diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1d5ea98..dc8e3d5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name = 'splunk_handler',
-    version = '1.1.0',
+    version = '1.1.1',
     license = 'MIT License',
     description = 'A Python logging handler that sends your logs to Splunk',
     long_description = open('README.md').read(),
diff --git a/splunk_handler/__init__.py b/splunk_handler/__init__.py
index 3663813..b8ada1b 100644
--- a/splunk_handler/__init__.py
+++ b/splunk_handler/__init__.py
@@ -31,9 +31,12 @@ def __init__(self, host, port, username, password, index,
         else:
             self.hostname = hostname
 
-        # prevent infinite recursion by silencing requests logger
-        requests_log = logging.getLogger('requests')
-        requests_log.propagate = False
+        # prevent infinite recursion by silencing requests and urllib3 loggers
+        logging.getLogger('requests').propagate = False
+        logging.getLogger('urllib3').propagate = False
+
+        # and do the same for ourselves
+        logging.getLogger(__name__).propagate = False
 
     def emit(self, record):
 
@@ -71,7 +74,9 @@ def _async_emit(self, record):
             r.close()
 
         except Exception, e:
-
-            print "Traceback:\n" + traceback.format_exc()
-            print "Exception in Splunk logging handler: %s" % str(e)
+            try:
+                print traceback.format_exc()
+                print "Exception in Splunk logging handler: %s" % str(e)
+            except:
+                pass