diff --git a/THEMES.md b/THEMES.md
index 259d67187..a1ab841f0 100644
--- a/THEMES.md
+++ b/THEMES.md
@@ -286,10 +286,10 @@ Starting EmulationStation with the --debug flag will provide feedback on whether
 
 Example debug output:
 ```
-Jul 12 11:28:58 lvl3:   Sound::getFromTheme(): Looking for navigation sound tag <sound name="quicksysselect">.
-Jul 12 11:28:58 lvl3:   Sound::getFromTheme(): Tag found, ready to load theme sound file.
-Jul 12 11:28:58 lvl3:   Sound::getFromTheme(): Looking for navigation sound tag <sound name="select">.
-Jul 12 11:28:58 lvl3:   Sound::getFromTheme(): Tag not found, using fallback sound file.
+Jul 12 11:28:58 Debug:  Sound::getFromTheme(): Looking for navigation sound tag <sound name="quicksysselect">.
+Jul 12 11:28:58 Debug:  Sound::getFromTheme(): Tag found, ready to load theme sound file.
+Jul 12 11:28:58 Debug:  Sound::getFromTheme(): Looking for navigation sound tag <sound name="select">.
+Jul 12 11:28:58 Debug:  Sound::getFromTheme(): Tag not found, using fallback sound file.
 
 ```
 
diff --git a/es-app/src/CollectionSystemManager.cpp b/es-app/src/CollectionSystemManager.cpp
index 680062fb0..44fc728e4 100644
--- a/es-app/src/CollectionSystemManager.cpp
+++ b/es-app/src/CollectionSystemManager.cpp
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ void CollectionSystemManager::saveCustomCollection(SystemData* sys)
         }
     }
     else {
-        LOG(LogError) << "Error - Couldn't find collection to save! " << name;
+        LOG(LogError) << "Couldn't find collection to save! " << name;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/es-app/src/FileData.cpp b/es-app/src/FileData.cpp
index 02c57b912..788c13e48 100644
--- a/es-app/src/FileData.cpp
+++ b/es-app/src/FileData.cpp
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ void FileData::sort(ComparisonFunction& comparator, bool ascending)
         std::vector<FileData*> mChildrenShown;
         for (unsigned int i = 0; i < mChildren.size(); i++) {
             if (mChildren[i]->getHidden()) {
-                LOG(LogDebug) << "Debug - FileData::sort(): Skipping hidden game '" <<
+                LOG(LogDebug) << "FileData::sort(): Skipping hidden game '" <<
                         mChildren[i]->getName() << "'";
                 continue;
             }
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ void FileData::sortFavoritesOnTop(ComparisonFunction& comparator, bool ascending
     for (unsigned int i = 0; i < mChildren.size(); i++) {
         // Exclude game if it's marked as hidden and the hide setting has been set.
         if (!showHiddenGames && mChildren[i]->getHidden()) {
-            LOG(LogDebug) << "Debug - FileData::sortFavoritesOnTop(): Skipping hidden game '" <<
+            LOG(LogDebug) << "FileData::sortFavoritesOnTop(): Skipping hidden game '" <<
                     mChildren[i]->getName() << "'";
             continue;
         }
diff --git a/es-app/src/Gamelist.cpp b/es-app/src/Gamelist.cpp
index 0a3739f77..0fa05c47b 100644
--- a/es-app/src/Gamelist.cpp
+++ b/es-app/src/Gamelist.cpp
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ void parseGamelist(SystemData* system)
                     relativeTo, false);
 
             if (!trustGamelist && !Utils::FileSystem::exists(path)) {
-                LOG(LogWarning) << "Warning - File \"" << path << "\" does not exist, ignoring.";
+                LOG(LogWarning) << "File \"" << path << "\" does not exist, ignoring.";
                 continue;
             }
 
