diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 83ba8e2..f71a8ad 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,6 +15,4 @@ With all of these tools combined, you can make powerful interactive scripts with
 
 run `./demo.sh` for example output
 
-![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/8482805/224919713-d1ec4723-1909-470d-93d6-1b7091de8de8.png)
-![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/8482805/224919800-2d4450e4-9fc7-4ef7-b432-9ccfd0278880.png)
-![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/8482805/224919970-0444b849-5959-49b5-a187-b6a214ccc84f.png)
+![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/8482805/235781738-f31481a8-946d-4051-9210-3df28687a19c.png)
diff --git a/functions b/functions
index 2ac1cfa..6068a39 100644
--- a/functions
+++ b/functions
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # pyr0ball script functions library
 
 # Initial Vars
-functionsrev=1.1.10
+functionsrev=1.1.11
 #scriptname="${BASH_SOURCE[0]##*/}"
 #rundir="${BASH_SOURCE[0]%/*}"
 #rundir_absolute=$(cd $rundir && pwd)
@@ -337,19 +337,18 @@ boxseparator(){
 
 # For printing center-justified text. To change the padding character, replace the ' ' <~~ whitespace in front of the '{' in the padding variable
 center() {
-  local _cmd=$@
   local padding="";
   padding="$(printf '%0.1s'  \ {1..100})"
   #padding=" "
-  printf '%*.*s %s %*.*s\n' 0 "$(((BOXWIDTH-2-${#_cmd[@]})/2))" "${padding}" "$_cmd" 0 "$(((BOXWIDTH-1-${#_cmd})/2))" "${padding}"
+  printf '%*.*s %s %*.*s\n' 0 "$(((BOXWIDTH-2-${#1})/2))" "${padding}" "$1" 0 "$(((BOXWIDTH-1-${#1})/2))" "${padding}"
 }
 
 # For printing spanned text, e.g. single-pair lists ($name...$title)
 spanner() {
   # 1: left-side-text, 2: right-side-text
-  local spanner="";
-  eval printf -v spanner \'"%0.1s"\' "-"{1..$[$((BOXWIDTH-4))- 2 - ${#1} - ${#2}]}
-  printf "%s %s %s\n" "$1" "$spanner" "$2";
+  local _spanner="";
+  eval printf -v _spanner \'"%0.1s"\' "-"{1..$[$((BOXWIDTH-4))- 2 - ${#1} - ${#2}]}
+  printf "%s %s %s\n" "$1" "$_spanner" "$2";
 }
 
 boxborder(){
@@ -413,11 +412,14 @@ popdfail(){
 }
 
 logger(){
-  #$@ 2>&1 | tee >(ts "[$scriptname][%d-%m-%y %H_%M_%S]" > $logfile) # This version of prepend requires the 'ts' utility from 'moreutils' package
   $@ 2>&1 | tee >(
     while IFS= read -r line; do
-      _line=$(echo $line | sed "s,\x1B\[[0-9;]*[mK],,g" | tr -dc '[:print:]')
-      printf '[%s] %s\n' "${scriptname}][${prettyDate}" "$_line"
+      # strip any escaped strings for logging output 
+      _line=$(echo $line | sed "s,\x1B\[[0-9;]*[a-zA-Z],,g" | tr -dc '[:print:]')
+      # only print out non-empty lines to log
+      if [[ "$_line" != "" ]] ; then
+        printf '[%s] %s\n' "${scriptname}][${pretty_date}" "$_line"
+      fi
     done >> $logfile
   )
 }