
       output*: OutputStream
       jsonWriter: JsonWriter
 
-  template setProperty(r: var LogRecord, key: string, val: auto) =
+  template setProperty*(r: var LogRecord, key: string, val: auto) =
     writeField(r.jsonWriter, key, val)
 
   template flushRecord*(r: var LogRecord) =
@@ -33,7 +35,9 @@ else:
     JsonString* = distinct string
 
   type
-    LogRecord*[Output; timestamps: static[TimestampScheme]] = object
+    LogRecord*[Output;
+               timestamps: static[TimestampScheme],
+               colors: static[ColorScheme]] = object
       output*: Output
       record: js
 
@@ -44,10 +48,18 @@ else:
     r.output.append JSON.stringify(r.record)
     flushOutput r.output
 
+import typetraits
+
+template initOutputStream(x: auto): auto =
+  static: echo type(x).name
+  memoryOutput()
+
 proc initLogRecord*(r: var LogRecord,
                     level: LogLevel,
                     topics: string,
                     msg: string) =
+  r.output = initOutputStream r.Output
+
   when defined(js):
     r.record = newJsObject()
   else:
diff --git a/chronicles/log_output.nim b/chronicles/log_output.nim
index 04ca00d..2fb3c54 100644
--- a/chronicles/log_output.nim
+++ b/chronicles/log_output.nim
@@ -34,18 +34,8 @@ type
   PassThroughOutput*[FinalOutputs: tuple] = object
     finalOutputs: FinalOutputs
 
-  BufferedOutput*[FinalOutputs: tuple] = object
-    finalOutputs: FinalOutputs
-    buffer: string
-
   AnyFileOutput = FileOutput|StdOutOutput|StdErrOutput
-  AnyOutput = AnyFileOutput|SysLogOutput|BufferedOutput|PassThroughOutput
-
-  LogRecord*[Writer; Output;
-             timestamps: static[TimestampScheme],
-             colors: static[ColorScheme]] = object
-    writer*: Writer
-    output*: Output
+  AnyOutput = AnyFileOutput|SysLogOutput|PassThroughOutput
 
   StreamOutputRef*[Stream; outputId: static[int]] = object
 
@@ -61,8 +51,9 @@ when defined(posix):
   proc syslog(priority: int, format: cstring, msg: cstring) {.syslog_h.}
   # proc closelog() {.syslog_h.}
 
-  var LOG_EMERG {.syslog_h.}: int
-  var LOG_ALERT {.syslog_h.}: int
+  # Unused syslog levels:
+  # var LOG_EMERG {.syslog_h.}: int
+  # var LOG_ALERT {.syslog_h.}: int
   var LOG_CRIT {.syslog_h.}: int
   var LOG_ERR {.syslog_h.}: int
   var LOG_WARNING {.syslog_h.}: int
@@ -261,7 +252,8 @@ proc selectRecordType(s: var StreamCodeNodes, sink: SinkSpec): NimNode =
 # The LogRecord types are parametric on their Output and this is how we
 # can support arbitrary combinations of log formats and destinations.
 
-template activateOutput*(o: var (StdOutOutput|StdErrOutput), level: LogLevel) =
+template activateOutput*(o: var (StdOutOutput|StdErrOutput|OutputStream),
+                         level: LogLevel) =
   discard
 
 template activateOutput*(o: var FileOutput, level: LogLevel) =
@@ -273,13 +265,12 @@ template activateOutput*(o: var StreamOutputRef, level: LogLevel) =
 template activateOutput*(o: var (SysLogOutput|DynamicOutput), level: LogLevel) =
   o.currentRecordLevel = level
 
-template activateOutput*(o: var BufferedOutput|PassThroughOutput, level: LogLevel) =
+template activateOutput*(o: var PassThroughOutput, level: LogLevel) =
   for f in o.finalOutputs.fields:
     activateOutput(f, level)
 
 template prepareOutput*(r: var auto, level: LogLevel) =
   mixin activateOutput
-  r = default(type(r)) # Remove once nim is updated past #9790
 
   when r is tuple:
     for f in r.fields:
@@ -287,6 +278,9 @@ template prepareOutput*(r: var auto, level: LogLevel) =
   else:
     activateOutput(r.output, level)
 
+template initOuputStream(T: type): OutputStream =
+
+
 proc writeOutStr(f: File, s: OutStr) =
   # TODO: error handling
   discard f.writeBuffer(unsafeAddr s, s.len)
@@ -357,21 +351,6 @@ template append*(o: var DynamicOutput, s: OutStr) =
 
 template flushOutput*(o: var (SysLogOutput|DynamicOutput)) = discard
 
-# The buffered Output works in a very simple way. The log message is first
-# buffered into a sting and when it needs to be flushed, we just instantiate
-# each of the Output types and call `append` and `flush` on the instance:
-
-template append*(o: var BufferedOutput, s: OutStr) =
-  o.buffer.add(s)
-
-template flushOutput*(o: var BufferedOutput) =
-  for f in o.finalOutputs.fields:
-    append(f, o.buffer)
-    flushOutput(f)
-
-template getOutputStream(o: BufferedOutput|PassThroughOutput): File =
-  getOutputStream(o.finalOutputs[0])
-
 # The pass-through output just acts as a proxy, redirecting a single `append`
 # call to multiple destinations:
 
diff --git a/chronicles/textblocks.nim b/chronicles/textblocks.nim
index 73a25a9..2054d14 100644
--- a/chronicles/textblocks.nim
+++ b/chronicles/textblocks.nim
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ type
 const
   arrayOpenBracket = "[" & newLine
   arrayCloseBracket = "]" & newLine
-  objectOpenBracket = "[" & newLine
-  objectCloseBracket = "]" & newLine
+
+const
+  # We work-around a Nim bug:
+  # The compiler claims that the `terminal` module is unused
+  styleBright = terminal.styleBright
 
 proc appendIndent(output: var auto, depthLevel: int) =
   for i in 0 .. depthLevel:
@@ -92,6 +95,8 @@ proc initLogRecord*(r: var LogRecord,
                     topics, msg: string) =
   mixin append
 
+  r.output = initOutputStream r.Output
+
   appendLogLevelMarker(r, level)
   writeTs(r)
 
diff --git a/chronicles/textformats.nim b/chronicles/textformats.nim
index 6827cef..a0011a2 100644
--- a/chronicles/textformats.nim
+++ b/chronicles/textformats.nim
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import
-  strutils, terminal,
+  strutils,
   faststreams/outputs,
   options, log_output
 
diff --git a/chronicles/textlines.nim b/chronicles/textlines.nim
index 5260c8b..ba6621a 100644
--- a/chronicles/textlines.nim
+++ b/chronicles/textlines.nim
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import
-  times, strutils, terminal, typetraits,
+  times, strutils, typetraits, terminal,
   serialization/object_serialization, faststreams/[outputs, textio],
   options, log_output, textformats
 
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ type
     when stackTracesEnabled:
       exception*: ref Exception
 
+const
+  # We work-around a Nim bug:
+  # The compiler claims that the `terminal` module is unused
+  styleBright = terminal.styleBright
+
 proc appendValueImpl[T](r: var LogRecord, value: T) =
   mixin formatItIMPL
 
@@ -100,6 +105,7 @@ proc initLogRecord*(r: var LogRecord,
                     level: LogLevel,
                     topics, msg: string) =
   r.level = level
+  r.output = initOutputStream r.Output
 
   # Log level comes first - allows for easy regex match with ^
   appendLogLevelMarker(r, level)