diff --git a/src/bin/radicle-native-ci.rs b/src/bin/radicle-native-ci.rs
index dc6f485..35068e1 100644
--- a/src/bin/radicle-native-ci.rs
+++ b/src/bin/radicle-native-ci.rs
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ struct Runner<'a> {
 impl<'a> Runner<'a> {
     fn git_clone(&mut self, repo_path: &Path) -> Result<(), NativeError> {
         debug!("cloning repository to {}", self.src.display());
-        self.log.writeln_str("clone repository")?;
+        self.log.writeln("clone repository")?;
         runcmd(
             &mut self.run_log,
             &[
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ impl<'a> Runner<'a> {
 
     fn git_checkout(&mut self) -> Result<(), NativeError> {
         debug!("checking out commit {}", self.commit);
-        self.log.writeln_str("check out commit")?;
+        self.log.writeln("check out commit")?;
         runcmd(
             &mut self.run_log,
             &["git", "checkout", &self.commit.to_string()],
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ impl<'a> Runner<'a> {
     /// Perform the CI run.
     fn run(&mut self) -> Result<(), NativeError> {
         self.log
-            .writeln(format!("CI run on {}, {}", self.repo, self.commit))?;
+            .writeln(&format!("CI run on {}, {}", self.repo, self.commit))?;
 
         self.run_log.h1("Log from Radicle native CI")?;
         self.run_log
@@ -209,10 +209,10 @@ impl<'a> Runner<'a> {
         self.git_checkout()?;
 
         let runspec = RunSpec::from_file(&self.src.join(RUNSPEC_PATH))?;
-        self.log.writeln(format!("CI run spec: {:#?}", runspec))?;
+        self.log.writeln(&format!("CI run spec: {:#?}", runspec))?;
 
         debug!("running CI in cloned repository");
-        self.log.writeln_str("run shell snippet in repository")?;
+        self.log.writeln("run shell snippet in repository")?;
         let snippet = format!("set -xeuo pipefail\n{}", &runspec.shell);
         runcmd(&mut self.run_log, &["bash", "-c", &snippet], &self.src)?;
 
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ impl<'a> Runner<'a> {
 
         write_response(&Response::finished(result.clone()))?;
 
-        self.run_log.writeln_str("CI run finished successfully")?;
+        self.run_log.writeln("CI run finished successfully")?;
 
         std::fs::remove_dir_all(&self.src)
             .map_err(|e| NativeError::RemoveDir(self.src.clone(), e))?;
diff --git a/src/logfile.rs b/src/logfile.rs
index a559dc2..3ff0274 100644
--- a/src/logfile.rs
+++ b/src/logfile.rs
@@ -50,12 +50,7 @@ impl LogFile {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    pub fn writeln(&mut self, text: String) -> Result<(), LogError> {
-        self.writeln_str(&text)?;
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    pub fn writeln_str(&mut self, text: &str) -> Result<(), LogError> {
+    pub fn writeln(&mut self, text: &str) -> Result<(), LogError> {
         self.write_str(text)?;
         self.write_str("\n")?;
         Ok(())