diff --git a/es-app/src/SystemData.cpp b/es-app/src/SystemData.cpp
index 01bb0976c..f472c6412 100644
--- a/es-app/src/SystemData.cpp
+++ b/es-app/src/SystemData.cpp
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ bool SystemData::populateFolder(FileData* folder)
         return false;
     }
     if (!Utils::FileSystem::isDirectory(folderPath)) {
-        LOG(LogWarning) << "Warning - Folder with path \"" <<
-                folderPath << "\" is not a directory!";
+        LOG(LogWarning) << "Folder with path \"" <<
+                folderPath << "\" is not a directory.";
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ bool SystemData::populateFolder(FileData* folder)
         // If this symlink resolves to somewhere that's at the beginning of our
         // path, it's going to create a recursive loop. Make sure to avoid this.
         if (folderPath.find(Utils::FileSystem::getCanonicalPath(folderPath)) == 0) {
-            LOG(LogWarning) << "Warning - Skipping infinitely recursive symlink \"" <<
+            LOG(LogWarning) << "Skipping infinitely recursive symlink \"" <<
                     folderPath << "\"";
             return false;
         }
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ bool SystemData::loadConfig()
     LOG(LogInfo) << "Loading system config file " << path << "...";
 
     if (!Utils::FileSystem::exists(path)) {
-        LOG(LogWarning) << "Warning - es_systems.cfg does not exist.";
+        LOG(LogWarning) << "es_systems.cfg does not exist.";
         if (copyConfigTemplate(getConfigPath(true)))
             return false;
         path = getConfigPath(false);
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ bool SystemData::loadConfig()
     #endif
 
     if (!res) {
-        LOG(LogError) << "Error - Could not parse es_systems.cfg";
+        LOG(LogError) << "Could not parse es_systems.cfg";
         LOG(LogError) << res.description();
         return false;
     }
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ bool SystemData::loadConfig()
     pugi::xml_node systemList = doc.child("systemList");
 
     if (!systemList) {
-        LOG(LogError) << "Error - es_systems.cfg is missing the <systemList> tag!";
+        LOG(LogError) << "es_systems.cfg is missing the <systemList> tag.";
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ bool SystemData::loadConfig()
             // If there appears to be an actual platform ID supplied
             // but it didn't match the list, generate a warning.
             if (str != nullptr && str[0] != '\0' && platformId == PlatformIds::PLATFORM_UNKNOWN)
-                LOG(LogWarning) << "Warning - Unknown platform for system \"" << name <<
+                LOG(LogWarning) << "Unknown platform for system \"" << name <<
                         "\" (platform \"" << str << "\" from list \"" << platformList << "\")";
             else if (platformId != PlatformIds::PLATFORM_UNKNOWN)
                 platformIds.push_back(platformId);
@@ -299,8 +299,8 @@ bool SystemData::loadConfig()
 
         // Validate.
         if (name.empty() || path.empty() || extensions.empty() || cmd.empty()) {
-            LOG(LogError) << "Error - System \"" << name <<
-                    "\" is missing name, path, extension, or command!";
+            LOG(LogError) << "System \"" << name <<
+                    "\" is missing name, path, extension, or command.";
             continue;
         }
 
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ bool SystemData::copyConfigTemplate(const std::string& path)
     #endif
 
     if (Utils::FileSystem::copyFile(systemsTemplateFile, path, false)) {
-        LOG(LogError) << "Error - Copying of es_systems.cfg template file failed.";
+        LOG(LogError) << "Copying of es_systems.cfg template file failed.";
         return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/es-app/src/main.cpp b/es-app/src/main.cpp
index 0071ed265..cbb074f5b 100644
--- a/es-app/src/main.cpp
+++ b/es-app/src/main.cpp
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ bool verifyHomeFolderExists()
 bool loadSystemConfigFile(std::string& errorMsg)
 {
     if (!SystemData::loadConfig()) {
-        LOG(LogError) << "Error - Could not parse systems configuration file.";
+        LOG(LogError) << "Could not parse systems configuration file.";
         errorMsg = "COULDN'T FIND THE SYSTEMS CONFIGURATION FILE.\n"
                 "ATTEMPTED TO COPY A TEMPLATE ES_SYSTEMS.CFG FILE\n"
                 "FROM THE EMULATIONSTATION RESOURCES DIRECTORY,\n"
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ bool loadSystemConfigFile(std::string& errorMsg)
     }
 
