diff --git a/tm-bench/glide.lock b/tm-bench/glide.lock
index bb3b5a034..8ad7ac42a 100644
--- a/tm-bench/glide.lock
+++ b/tm-bench/glide.lock
@@ -1,59 +1,39 @@
 hash: 795aa94747f3d877df3ea1ec134e9a34e1c46713dd6eb59b6fdd6a33cb698234
-updated: 2017-04-20T19:19:22.26004087-04:00
+updated: 2017-07-28T22:01:53.225543833Z
 imports:
 - name: github.com/btcsuite/btcd
-  version: 583684b21bfbde9b5fc4403916fd7c807feb0289
+  version: 47885ab8702485be6b6f87a03d4f3be0bc5c982c
   subpackages:
   - btcec
-- name: github.com/BurntSushi/toml
-  version: 99064174e013895bbd9b025c31100bd1d9b590ca
 - name: github.com/go-kit/kit
-  version: b6f30a2e0632f5722fb26d8765d726335b79d3e6
+  version: 19463ea8b215413a29c3513aa3a76181f4bac58d
   subpackages:
   - log
+  - log/level
   - log/term
   - term
 - name: github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt
   version: 390ab7935ee28ec6b286364bba9b4dd6410cb3d5
 - name: github.com/go-stack/stack
-  version: 100eb0c0a9c5b306ca2fb4f165df21d80ada4b82
+  version: 817915b46b97fd7bb80e8ab6b69f01a53ac3eebf
 - name: github.com/golang/protobuf
-  version: 69b215d01a5606c843240eab4937eab3acee6530
+  version: 748d386b5c1ea99658fd69fe9f03991ce86a90c1
   subpackages:
   - proto
-- name: github.com/golang/snappy
-  version: 553a641470496b2327abcac10b36396bd98e45c9
+  - ptypes
+  - ptypes/any
+  - ptypes/duration
+  - ptypes/timestamp
 - name: github.com/gorilla/websocket
-  version: 3ab3a8b8831546bd18fd182c20687ca853b2bb13
-- name: github.com/jmhodges/levigo
-  version: c42d9e0ca023e2198120196f842701bb4c55d7b9
+  version: a69d9f6de432e2c6b296a947d8a5ee88f68522cf
 - name: github.com/kr/logfmt
   version: b84e30acd515aadc4b783ad4ff83aff3299bdfe0
-- name: github.com/mattn/go-colorable
-  version: d898aa9fb31c91f35dd28ca75db377eff023c076
-- name: github.com/mattn/go-isatty
-  version: dda3de49cbfcec471bd7a70e6cc01fcc3ff90109
 - name: github.com/pkg/errors
-  version: bfd5150e4e41705ded2129ec33379de1cb90b513
+  version: c605e284fe17294bda444b34710735b29d1a9d90
 - name: github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics
   version: 1f30fe9094a513ce4c700b9a54458bbb0c96996c
-- name: github.com/syndtr/goleveldb
-  version: 3c5717caf1475fd25964109a0fc640bd150fce43
-  subpackages:
-  - leveldb
-  - leveldb/cache
-  - leveldb/comparer
-  - leveldb/errors
-  - leveldb/filter
-  - leveldb/iterator
-  - leveldb/journal
-  - leveldb/memdb
-  - leveldb/opt
-  - leveldb/storage
-  - leveldb/table
-  - leveldb/util
 - name: github.com/tendermint/abci
-  version: 56e13d87f4e3ec1ea756957d6b23caa6ebcf0998
+  version: 864d1f80b36b440bde030a5c18d8ac3aa8c2949d
   subpackages:
   - types
 - name: github.com/tendermint/ed25519
@@ -61,53 +41,42 @@ imports:
   subpackages:
   - edwards25519
   - extra25519
-- name: github.com/tendermint/go-common
-  version: f9e3db037330c8a8d61d3966de8473eaf01154fa
-- name: github.com/tendermint/go-config
-  version: 620dcbbd7d587cf3599dedbf329b64311b0c307a
 - name: github.com/tendermint/go-crypto
-  version: 0ca2c6fdb0706001ca4c4b9b80c9f428e8cf39da
-- name: github.com/tendermint/go-data
-  version: e7fcc6d081ec8518912fcdc103188275f83a3ee5
-- name: github.com/tendermint/go-db
-  version: 9643f60bc2578693844aacf380a7c32e4c029fee
-- name: github.com/tendermint/go-events
-  version: fddee66d90305fccb6f6d84d16c34fa65ea5b7f6
-- name: github.com/tendermint/go-flowrate
