diff --git a/logger/default.go b/logger/default.go
index 6fa2b009..ce4498ef 100644
--- a/logger/default.go
+++ b/logger/default.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 type defaultLogger struct {
 	sync.RWMutex
 	opts Options
-	err  error
 }
 
 // Init(opts...) should only overwrite provided options
@@ -35,13 +34,6 @@ func (l *defaultLogger) Fields(fields map[string]interface{}) Logger {
 	return l
 }
 
-func (l *defaultLogger) Error(err error) Logger {
-	l.Lock()
-	l.err = err
-	l.Unlock()
-	return l
-}
-
 func copyFields(src map[string]interface{}) map[string]interface{} {
 	dst := make(map[string]interface{}, len(src))
 	for k, v := range src {
@@ -58,9 +50,6 @@ func (l *defaultLogger) Log(level Level, v ...interface{}) {
 
 	l.RLock()
 	fields := copyFields(l.opts.Fields)
-	if l.err != nil {
-		fields["error"] = l.err.Error()
-	}
 	l.RUnlock()
 
 	fields["level"] = level.String()
@@ -88,9 +77,6 @@ func (l *defaultLogger) Logf(level Level, format string, v ...interface{}) {
 
 	l.RLock()
 	fields := copyFields(l.opts.Fields)
-	if l.err != nil {
-		fields["error"] = l.err.Error()
-	}
 	l.RUnlock()
 
 	fields["level"] = level.String()
diff --git a/logger/helper.go b/logger/helper.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..90a9ea13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logger/helper.go
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package logger
+
+type Helper struct {
+	Logger
+}
+
+func NewHelper(log Logger) *Helper {
+	return &Helper{log}
+}
+
+func (h *Helper) Info(args ...interface{}) {
+	h.Logger.Log(InfoLevel, args...)
+}
+
+func (h *Helper) Infof(template string, args ...interface{}) {
+	h.Logger.Logf(InfoLevel, template, args...)
+}
+
+func (h *Helper) Trace(args ...interface{}) {
+	h.Logger.Log(TraceLevel, args...)
+}
+
+func (h *Helper) Tracef(template string, args ...interface{}) {
+	h.Logger.Logf(TraceLevel, template, args...)
+}
+
+func (h *Helper) Debug(args ...interface{}) {
+	h.Logger.Log(DebugLevel, args...)
+}
+
+func (h *Helper) Debugf(template string, args ...interface{}) {
+	h.Logger.Logf(DebugLevel, template, args...)
+}
+
+func (h *Helper) Warn(args ...interface{}) {
+	h.Logger.Log(WarnLevel, args...)
+}
+
+func (h *Helper) Warnf(template string, args ...interface{}) {
+	h.Logger.Logf(WarnLevel, template, args...)
+}
+
+func (h *Helper) Error(args ...interface{}) {
+	h.Logger.Log(ErrorLevel, args...)
+}
+
+func (h *Helper) Errorf(template string, args ...interface{}) {
+	h.Logger.Logf(ErrorLevel, template, args...)
+}
+
+func (h *Helper) Fatal(args ...interface{}) {
+	h.Logger.Log(ErrorLevel, args...)
+}
+
+func (h *Helper) Fatalf(template string, args ...interface{}) {
+	h.Logger.Logf(ErrorLevel, template, args...)
+}
+
+func (h *Helper) WithError(err error) *Helper {
+	return &Helper{h.Logger.Fields(map[string]interface{}{"error": err})}
+}
diff --git a/logger/logger.go b/logger/logger.go
index 1c0dc826..ad3b41a1 100644
--- a/logger/logger.go
+++ b/logger/logger.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package logger
 
 var (
 	// Default logger
-	DefaultLogger Logger = NewLogger()
+	DefaultLogger Logger = NewHelper(NewLogger())
 )
 
 // Logger is a generic logging interface
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ type Logger interface {
 	Init(options ...Option) error
 	// The Logger options
 	Options() Options
-	// Error set `error` field to be logged
-	Error(err error) Logger
 	// Fields set fields to always be logged
 	Fields(fields map[string]interface{}) Logger
 	// Log writes a log entry
@@ -43,7 +41,3 @@ func Logf(level Level, format string, v ...interface{}) {
 func String() string {
 	return DefaultLogger.String()
 }
-
-func WithError(err error) Logger {
-	return DefaultLogger.Error(err)
-}
diff --git a/logger/logger_test.go b/logger/logger_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..95d9c388
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logger/logger_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package logger
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestLogger(t *testing.T) {
+	l := NewLogger(WithLevel(TraceLevel))
+	h := NewHelper(l)
+	h.Trace("trace level")
+}