diff --git a/src/starling/assets/AssetManager.hx b/src/starling/assets/AssetManager.hx
index f9654ee5..8615cf16 100644
--- a/src/starling/assets/AssetManager.hx
+++ b/src/starling/assets/AssetManager.hx
@@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ class AssetManager extends EventDispatcher
      *  default, it traces 'message' to the console. */
     private function log(message:String):Void
     {
-        if (_verbose) trace("[AssetManager]", message);
+        if (_verbose) trace("[AssetManager] " + message);
     }
 
     private function getDictionaryKeys(dictionary:Map<String, Dynamic>, prefix:String="",
diff --git a/src/starling/core/Starling.hx b/src/starling/core/Starling.hx
index 1c302a88..50c4826c 100644
--- a/src/starling/core/Starling.hx
+++ b/src/starling/core/Starling.hx
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ class Starling extends EventDispatcher
         nativeOverlay.addChild(textField);
         stop(true);
 
-        trace("[Starling]", message);
+        trace("[Starling] " + message);
         dispatchEventWith(starling.events.Event.FATAL_ERROR, false, message);
     }
     
diff --git a/src/starling/rendering/BatchToken.hx b/src/starling/rendering/BatchToken.hx
index 940ac12d..c54e29da 100644
--- a/src/starling/rendering/BatchToken.hx
+++ b/src/starling/rendering/BatchToken.hx
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ class BatchToken
     /** Creates a String representation of this instance. */
     public function toString():String
     {
-        return StringUtil.format("[BatchToken batchID={0} vertexID={1} indexID={2}]",
-            [ batchID, vertexID, indexID ]);
+        return '[BatchToken batchID=$batchID vertexID=$vertexID indexID=$indexID]';
     }
 }
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