-  version: a20c98e61957faa93b4014fbd902f20ab9317a6a
-  subpackages:
-  - flowrate
-- name: github.com/tendermint/go-logger
-  version: cefb3a45c0bf3c493a04e9bcd9b1540528be59f2
-- name: github.com/tendermint/go-merkle
-  version: 714d4d04557fd068a7c2a1748241ce8428015a96
-- name: github.com/tendermint/go-p2p
-  version: 17124989a93774833df33107fbf17157a7f8ef31
-  subpackages:
-  - upnp
+  version: 95b7c9e09c49b91bfbb71bb63dd514eb55450f16
 - name: github.com/tendermint/go-rpc
-  version: 1a42f946dc6bcd88f9f58c7f2fb86f785584d793
+  version: 15d5b2ac497da95cd2dceb9c087910ccec4dacb2
   subpackages:
   - client
   - types
 - name: github.com/tendermint/go-wire
-  version: 2f3b7aafe21c80b19b6ee3210ecb3e3d07c7a471
-- name: github.com/tendermint/log15
-  version: ae0f3d6450da9eac7074b439c8e1c3cabf0d5ce6
+  version: 5f88da3dbc1a72844e6dfaf274ce87f851d488eb
   subpackages:
-  - term
+  - data
 - name: github.com/tendermint/tendermint
-  version: 083fe959e25421fca3d41298d9111167a3b47122
+  version: b467515719e686e4678e6da4e102f32a491b85a0
   subpackages:
+  - config
+  - p2p
+  - p2p/upnp
   - rpc/core/types
+  - rpc/lib/client
+  - rpc/lib/types
   - types
+- name: github.com/tendermint/tmlibs
+  version: 2f6f3e6aa70bb19b70a6e73210273fa127041070
+  subpackages:
+  - common
+  - events
+  - flowrate
+  - log
+  - merkle
 - name: github.com/tendermint/tools
-  version: 12ce526668e384100afd32686ec7db3749423d51
+  version: f427590622211c845626493e2adfb09e12c15e61
   subpackages:
   - tm-monitor/eventmeter
   - tm-monitor/monitor
 - name: golang.org/x/crypto
-  version: 453249f01cfeb54c3d549ddb75ff152ca243f9d8
+  version: 558b6879de74bc843225cde5686419267ff707ca
   subpackages:
   - curve25519
   - nacl/box
@@ -118,7 +87,7 @@ imports:
   - ripemd160
   - salsa20/salsa
 - name: golang.org/x/net
-  version: 906cda9512f77671ab44f8c8563b13a8e707b230
+  version: f5079bd7f6f74e23c4d65efa0f4ce14cbd6a3c0f
   subpackages:
   - context
   - http2
@@ -127,21 +96,31 @@ imports:
   - internal/timeseries
   - lex/httplex
   - trace
-- name: golang.org/x/sys
-  version: 76cc09b634294339fa19ec41b5f2a0b3932cea8b
+- name: golang.org/x/text
+  version: 836efe42bb4aa16aaa17b9c155d8813d336ed720
+  subpackages:
+  - secure/bidirule
+  - transform
+  - unicode/bidi
+  - unicode/norm
+- name: google.golang.org/genproto
+  version: b0a3dcfcd1a9bd48e63634bd8802960804cf8315
   subpackages:
-  - unix
+  - googleapis/rpc/status
 - name: google.golang.org/grpc
-  version: 8b2e129857480cb0f07ef7d9d10b8b252c7ac984
+  version: 971efedc2078cb1efd8111d12432813084bc628d
   subpackages:
   - codes
   - credentials
+  - grpclb/grpc_lb_v1
   - grpclog
   - internal
+  - keepalive
   - metadata
   - naming
   - peer
   - stats
+  - status
   - tap
   - transport
 testImports: []
diff --git a/tm-bench/main.go b/tm-bench/main.go
index b2b3e2daa..686a6e13f 100644
--- a/tm-bench/main.go
+++ b/tm-bench/main.go
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ import (
 	"text/tabwriter"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/go-kit/kit/log"
 	"github.com/go-kit/kit/log/term"
 	metrics "github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics"
+
 	tmtypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tmlibs/log"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tools/tm-monitor/monitor"
 )
 
