diff --git a/example.ts b/example.ts
index 21e4b35..a23cc35 100644
--- a/example.ts
+++ b/example.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class User {
 function example(oe: OnEmitFn) {
 	let user = new User();
 
-	let scope = diary('example', oe);
+	let scope = diary(oe);
 
 	scope('log', 'this is a log message');
 	scope('info', 'this is an info message');
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ function example(oe: OnEmitFn) {
 
 	scope('info', 'this {user} exists', { user });
 	scope('info', 'we call that user {name} with {id}', user);
-
-	scope = diary(oe);
-	scope('debug', 'sometimes we do not want a scope name');
 }
 
 console.log('============ PRETTY ============\n');
@@ -47,7 +44,7 @@ console.log('NOTE: we omit the level, as that is presented in the DevTools.\n');
 example(browser);
 
 console.log('\n\n============ CLEF (custom) ============\n');
-example((name, level, message, props) => {
+example((level, message, props) => {
 	let event = {
 		'@t': new Date().toISOString(),
 		'@l': level,
diff --git a/src/mod.test.ts b/src/mod.test.ts
index f538f74..133b6b4 100644
--- a/src/mod.test.ts
+++ b/src/mod.test.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Deno.test('api', () => {
 	assertInstanceOf(lib.diary, Function);
 
 	let emit = spy<lib.OnEmitFn>();
-	let log = lib.diary('test', emit);
+	let log = lib.diary(emit);
 	assertInstanceOf(log, Function);
 	log('info', 'hello {name}', { name: 'world' });
 	// @ts-expect-error - wrong type "name" should be "foo"
@@ -17,59 +17,50 @@ Deno.test('api', () => {
 
 Deno.test('calls onEmit', () => {
 	let emit = spy();
-	let log = lib.diary('test', emit);
+	let log = lib.diary(emit);
 	log('info', 'hello', { name: 'world' });
 	assertSpyCall(emit, 0, {
-		args: ['test', 'info', 'hello', { name: 'world' }],
+		args: ['info', 'hello', { name: 'world' }],
 	});
 });
 
 Deno.test('calls onEmit for every log', () => {
 	let emit = spy();
-	let log = lib.diary('test', emit);
+	let log = lib.diary(emit);
 	log('info', 'hello', { name: 'world' });
 	log('debug', 'hello {phrase}', { phrase: 'world' });
 	assertSpyCall(emit, 0, {
-		args: ['test', 'info', 'hello', { name: 'world' }],
+		args: ['info', 'hello', { name: 'world' }],
 	});
 	assertSpyCall(emit, 1, {
-		args: ['test', 'debug', 'hello {phrase}', { phrase: 'world' }],
+		args: ['debug', 'hello {phrase}', { phrase: 'world' }],
 	});
 });
 
 Deno.test('calls with correct level', () => {
 	let emit = spy();
-	let log = lib.diary('test', emit);
+	let log = lib.diary(emit);
 
 	let i = 0;
 	for (let level of ['log', 'debug', 'info', 'warn', 'error', 'fatal']) {
 		log(level as Level, 'hello', { name: 'world' });
 		assertSpyCall(emit, i++, {
-			args: ['test', level, 'hello', { name: 'world' }],
+			args: [level, 'hello', { name: 'world' }],
 		});
 	}
 });
 
-Deno.test('onEmit retains its `this` context', () => {
-	let emit = spy();
-	let log = lib.diary('test', emit);
-	log('info', 'hello', { name: 'world' });
-	assertSpyCall(emit, 0, {
-		self: emit,
-	});
-});
-
 Deno.test('should allow anything as prop value', () => {
 	class Test {}
 
 	let t = new Test();
 
 	let emit = spy();
-	let log = lib.diary('test', emit);
+	let log = lib.diary(emit);
 	log('info', 'hello {phrase}', { phrase: t });
 
 	assertSpyCall(emit, 0, {
-		args: ['test', 'info', 'hello {phrase}', { phrase: t }],
+		args: ['info', 'hello {phrase}', { phrase: t }],
 	});
 });
 