     if (SystemData::sSystemVector.size() == 0) {
-        LOG(LogError) << "Error - No systems found, does at least one system have a game present? "
+        LOG(LogError) << "No systems found, does at least one system have a game present? "
                 "(Check that the file extensions are supported.)";
         errorMsg = "THE SYSTEMS CONFIGURATION FILE EXISTS, BUT NO\n"
                 "GAME FILES WERE FOUND. PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT\n"
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     // Check if the media directory exists, and if not, log a warning.
     if (!Utils::FileSystem::isDirectory(FileData::getMediaDirectory()) ||
             Utils::FileSystem::isSymlink(FileData::getMediaDirectory())) {
-        LOG(LogWarning) << "Warning - Games media directory does not exist "
+        LOG(LogWarning) << "Games media directory does not exist "
                 "(or is not a directory or a symlink):";
         LOG(LogWarning) << FileData::getMediaDirectory();
     }
diff --git a/es-app/src/scrapers/GamesDBJSONScraper.cpp b/es-app/src/scrapers/GamesDBJSONScraper.cpp
index ca5306a63..518cf1c80 100644
--- a/es-app/src/scrapers/GamesDBJSONScraper.cpp
+++ b/es-app/src/scrapers/GamesDBJSONScraper.cpp
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ void thegamesdb_generate_json_scraper_requests(
                     first = false;
                 }
                 else {
-                    LOG(LogWarning) << "Warning - TheGamesDB scraper warning - "
+                    LOG(LogWarning) << "TheGamesDB scraper warning - "
                             "no support for platform " << getPlatformName(*platformIt);
                 }
             }
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ void TheGamesDBJSONRequest::process(const std::unique_ptr<HttpReq>& req,
 
     if (doc.HasParseError()) {
         std::string err =
-            std::string("Error - TheGamesDBJSONRequest - Error parsing JSON. \n\t") +
+            std::string("TheGamesDBJSONRequest - Error parsing JSON. \n\t") +
                     GetParseError_En(doc.GetParseError());
         setError(err);
         LOG(LogError) << err;
@@ -399,8 +399,7 @@ void TheGamesDBJSONRequest::process(const std::unique_ptr<HttpReq>& req,
             baseImageUrlLarge = base_url["large"].GetString();
         }
         else {
-            std::string warn = "Warning - TheGamesDBJSONRequest - No URL path for large images.\n";
-            LOG(LogWarning) << warn;
+            LOG(LogWarning) << "TheGamesDBJSONRequest - No URL path for large images.\n";
             return;
         }
 
@@ -408,7 +407,7 @@ void TheGamesDBJSONRequest::process(const std::unique_ptr<HttpReq>& req,
             processMediaURLs(images, baseImageUrlLarge, results);
         }
         catch (std::runtime_error& e) {
-            LOG(LogError) << "Error - Error while processing media URLs: " << e.what();
+            LOG(LogError) << "Error while processing media URLs: " << e.what();
         }
 
         // Find how many more requests we can make before the scraper
@@ -427,8 +426,7 @@ void TheGamesDBJSONRequest::process(const std::unique_ptr<HttpReq>& req,
     // These process steps are for the initial scraping response.
     if (!doc.HasMember("data") || !doc["data"].HasMember("games") ||
             !doc["data"]["games"].IsArray()) {
-        std::string warn = "Warning - TheGamesDBJSONRequest - Response had no game data.\n";
-        LOG(LogWarning) << warn;
+        LOG(LogWarning) << "TheGamesDBJSONRequest - Response had no game data.\n";
         return;
     }
 
@@ -441,7 +439,7 @@ void TheGamesDBJSONRequest::process(const std::unique_ptr<HttpReq>& req,
             processGame(v, results);
         }
         catch (std::runtime_error& e) {
-            LOG(LogError) << "Error - Error while processing game: " << e.what();
+            LOG(LogError) << "Error while processing game: " << e.what();
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/es-app/src/scrapers/GamesDBJSONScraperResources.cpp b/es-app/src/scrapers/GamesDBJSONScraperResources.cpp
index 4f00c02a5..29593b76a 100644
--- a/es-app/src/scrapers/GamesDBJSONScraperResources.cpp
+++ b/es-app/src/scrapers/GamesDBJSONScraperResources.cpp
@@ -125,14 +125,14 @@ bool TheGamesDBJSONRequestResources::saveResource(
 {
 
     if (req == nullptr) {
-        LOG(LogError) << "Error - HTTP request pointer was null.\n";
+        LOG(LogError) << "HTTP request pointer was null.\n";
         return true;
     }
     if (req->status() == HttpReq::REQ_IN_PROGRESS) {
         return false; // Not ready: wait some more.
     }
     if (req->status() != HttpReq::REQ_SUCCESS) {
-        LOG(LogError) << "Error - Resource request for " << file_name <<
+        LOG(LogError) << "Resource request for " << file_name <<
                 " failed:\n\t" << req->getErrorMsg();
         return true; // Request failed, resetting request..
     }
diff --git a/es-app/src/scrapers/Scraper.cpp b/es-app/src/scrapers/Scraper.cpp
index 14acd9202..e67241e9f 100644
--- a/es-app/src/scrapers/Scraper.cpp
+++ b/es-app/src/scrapers/Scraper.cpp
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<ScraperSearchHandle> startScraperSearch(const ScraperSearchParam
 