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ Examples:
 			}
 			return term.FgBgColor{}
 		}
-		logger = term.NewLogger(os.Stdout, log.NewLogfmtLogger, colorFn)
+		logger = log.NewTMLoggerWithColorFn(log.NewSyncWriter(os.Stdout), colorFn)
 	}
 
 	fmt.Printf("Running %ds test @ %s\n", duration, flag.Arg(0))
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ func startNodes(endpoints []string, blockCh chan<- tmtypes.Header, blockLatencyC
 
 	for i, e := range endpoints {
 		n := monitor.NewNode(e)
-		n.SetLogger(log.With(logger, "node", e))
+		n.SetLogger(logger.With("node", e))
 		n.SendBlocksTo(blockCh)
 		n.SendBlockLatenciesTo(blockLatencyCh)
 		if err := n.Start(); err != nil {
diff --git a/tm-bench/transacter.go b/tm-bench/transacter.go
index 4a9161f4c..4720bf2e0 100644
--- a/tm-bench/transacter.go
+++ b/tm-bench/transacter.go
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/go-kit/kit/log"
 	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 
 	rpctypes "github.com/tendermint/go-rpc/types"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tmlibs/log"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func (t *transacter) receiveLoop(connIndex int) {
 		_, _, err := c.ReadMessage()
 		if err != nil {
 			if websocket.IsUnexpectedCloseError(err, websocket.CloseNormalClosure) {
-				t.logger.Log("err", errors.Wrap(err, "failed to read response"))
+				t.logger.Error("failed to read response", "err", err)
 			}
 			return
 		}
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func (t *transacter) receiveLoop(connIndex int) {
 // sendLoop generates transactions at a given rate.
 func (t *transacter) sendLoop(connIndex int) {
 	c := t.conns[connIndex]
-	logger := log.With(t.logger, "addr", c.RemoteAddr())
+	logger := t.logger.With("addr", c.RemoteAddr())
 
 	var txNumber = 0
 
@@ -142,12 +142,12 @@ func (t *transacter) sendLoop(connIndex int) {
 
 			timeToSend := time.Now().Sub(startTime)
 			time.Sleep(time.Second - timeToSend)
-			logger.Log("event", fmt.Sprintf("sent %d transactions", t.Rate), "took", timeToSend)
+			logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf("sent %d transactions", t.Rate), "took", timeToSend)
 		case <-pingsTicker.C:
 			// Right now go-rpc server closes the connection in the absence of pings
 			c.SetWriteDeadline(time.Now().Add(sendTimeout))
 			if err := c.WriteMessage(websocket.PingMessage, []byte{}); err != nil {
-				logger.Log("err", errors.Wrap(err, "failed to write ping message"))
+				logger.Error("failed to write ping message", "err", err)
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ func (t *transacter) sendLoop(connIndex int) {
 			c.SetWriteDeadline(time.Now().Add(sendTimeout))
 			err := c.WriteMessage(websocket.CloseMessage, websocket.FormatCloseMessage(websocket.CloseNormalClosure, ""))
 			if err != nil {
-				logger.Log("err", errors.Wrap(err, "failed to write close message"))
+				logger.Error("failed to write close message", "err", err)
 			}
 
 			return