@@ -81,7 +72,7 @@ Deno.test('should allow anything as prop', () => {
 	let t = new Test();
 
 	let emit = spy();
-	let log = lib.diary('test', emit);
+	let log = lib.diary(emit);
 	log('info', 'hello {phrase}', t);
 
 	log(
@@ -92,6 +83,6 @@ Deno.test('should allow anything as prop', () => {
 	);
 
 	assertSpyCall(emit, 0, {
-		args: ['test', 'info', 'hello {phrase}', t],
+		args: ['info', 'hello {phrase}', t],
 	});
 });
diff --git a/src/mod.ts b/src/mod.ts
index 530b3b6..32ae499 100644
--- a/src/mod.ts
+++ b/src/mod.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { Pretty, Props, Dict } from './util.ts';
+import type { Dict, Pretty, Props } from './util.ts';
 
 export type Level = 'log' | 'debug' | 'info' | 'warn' | 'error' | 'fatal';
 
@@ -8,24 +8,16 @@ export interface OnEmitFn {
 	(level: Level, message: string, props?: object | undefined): any;
 }
 
-export interface LogFn<Ctx extends Dict> {
-	<const T extends string, Params extends Pretty<Omit<Props<T>, keyof Ctx>>> (
+export interface LogFn<Ctx extends object> {
+	<const T extends string, Params extends Pretty<Omit<Props<T>, keyof Ctx>>>(
 		level: Level,
 		template: T,
 		...args: keyof Params extends never ? [] : Params extends object ? [properties: Params] : []
 	): void;
 }
 
-export function diary<Ctx extends Dict>(onEmit: OnEmitFn, ctx?: Ctx): LogFn<Ctx> {
+export function diary<Ctx extends object>(onEmit: OnEmitFn, ctx?: Ctx): LogFn<Ctx> {
 	return function log(level, message, props) {
-		onEmit(level, message, {...ctx, ...props});
+		onEmit(level, message, ctx, props);
 	} as LogFn<Ctx>;
 }
-
-let s = diary(() => {}, { foo: 'bar'});
-s('info', 'hello');
-s('info', 'hello {foo}');
-s('info', 'hello {foo} {phrase}', {
-	phrase: 'world',
-});
-
diff --git a/src/output.console.ts b/src/output.console.ts
index ec35a45..5e0fa9a 100644
--- a/src/output.console.ts
+++ b/src/output.console.ts
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ const LEVELS = {
 	fatal: '✗ fatal ' as const,
 } as const;
 
-function log(out: string, name: string | undefined, level: Level, message: string, props?: object) {
-	if (name) out += `[${name}] `;
+function log(out: string, level: Level, message: string, props?: object) {
+	//if (name) out += `[${name}] `;
 
 	let args: unknown[] = [];
 	out += interpolate(message, props, (value) => {
@@ -25,25 +25,22 @@ function log(out: string, name: string | undefined, level: Level, message: strin
 }
 
 export function browser(
-	name: string | undefined,
 	level: Level,
 	message: string,
 	props?: object | undefined,
 ) {
-	log('', name, level, message, props);
+	log('', level, message, props);
 }
 
 export function plain(
-	name: string | undefined,
 	level: Level,
 	message: string,
 	props?: object | undefined,
 ) {
-	log(LEVELS[level], name, level, message, props);
+	log(LEVELS[level], level, message, props);
 }
 
 export function pretty(
-	name: string | undefined,
 	level: Level,
 	message: string,
 	props?: object | undefined,
@@ -55,5 +52,5 @@ export function pretty(
 	if (level === 'error') l = red(l);
 	if (level === 'fatal') l = bold(red(l));
 
-	log(l, name, level, message, props);
+	log(l, level, message, props);
 }
diff --git a/src/stream.test.ts b/src/stream.test.ts
index f63da1c..40db017 100644
--- a/src/stream.test.ts
+++ b/src/stream.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Deno.test('api', () => {
 
