diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b307242..a1887cf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "carotte-amqp",
-  "version": "1.2.2",
+  "version": "1.2.3",
   "description": "AMQP wrapper for the carotte microservice framework",
   "main": "src/index.js",
   "repository": "https://github.com/cubyn/node-carotte-amqp",
diff --git a/src/describe.js b/src/describe.js
index a225ef1..4f139e5 100644
--- a/src/describe.js
+++ b/src/describe.js
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 const replaceNonDirect = /^(topic|fanout)\//;
 
 module.exports.subscribeToDescribe = function (carotte, qualifier, meta) {
-    qualifier = qualifier.replace(replaceNonDirect, 'direct/');
+    if (replaceNonDirect.test(qualifier)) {
+        qualifier = qualifier.replace(replaceNonDirect, 'direct/');
+        const parts = qualifier.split('/');
+        qualifier = `${parts[0]}/${parts[parts.length - 1]}`;
+    }
+
     carotte.subscribe(`${qualifier}:describe`, { queue: { durable: false, autoDelete: true } }, () => {
         return meta;
     });
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index f9b684d..4482733 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ function Carotte(config) {
                 return ok.then(() => {
                     producerDebug(`publishing to ${options.routingKey} on ${exchangeName}`);
                     if (log) {
-                        config.transport.info(`${rpc ? '>> ' : '>  '} ${options.type}/${options.routingKey}`, {
+                        config.transport.info(`${rpc ? '▶ ' : '▷ '} ${options.type}/${options.routingKey}`, {
                             context: options.context,
                             headers: options.headers,
                             data: payload,
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ function Carotte(config) {
                 });
             })
             .catch(err => {
-                config.transport.error(`${rpc ? '>> ' : '>  '} ${options.type}/${options.routingKey}`, {
+                config.transport.error(`${rpc ? '▶ ' : '▷ '} ${options.type}/${options.routingKey}`, {
                     context: options.context,
                     headers: options.headers,
                     data: payload,
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ function Carotte(config) {
                             consumerDebug('Handler success');
                             // otherwise internal subscribe (rpc…)
                             if (qualifier) {
-                                config.transport.info(`${rpc ? '<< ' : '<  '} ${qualifier}`, {
+                                config.transport.info(`${rpc ? '◀ ' : '◁ '} ${qualifier}`, {
                                     context,
                                     headers,
                                     data,
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ function Carotte(config) {
                 const pubOptions = messageToOptions(qualifier, message);
                 const rpc = headers['x-reply-to'] !== undefined;
 
-                config.transport.error(`${rpc ? '<< ' : '<  '} ${qualifier}`, {
+                config.transport.error(`${rpc ? '◀ ' : '◁ '} ${qualifier}`, {
                     context,
                     headers,
                     subscriber: qualifier,