diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c830017..824e820 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
-- Fixes for context and other data handling
+
+## [1.6.5] - 2020-04-11
+### Fixed
+- Limitations of WordPressHandler regarding formatters, whereas formatted data was only respected in the 'extra' part of the records, but not for 'message' or 'context' (https://github.com/bradmkjr/monolog-wordpress/issues/11). **Note:** the time column still does not follow the formatted datetime to keep compatibility with existing deployments.
 
 ## [1.6.4] - 2020-04-11
 ### Fixed
@@ -39,7 +42,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 No changelog had been maintained up to this point. Refer to the GIT commit history for more details.
 
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/bradmkjr/monolog-wordpress/compare/1.6.4...v1
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/bradmkjr/monolog-wordpress/compare/1.6.5...v1
+[1.6.5]: https://github.com/bradmkjr/monolog-wordpress/tree/1.6.5
 [1.6.4]: https://github.com/bradmkjr/monolog-wordpress/tree/1.6.4
 [1.6.3]: https://github.com/bradmkjr/monolog-wordpress/tree/1.6.3
 [1.6.2]: https://github.com/bradmkjr/monolog-wordpress/tree/1.6.2
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 24ac354..e684251 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ Homepage: http://www.d-herrmann.de/projects/monolog-mysql-handler/
 This is a very simple handler for monolog. This version works for custom plugin development, but I would not advise to distrubte this code in a public repository for general use on high traffic sites. You have been warned.
 
 # Installation
-monolog-wordpress is available via composer. Just add the following line to your required section in composer.json and do a `php composer.phar update`.
+monolog-wordpress is available via composer. Just add the following line to your required section in composer.json and do a `php composer.phar update` or your choice of composer update method.
 
 ```
-"bradmkjr/monolog-wordpress": ">1.6.3"
+"bradmkjr/monolog-wordpress": "^1.6.4"
 ```
 
 # Usage
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index f2e026e..b6383c3 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     "keywords": ["wordpress", "log", "logging", "monolog", "mysql", "database"],
     "homepage": "https://github.com/bradmkjr/monolog-wordpress",
     "license": "MIT",
-    "version": "1.6.4",
+    "version": "1.6.5",
     "authors": [
         {
             "name": "Bradford Knowlton",
diff --git a/src/WordPressHandler/WordPressHandler.php b/src/WordPressHandler/WordPressHandler.php
index 3ba73a6..8fce80c 100644
--- a/src/WordPressHandler/WordPressHandler.php
+++ b/src/WordPressHandler/WordPressHandler.php
@@ -145,24 +145,27 @@ protected function write(array $record)
             $this->initialize($record);
         }
         //'context' contains the array
-        $contentArray = array_merge(array(
+	    $contentArray = array(
             'channel' => $record['channel'],
             'level' => $record['level'],
-            'message' => $record['message'],
+		    'message' => (isset($record['formatted']['message'])) ? $record['formatted']['message'] : $record['message'],
             'time' => $record['datetime']->format('U')
-        ), $record['context']);
+	    );
 
-        // extra out formatted or unformatted extra values
+        // Make sure to use the formatted values for context and extra, if available
         $recordExtra = (isset($record['formatted']['extra'])) ? $record['formatted']['extra'] : $record['extra'];
+	    $recordContext = (isset($record['formatted']['context'])) ? $record['formatted']['context'] : $record['context'];
+	
+	    $recordContExtra = array_merge( $recordExtra, $recordContext );
 
         // json encode values as needed
-        array_walk($recordExtra, function(&$value, $key) {
+        array_walk($recordContExtra, function(&$value, $key) {
         	if(is_array($value) || $value instanceof \Traversable) {
         		$value = json_encode($value);
         	}
         });
 
-        $contentArray = $contentArray + $recordExtra;
+        $contentArray = $contentArray + $recordContExtra;
 
         if(count($this->additionalFields) > 0) {
 	        //Fill content array with "null" values if not provided