     // Check if the scraper in the settings still exists as a registered scraping source.
     if (scraper_request_funcs.find(name) == scraper_request_funcs.end())
-        LOG(LogWarning) << "Warning - Configured scraper (" << name <<
-                ") unavailable, scraping aborted.";
+        LOG(LogWarning) << "Configured scraper (" << name << ") unavailable, scraping aborted.";
     else
         scraper_request_funcs.at(name)(params, handle->mRequestQueue, handle->mResults);
 
@@ -47,8 +46,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<ScraperSearchHandle> startMediaURLsFetch(const std::string& game
     ScraperSearchParams params;
     // Check if the scraper in the settings still exists as a registered scraping source.
     if (scraper_request_funcs.find(name) == scraper_request_funcs.end()) {
-        LOG(LogWarning) << "Warning - Configured scraper (" << name <<
-                ") unavailable, scraping aborted.";
+        LOG(LogWarning) << "Configured scraper (" << name << ") unavailable, scraping aborted.";
     }
     else {
         // Specifically use the TheGamesDB function as this type of request
@@ -145,7 +143,7 @@ void ScraperHttpRequest::update()
         return;
 
     // Everything else is some sort of error.
-    LOG(LogError) << "Error - ScraperHttpRequest network error (status: " << status<< ") - "
+    LOG(LogError) << "ScraperHttpRequest network error (status: " << status<< ") - "
             << mReq->getErrorMsg();
     setError(mReq->getErrorMsg());
 }
@@ -407,7 +405,7 @@ bool resizeImage(const std::string& path, int maxWidth, int maxHeight)
     if (format == FIF_UNKNOWN)
         format = FreeImage_GetFIFFromFilename(path.c_str());
     if (format == FIF_UNKNOWN) {
-        LOG(LogError) << "Error - Could not detect filetype for image \"" << path << "\"!";
+        LOG(LogError) << "Could not detect filetype for image \"" << path << "\"!";
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -416,7 +414,7 @@ bool resizeImage(const std::string& path, int maxWidth, int maxHeight)
         image = FreeImage_Load(format, path.c_str());
     }
     else {
-        LOG(LogError) << "Error - File format not supported for image \"" << path << "\"!";
+        LOG(LogError) << "File format not supported for image \"" << path << "\"!";
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -437,7 +435,7 @@ bool resizeImage(const std::string& path, int maxWidth, int maxHeight)
     FreeImage_Unload(image);
 
     if (imageRescaled == nullptr) {
-        LOG(LogError) << "Error - Could not resize image! (not enough memory? invalid bitdepth?)";
+        LOG(LogError) << "Could not resize image. (Not enough memory? Invalid bitdepth?)";
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -445,7 +443,7 @@ bool resizeImage(const std::string& path, int maxWidth, int maxHeight)
     FreeImage_Unload(imageRescaled);
 
     if (!saved) {
-        LOG(LogError) << "Error - Failed to save resized image!";
+        LOG(LogError) << "Failed to save resized image.";
     }
 
     return saved;
diff --git a/es-app/src/scrapers/ScreenScraper.cpp b/es-app/src/scrapers/ScreenScraper.cpp
index b10eef1d7..4a8b984ce 100644
--- a/es-app/src/scrapers/ScreenScraper.cpp
+++ b/es-app/src/scrapers/ScreenScraper.cpp
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ void screenscraper_generate_scraper_requests(const ScraperSearchParams& params,
             p_ids.push_back(mapIt->second);
         }
         else {
-            LOG(LogWarning) << "Warning - ScreenScraper: no support for platform " <<
+            LOG(LogWarning) << "ScreenScraper: no support for platform " <<
                     getPlatformName(*platformIt);
             // Add the scrape request without a platform/system ID.
             requests.push(std::unique_ptr<ScraperRequest>
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ void ScreenScraperRequest::process(const std::unique_ptr<HttpReq>& req,
 
