diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index fe4f5c9..6d8d88e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ deploy:
   - basescript/utils.py
   - examples/adder.py
   - examples/helloworld.py
-  name: basescript-0.3.3
-  tag_name: 0.3.3
+  name: basescript-0.3.4
+  tag_name: 0.3.4
   true:
     repo: deep-compute/basescript
 - provider: pypi
diff --git a/basescript/basescript.py b/basescript/basescript.py
index bc9962f..7680eb4 100644
--- a/basescript/basescript.py
+++ b/basescript/basescript.py
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ def __init__(self, args=None):
             quiet=self.args.quiet,
             level=self.args.log_level,
             fpath=self.args.log_file,
-            pre_hooks=self.define_log_pre_format_hooks(),
-            post_hooks=self.define_log_post_format_hooks(),
+            processors=self.define_log_processors(),
             metric_grouping_interval=self.args.metric_grouping_interval,
             minimal=self.args.minimal,
         )
@@ -92,25 +91,14 @@ def start(self):
     def name(self):
         return ".".join([x for x in (sys.argv[0].split(".")[0], self.args.name) if x])
 
-    def define_log_pre_format_hooks(self):
+    def define_log_processors(self):
         """
-        these hooks are called before the log has been rendered, but after
-        all necessary filtering by log_processors has taken place.
-        they must accept a single argument which is a dictionary.
+        These processors are called before a log is rendered but after
+        all necessary filtering by the default log processors has taken
+        place. They must have the function signature required by `structlog`
         """
         return []
 
-    def define_log_post_format_hooks(self):
-        """
-        these hooks are called after the log has been rendered using
-        the log renderer defined in `define_log_renderer`.
-        they must accept a single argument which is the output of the
-        renderer
-        """
-        # TODO remove this once structlog supports hooks or handlers
-        # these hooks accept a 'msg' and do not return anything
-        return []
-
     def define_subcommands(self, subcommands):
         """
         Define subcommands (as defined at https://docs.python.org/2/library/argparse.html#sub-commands)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 45bc624..f44d807 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def get_long_description():
 
 long_description = get_long_description()
 
-version = "0.3.3"
+version = "0.3.4"
 setup(
     name="basescript",
     version=version,