diff --git a/Sources/SwiftBAMDC/SwiftDataCollector.swift b/Sources/SwiftBAMDC/SwiftDataCollector.swift
index baa9ab9..ef772ff 100755
--- a/Sources/SwiftBAMDC/SwiftDataCollector.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftBAMDC/SwiftDataCollector.swift
@@ -38,10 +38,6 @@ public class SwiftDataCollectorInit {
 
         var sm:SwiftMetrics
 
-        var logLevel : LoggerMessageType = .info
-
-        logLevel = self.bamConfig.logLevel
-        
         sm = swiftMetricsInstance
         self.monitor = sm.monitor()
 
diff --git a/Sources/SwiftMetrics/SwiftMetrics.swift b/Sources/SwiftMetrics/SwiftMetrics.swift
index 68259fc..5ac27f4 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftMetrics/SwiftMetrics.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftMetrics/SwiftMetrics.swift
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ private func receiveAgentCoreData(cSourceId: UnsafePointer<CChar>, cSize: CUnsig
     let opaquePointer = OpaquePointer(data)
     let cstrPointer = UnsafePointer<CChar>(opaquePointer)
 
-    let message = String(cString:cstrPointer) ?? ""
+    let message = String(cString:cstrPointer)
     if swiftMon != nil {
       swiftMon!.raiseCoreEvent(topic: source, message: message)
     }