diff --git a/src/logger.ts b/src/logger.ts
index 971513e..882e1cc 100644
--- a/src/logger.ts
+++ b/src/logger.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ function log(message: any[], level: Level, namespace: string) : void {
         .replace("$namespace", namespace)
 
     let lvl = get_string(level)
-    if (options.pad_level) lvl = pad(lvl)
+    if (!options.pad_level) lvl = lvl.trimEnd()
 
     const head_color = head.replace('$level', get_color(level)(lvl))
     const head_bw = head.replace('$level', lvl)
@@ -69,10 +69,6 @@ function log(message: any[], level: Level, namespace: string) : void {
     }
 }
 
-function pad(str: string) : string {
-    return str + " ".repeat("WARNING".length - str.length)
-}
-
 function get_string(level: Level) : string {
     switch (level) {
         case Level.DEBUG: return "DEBUG  "