diff --git a/publish.sh b/publish.sh
index f2eddf22..7a63cff8 100755
--- a/publish.sh
+++ b/publish.sh
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ if [[ $RELEASE_TYPE = 'final' || $RELEASE_TYPE = 'candidate' ]]
 then
   if git remote show origin | grep "Fetch URL: git@github.com:Workday/warp-core.git"; then
     echo "we are on main fork, proceeding with $RELEASE_TYPE release"
+    ./gradlew -q clean -PallScalaVersions
     # create our repo tag
     # TODO despite being in `runOnceTasks`, it appears `candidate` is run multiple times with -PallScalaVersions, incorrectly creating multiple tags
     echo "creating repo tag for $RELEASE_TYPE release"
diff --git a/warp-core/src/main/scala/com/workday/warp/config/WarpPropertyManager.scala b/warp-core/src/main/scala/com/workday/warp/config/WarpPropertyManager.scala
index 5d9bf3e1..f914ec9f 100644
--- a/warp-core/src/main/scala/com/workday/warp/config/WarpPropertyManager.scala
+++ b/warp-core/src/main/scala/com/workday/warp/config/WarpPropertyManager.scala
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import com.workday.warp.logger.{LoggerInit, WarpLogUtils}
 import org.apache.commons.configuration2.PropertiesConfiguration
 import org.apache.commons.configuration2.builder.fluent.Configurations
 import org.apache.commons.configuration2.ex.ConfigurationException
+import org.slf4j.{Logger, LoggerFactory}
 
 import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
 import scala.collection.mutable
@@ -22,7 +23,12 @@ import scala.util.{Failure, Success, Try}
   * Created by tomas.mccandless on 10/21/15.
   * Based on a class created by michael.ottati on 3/29/13
   */
-object WarpPropertyManager extends LoggerInit {
+object WarpPropertyManager {
+
+  LoggerInit.init()
+
+  @transient
+  protected lazy val logger: Logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass.getName)
 
   /**
     * Properties containing this prefix will be passed through as system properties with this
diff --git a/warp-core/src/main/scala/com/workday/warp/logger/LoggerInit.scala b/warp-core/src/main/scala/com/workday/warp/logger/LoggerInit.scala
index 603db2d4..be67cf6c 100644
--- a/warp-core/src/main/scala/com/workday/warp/logger/LoggerInit.scala
+++ b/warp-core/src/main/scala/com/workday/warp/logger/LoggerInit.scala
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ import scala.util.{Failure, Try}
  * This trait is intended to quiesce debug entries from transitive dependencies that occur in the early stages of initialization
  * before we have had a chance to configure the logger properly.
  */
-trait LoggerInit {
+object LoggerInit {
 
-  // early configuration of this log level to
-  // Prevent spurious log entries from commons-beanutils library, which is a transitive dependency.
-  getLoggerContext.foreach(_.getLogger("org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters").setLevel(Level.INFO))
+  /** Early logger configuration to prevent spurious log entries. */
+  def init(): Unit = {
+    LoggerInit.getLoggerContext.foreach(_.getLogger("org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters").setLevel(Level.INFO))
+  }
 
   /**
    * Retrieve the LoggerContext as a Try from the ILoggerFactory.
@@ -22,10 +23,8 @@ trait LoggerInit {
    * Because we want to programmatically configure the logger, we need some methods only available via logback rather
    * than slf4j. This necessitates a cast, however if slf4j is bound at runtime to some concrete implementation other
    * than logback (e.g., slf4j-simple), this fails. Configuration will fallback to the default for that implementation.
-   *
-   * @return Try[LoggerContext]
    */
-  def getLoggerContext: Try[LoggerContext] = {
+  lazy val getLoggerContext: Try[LoggerContext] = {
     Try(LoggerFactory.getILoggerFactory.asInstanceOf[LoggerContext]).recoverWith { case e =>
       logger.warn("Could not cast to logback LoggerContext at runtime, logger will run with default configuration")
       Failure(e)
@@ -34,4 +33,4 @@ trait LoggerInit {
 
   @transient
   protected lazy val logger: Logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass.getName)
-}
+}
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diff --git a/warp-core/src/main/scala/com/workday/warp/logger/WarpLogUtils.scala b/warp-core/src/main/scala/com/workday/warp/logger/WarpLogUtils.scala
index ddbb33fb..88dcdf03 100644
--- a/warp-core/src/main/scala/com/workday/warp/logger/WarpLogUtils.scala
+++ b/warp-core/src/main/scala/com/workday/warp/logger/WarpLogUtils.scala
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ object WarpLogUtils extends WarpLogging {
       CustomLoggerLevels("com.workday.warp", this.parseLevel(WARP_CONSOLE_LOG_LEVEL.value, WARP_CONSOLE_LOG_LEVEL.defaultValue))
     )
 
-    getLoggerContext.foreach { context =>
+    LoggerInit.getLoggerContext.foreach { context =>
       val logEncoder: PatternLayoutEncoder = new PatternLayoutEncoder
       logEncoder.setContext(context)
       logEncoder.setPattern(LOG_FORMAT)
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ object WarpLogUtils extends WarpLogging {
    * @param writerConfig - configuration properties for each new fileWriter
    */
   def addFileWriter(writerConfig: WriterConfig): Unit = {
-    getLoggerContext.map { context =>
+    LoggerInit.getLoggerContext.map { context =>
       // Create a logEncoder for the logFileAppender
       val logEncoder2: PatternLayoutEncoder = new PatternLayoutEncoder
       logEncoder2.setContext(context)
diff --git a/warp-core/src/main/scala/com/workday/warp/logger/WarpLogging.scala b/warp-core/src/main/scala/com/workday/warp/logger/WarpLogging.scala
index a98ab097..4f221429 100644
--- a/warp-core/src/main/scala/com/workday/warp/logger/WarpLogging.scala
+++ b/warp-core/src/main/scala/com/workday/warp/logger/WarpLogging.scala
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.workday.warp.logger
 
 import com.workday.warp.config.WarpPropertyManager
+import org.slf4j.{Logger, LoggerFactory}
 
 /**
  * Trait that initializes the logger configuration for Warp.
@@ -8,10 +9,15 @@ import com.workday.warp.config.WarpPropertyManager
  *
  * This trait is intended to be mixed into classes that require logging capabilities.
  */
-trait WarpLogging extends LoggerInit {
+trait WarpLogging {
+
+  LoggerInit.init()
 
   // Initializes properties for use in logger configuration
   WarpPropertyManager.version
+
+  @transient
+  protected lazy val logger: Logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass.getName)
 }
 
 class WarpLoggingWrapper extends WarpLogging
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