     if (!parseResult) {
         std::stringstream ss;
-        ss << "Error - ScreenScraperRequest - Error parsing XML: " << parseResult.description();
+        ss << "ScreenScraperRequest - Error parsing XML: " << parseResult.description();
 
         std::string err = ss.str();
         setError(err);
diff --git a/es-core/src/AudioManager.cpp b/es-core/src/AudioManager.cpp
index e6826eb02..fb4571945 100644
--- a/es-core/src/AudioManager.cpp
+++ b/es-core/src/AudioManager.cpp
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ void AudioManager::init()
 
     // Open the audio device and pause.
     if (SDL_OpenAudio(&sAudioFormat, nullptr) < 0) {
-        LOG(LogError) << "AudioManager Error - Unable to open SDL audio: " <<
+        LOG(LogError) << "AudioManager - Unable to open SDL audio: " <<
                 SDL_GetError() << std::endl;
     }
 }
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ void AudioManager::unregisterSound(std::shared_ptr<Sound> & sound)
             return;
         }
     }
-    LOG(LogError) << "AudioManager Error - tried to unregister a sound that wasn't registered!";
+    LOG(LogError) << "AudioManager - tried to unregister a sound that wasn't registered!";
 }
 
 void AudioManager::play()
diff --git a/es-core/src/ImageIO.cpp b/es-core/src/ImageIO.cpp
index 5d3b8b764..8e5742899 100644
--- a/es-core/src/ImageIO.cpp
+++ b/es-core/src/ImageIO.cpp
@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ std::vector<unsigned char> ImageIO::loadFromMemoryRGBA32(const unsigned char * d
                 }
             }
             else {
-                LOG(LogError) << "Error - Failed to load image from memory!";
+                LOG(LogError) << "Failed to load image from memory!";
             }
         }
         else {
-            LOG(LogError) << "Error - Couldn't load image, file is missing or the file type is " <<
+            LOG(LogError) << "Couldn't load image, file is missing or the file type is " <<
 //            it's not existing or the file type " <<
                     (format == FIF_UNKNOWN ? "unknown" : "unsupported") << "!";
         }
diff --git a/es-core/src/InputConfig.cpp b/es-core/src/InputConfig.cpp
index 960cb8544..6e55bd5ad 100644
--- a/es-core/src/InputConfig.cpp
+++ b/es-core/src/InputConfig.cpp
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ void InputConfig::loadFromXML(pugi::xml_node& node)
         InputType typeEnum = stringToInputType(type);
 
         if (typeEnum == TYPE_COUNT) {
-            LOG(LogError) << "Error - InputConfig load error - input of type \"" << type <<
+            LOG(LogError) << "InputConfig load error - input of type \"" << type <<
                     "\" is invalid! Skipping input \"" << name << "\".\n";
             continue;
         }
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ void InputConfig::loadFromXML(pugi::xml_node& node)
         int value = input.attribute("value").as_int();
 
         if (value == 0) {
-            LOG(LogWarning) << "Warning - InputConfig value is 0 for " <<
+            LOG(LogWarning) << "InputConfig value is 0 for " <<
                     type << " " << id << "!\n";
         }
 
diff --git a/es-core/src/InputManager.cpp b/es-core/src/InputManager.cpp
index 765449617..a4f29bcf6 100644
--- a/es-core/src/InputManager.cpp
+++ b/es-core/src/InputManager.cpp
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ void InputManager::removeJoystickByJoystickID(SDL_JoystickID joyId)
         mJoysticks.erase(joyIt);
     }
     else {
-        LOG(LogError) << "Error - Could not find joystick to close (instance ID: " << joyId << ")";
+        LOG(LogError) << "Could not find joystick to close (instance ID: " << joyId << ")";
     }
 }
 
