diff --git a/logger/default.go b/logger/default.go
index 6ccd90f2..d1961c33 100644
--- a/logger/default.go
+++ b/logger/default.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func (l *defaultLogger) Clone(opts ...Option) Logger {
 
 	oldopts.Wrappers = newopts.Wrappers
 	l.Lock()
-	cl := &defaultLogger{opts: oldopts, logFunc: l.logFunc, logfFunc: l.logfFunc}
+	cl := &defaultLogger{opts: oldopts, logFunc: l.logFunc, logfFunc: l.logfFunc, enc: json.NewEncoder(l.opts.Out)}
 	l.Unlock()
 
 	// wrap the Log func
diff --git a/logger/unwrap/unwrap_test.go b/logger/unwrap/unwrap_test.go
index 3161c342..5c0ccd49 100644
--- a/logger/unwrap/unwrap_test.go
+++ b/logger/unwrap/unwrap_test.go
@@ -86,12 +86,12 @@ func TestTaggedNested(t *testing.T) {
 		unk string
 	}
 	type str struct {
-		key string `logger:"omit"`
 		val *val   `logger:"take"`
+		key string `logger:"omit"`
 	}
 
 	var iface interface{}
-	v := &str{val: &val{key: "test", unk: "unk"}}
+	v := &str{key: "omit", val: &val{key: "test", val: "omit", unk: "unk"}}
 	iface = v
 	buf := fmt.Sprintf("%#v", Unwrap(iface, Tagged(true)))
 	if strings.Compare(buf, `&unwrap.str{val:(*unwrap.val){key:"test"}}`) != 0 {