diff --git a/lib/connect-logger.js b/lib/connect-logger.js
index cf9c60f..1f287c0 100644
--- a/lib/connect-logger.js
+++ b/lib/connect-logger.js
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ function getLogger(logger4js, options) {
 			var start = new Date()
 			, statusCode
 			, writeHead = res.writeHead
-			, end = res.end
 			, url = req.originalUrl;
 
 			// flag as logging
@@ -79,10 +78,8 @@ function getLogger(logger4js, options) {
 				}
 			};
       
-			// proxy end to output a line to the provided logger.
-			res.end = function(chunk, encoding) {
-				res.end = end;
-				res.end(chunk, encoding);
+			//hook on end request to emit the log entry of the HTTP request.
+			res.on('finish', function() {
 				res.responseTime = new Date() - start;
 				//status code response level handling
 				if(res.statusCode && options.level === 'auto'){
@@ -98,7 +95,7 @@ function getLogger(logger4js, options) {
 						thislogger.log(level, format(fmt, req, res));
 					}
 				}
-			};
+			});
 		}
     
     //ensure next gets always called