diff --git a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/LogWriter.java b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/LogWriter.java
index 8f6b0d4c8c565285ca69afbe0f968a8f5871f6a7..5aa53e7eae0d25a46d4ba5c917efd2821d3c212a 100644
--- a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/LogWriter.java
+++ b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/LogWriter.java
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class LogWriter implements Runnable {
         if (_manager.getDisplayOnScreenLevel() <= rec.getPriority()) {
             if (_manager.displayOnScreen()) {
                 // wrapper log already does time stamps, so reformat without the date
-                if (System.getProperty("wrapper.version") != null)
+                if (_manager.getContext().hasWrapper())
                     System.out.print(LogRecordFormatter.formatRecord(_manager, rec, false));
                 else
                     System.out.print(val);