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ void InputManager::doOnFinish()
         #endif
 
         if (!result) {
-            LOG(LogError) << "Error - Couldn't parse input config: " << result.description();
+            LOG(LogError) << "Couldn't parse input config: " << result.description();
         }
         else {
             pugi::xml_node root = doc.child("inputList");
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ std::string InputManager::getDeviceGUIDString(int deviceId)
 
     auto it = mJoysticks.find(deviceId);
     if (it == mJoysticks.cend()) {
-        LOG(LogError) << "Error - getDeviceGUIDString - deviceId " << deviceId << " not found!";
+        LOG(LogError) << "getDeviceGUIDString - deviceId " << deviceId << " not found!";
         return "something went horribly wrong";
     }
 
diff --git a/es-core/src/Log.cpp b/es-core/src/Log.cpp
index cc6183bac..d40cfb8b6 100644
--- a/es-core/src/Log.cpp
+++ b/es-core/src/Log.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ void Log::open()
 std::ostringstream& Log::get(LogLevel level)
 {
     time_t t = time(nullptr);
-    os << std::put_time(localtime(&t), "%b %d %T ") << "lvl" << level << ": \t";
+    os << std::put_time(localtime(&t), "%b %d %T ") << logLevelMap[level] << ":\t";
     messageLevel = level;
 
     return os;
diff --git a/es-core/src/Log.h b/es-core/src/Log.h
index 5b5c6358c..b100c4a05 100644
--- a/es-core/src/Log.h
+++ b/es-core/src/Log.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #define ES_CORE_LOG_H
 
 #include <sstream>
+#include <map>
 
 #define LOG(level) \
 if (level > Log::getReportingLevel()); \
@@ -41,6 +42,13 @@ protected:
     std::ostringstream os;
 
 private:
+    std::map<LogLevel, std::string> logLevelMap {
+        { LogError, "Error" },
+        { LogWarning, "Warn" },
+        { LogInfo, "Info" },
+        { LogDebug, "Debug" }
+    };
+
     static LogLevel reportingLevel;
     LogLevel messageLevel;
 };
diff --git a/es-core/src/Platform.cpp b/es-core/src/Platform.cpp
index 939e9bbcd..e5b0fa131 100644
--- a/es-core/src/Platform.cpp
+++ b/es-core/src/Platform.cpp
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ int launchEmulatorUnix(const std::string& cmd_utf8)
     int returnValue;
 
     if (!(commandPipe = (FILE*)popen(command.c_str(), "r"))) {
-        LOG(LogError) << "Error - couldn't open pipe to command.";
+        LOG(LogError) << "Couldn't open pipe to command.";
         return -1;
     }
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ int launchEmulatorUnix(const std::string& cmd_utf8)
     }
 
     if (returnValue) {
-        LOG(LogError) << "Error - launchEmulatorUnix - return value " <<
+        LOG(LogError) << "launchEmulatorUnix - return value " <<
                 std::to_string(returnValue) + ":";
         if (commandOutput.size())
             LOG(LogError) << commandOutput;
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ int launchEmulatorWindows(const std::wstring& cmd_utf16)
             }
         }
 
-        LOG(LogError) << "Error - launchEmulatorWindows - system error code " <<
+        LOG(LogError) << "launchEmulatorWindows - system error code " <<
                 errorCode << ": " << errorMessage;
     }
 
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ int quitES(QuitMode mode)
 
 void emergencyShutdown()
 {
-    LOG(LogError) << "Critical Error - Performing emergency shutdown...";
+    LOG(LogError) << "Critical - Performing emergency shutdown...";
 
     MameNames::deinit();
     AudioManager::getInstance()->deinit();
diff --git a/es-core/src/Settings.cpp b/es-core/src/Settings.cpp
index bc8d3f20c..757dcb253 100644
--- a/es-core/src/Settings.cpp
+++ b/es-core/src/Settings.cpp
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ void Settings::loadFile()
     pugi::xml_parse_result result = doc.load_file(path.c_str());
     #endif
     if (!result) {
-        LOG(LogError) << "Error - Could not parse Settings file!\n   " << result.description();
+        LOG(LogError) << "Could not parse Settings file.\n   " << result.description();
         return;
     }
 