 Deno.test('streams', async () => {
 	let events: lib.LogEvent[] = [];
-	let log = stream.diary('test', async (stream) => {
+	let log = stream.diary(async (stream) => {
 		assertInstanceOf(stream, ReadableStream);
 		for await (let event of stream) events.push(event);
 	});
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Deno.test('streams', async () => {
 	await delay(1);
 
 	assertEquals(events, [
-		['test', 'info', 'hello', { name: 'world' }],
-		['test', 'debug', 'hello', { name: 'world' }],
+		['info', 'hello', { name: 'world' }],
+		['debug', 'hello', { name: 'world' }],
 	]);
 });
diff --git a/src/stream.ts b/src/stream.ts
index bc23158..4abedca 100644
--- a/src/stream.ts
+++ b/src/stream.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 import * as lib from './mod.ts';
 
-export function diary(name: string, cb: (r: ReadableStream<lib.LogEvent>) => any): lib.LogFn {
+export function diary<Ctx extends object>(
+	cb: (r: ReadableStream<lib.LogEvent>) => any,
+	ctx?: Ctx,
+): lib.LogFn<Ctx> {
 	let stream = new TransformStream<lib.LogEvent, lib.LogEvent>();
 	let writer = stream.writable.getWriter();
 	cb(stream.readable);
 	return lib.diary(
-		name,
 		function () {
 			writer.write(Array.from(arguments) as lib.LogEvent);
 		},
+		ctx,
 	);
 }
diff --git a/src/using.test.ts b/src/using.test.ts
index 1f8c0e0..6a58fd3 100644
--- a/src/using.test.ts
+++ b/src/using.test.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Deno.test('calls onEmit', () => {
 	let emit = spy();
 
 	{
-		using log = lib.diary('test', emit);
+		using log = lib.diary(emit);
 		log('info', 'hello {name}', { name: 'world' });
 		log('debug', 'hello {name}', { name: 'world' });
 	}
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ Deno.test('calls onEmit', () => {
 	assertSpyCall(emit, 0, {
 		args: [
 			[
-				['test', 'info', 'hello {name}', { name: 'world' }],
-				['test', 'debug', 'hello {name}', { name: 'world' }],
+				['info', 'hello {name}', { name: 'world' }],
+				['debug', 'hello {name}', { name: 'world' }],
 			],
 		],
 	});
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Deno.test('allows async disposal', async () => {
 	let emit = spy(() => delay(1));
 
 	{
-		await using log = lib.diary('test', emit);
+		await using log = lib.diary(emit);
 		log('info', 'hello {name}', { name: 'world' });
 		log('debug', 'hello {name}', { name: 'world' });
 	}
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ Deno.test('allows async disposal', async () => {
 	assertSpyCall(emit, 0, {
 		args: [
 			[
-				['test', 'info', 'hello {name}', { name: 'world' }],
-				['test', 'debug', 'hello {name}', { name: 'world' }],
+				['info', 'hello {name}', { name: 'world' }],
+				['debug', 'hello {name}', { name: 'world' }],
 			],
 		],
 	});
diff --git a/src/using.ts b/src/using.ts
index b45161c..0779d9c 100644
--- a/src/using.ts
+++ b/src/using.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
 import * as lib from './mod.ts';
 
-export interface LogFn extends lib.LogFn {
+export interface LogFn<Ctx extends object> extends lib.LogFn<Ctx> {
 	[Symbol.dispose](): void;
 }
 
-export function diary(name: string, flush: (events: lib.LogEvent[]) => any): LogFn {
+export function diary<Ctx extends object>(
+	flush: (events: lib.LogEvent[]) => any,
+	ctx?: Ctx,
+): LogFn<Ctx> {
 	const events: lib.LogEvent[] = [];
 
 	let log = lib.diary(
-		name,
 		function () {
 			events.push(Array.from(arguments) as lib.LogEvent);
 		},
-	) as LogFn;
+		ctx,
+	) as LogFn<Ctx>;
 	log[Symbol.dispose] = function () {
 		return flush(events);
 	};