diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Logging/LogHelper.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Logging/LogHelper.cs
index 31de04c839..9291ffec1d 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Logging/LogHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Logging/LogHelper.cs
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Logging
 	///<summary>
 	/// Used for logging
 	///</summary>
-	internal static class LogHelper
+	public static class LogHelper
 	{
 		///<summary>
 		/// Returns a logger for the type specified
 		///</summary>
 		///<typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
 		///<returns></returns>
-		public static ILog LoggerFor<T>()
+		internal static ILog LoggerFor<T>()
 		{
 			return LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(T));
 		}
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Logging
 		/// </summary>
 		/// <param name="getTypeFromInstance"></param>
 		/// <returns></returns>
-		public static ILog LoggerFor(object getTypeFromInstance)
+		internal static ILog LoggerFor(object getTypeFromInstance)
 		{
 			if (getTypeFromInstance == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("getTypeFromInstance");
 			
diff --git a/src/umbraco.businesslogic/Log.cs b/src/umbraco.businesslogic/Log.cs
index ec06ac0174..92da7b093f 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.businesslogic/Log.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.businesslogic/Log.cs
@@ -177,13 +177,19 @@ namespace umbraco.BusinessLogic
                 {
 					LogHelper.Error<Log>("An error occurred adding an audit trail log to the umbracoLog table", e);
                 }
+
+				//Because 'Custom' log types are also Audit trail (for some wacky reason) but we also want these logged normally so we have to check for this:
+				if (type != LogTypes.Custom)
+				{
+					return;
+				}
+
             }
-            else
-            {
-                LogHelper.Info<Log>(
-					"Redirected log call (please use Umbraco.Core.Logging.LogHelper instead of umbraco.BusinessLogic.Log) | Type: {0} | User: {1} | NodeId: {2} | Comment: {3}",
-					() => type.ToString(), () => userId, () => nodeId.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture), () => comment);
-            }
+
+			//if we've made it this far it means that the log type is not an audit trail log or is a custom log.
+			LogHelper.Info<Log>(
+				"Redirected log call (please use Umbraco.Core.Logging.LogHelper instead of umbraco.BusinessLogic.Log) | Type: {0} | User: {1} | NodeId: {2} | Comment: {3}",
+				() => type.ToString(), () => userId, () => nodeId.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture), () => comment);            
         }
 
         public List<LogItem> GetAuditLogItems(int NodeId)
diff --git a/src/umbraco.businesslogic/LogTypes.cs b/src/umbraco.businesslogic/LogTypes.cs
index 21b168d001..f8232c0df0 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.businesslogic/LogTypes.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.businesslogic/LogTypes.cs
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ namespace umbraco.BusinessLogic
 		/// Use this log action for custom log messages that should be shown in the audit trail
 		/// </summary>
 		[AuditTrailLogItem]
+		[Obsolete("Use LogHelper to write custom log messages")]
 		Custom
 	}
 }
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