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ void Settings::loadFile()
         type Settings::getMethodName(const std::string& name) \
 { \
     if (mapName.find(name) == mapName.cend()) { \
-        LOG(LogError) << "Error - Tried to use unset setting " << name << "!"; \
+        LOG(LogError) << "Tried to use unset setting " << name << "!"; \
     } \
     return mapName[name]; \
 } \
diff --git a/es-core/src/Sound.cpp b/es-core/src/Sound.cpp
index 2acd5e3b4..eb6355e04 100644
--- a/es-core/src/Sound.cpp
+++ b/es-core/src/Sound.cpp
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ void Sound::init()
     Uint8 * data = nullptr;
     Uint32 dlen = 0;
     if (SDL_LoadWAV(mPath.c_str(), &wave, &data, &dlen) == nullptr) {
-        LOG(LogError) << "Error - Failed to load theme navigation sound file:";
+        LOG(LogError) << "Failed to load theme navigation sound file:";
         LOG(LogError) << SDL_GetError();
         return;
     }
diff --git a/es-core/src/resources/ResourceManager.cpp b/es-core/src/resources/ResourceManager.cpp
index a91eedd55..7cd3efdec 100644
--- a/es-core/src/resources/ResourceManager.cpp
+++ b/es-core/src/resources/ResourceManager.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ std::string ResourceManager::getResourcePath(const std::string& path) const
         // For missing resources, log an error and terminate the application. This should
         // indicate that we have a broken EmulationStation installation.
         else {
-            LOG(LogError) << "Error - Program resource missing: " << path;
+            LOG(LogError) << "Program resource missing: " << path;
             LOG(LogError) << "Tried to find the resource in the following locations:";
             LOG(LogError) << testHome;
             #ifdef __unix__
diff --git a/es-core/src/utils/FileSystemUtil.cpp b/es-core/src/utils/FileSystemUtil.cpp
index 4bf94c034..1736b2249 100644
--- a/es-core/src/utils/FileSystemUtil.cpp
+++ b/es-core/src/utils/FileSystemUtil.cpp
@@ -544,19 +544,19 @@ namespace Utils
                 const std::string& _destination_path, bool _overwrite)
         {
             if (!exists(_source_path)) {
-                LOG(LogError) << "Error - Can't copy file, source file does not exist:";
+                LOG(LogError) << "Can't copy file, source file does not exist:";
                 LOG(LogError) << _source_path;
                 return true;
             }
 
             if (isDirectory(_destination_path)) {
-                LOG(LogError) << "Error - Destination file is actually a directory:";
+                LOG(LogError) << "Destination file is actually a directory:";
                 LOG(LogError) << _destination_path;
                 return true;
             }
 
             if (!_overwrite && exists(_destination_path)) {
-                LOG(LogError) << "Error - Destination file exists and the overwrite flag "
+                LOG(LogError) << "Destination file exists and the overwrite flag "
                         "has not been set.";
                 return true;
             }
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ namespace Utils
             #endif
 
             if (sourceFile.fail()) {
-                LOG(LogError) << "Error - Couldn't read from source file (" << _source_path <<
+                LOG(LogError) << "Couldn't read from source file (" << _source_path <<
                         "), permission problems?";
                 sourceFile.close();
                 return true;
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ namespace Utils
             #endif
 
             if (targetFile.fail()) {
-                LOG(LogError) << "Error - Couldn't write to target file (" << _destination_path <<
+                LOG(LogError) << "Couldn't write to target file (" << _destination_path <<
                         "), permission problems?";
                 targetFile.close();
                 return true;
@@ -608,13 +608,13 @@ namespace Utils
             }
 
             if (isDirectory(_destination_path)) {
-                LOG(LogError) << "Error - Destination file is actually a directory:";
+                LOG(LogError) << "Destination file is actually a directory:";
                 LOG(LogError) << _destination_path;
                 return true;
             }
 
             if (!_overwrite && exists(_destination_path)) {
-                LOG(LogError) << "Error - Destination file exists and the overwrite flag "
+                LOG(LogError) << "Destination file exists and the overwrite flag "
                         "has not been set.";
                 return true;
             }
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ namespace Utils
             // Try to remove file.
             #ifdef _WIN64
             if (_wunlink(Utils::String::stringToWideString(path).c_str()) != 0) {
-                LOG(LogError) << "Error - Couldn't delete file, permission problems?";
+                LOG(LogError) << "Couldn't delete file, permission problems?";
                 LOG(LogError) << path;
                 return true;
             }
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ namespace Utils
             }
             #else
             if (unlink(path.c_str()) != 0) {
-                LOG(LogError) << "Error - Couldn't delete file, permission problems?";
+                LOG(LogError) << "Couldn't delete file, permission problems?";
                 LOG(LogError) << path;
                 return true;
             }