diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9e53335a..53d75605 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ xo_add_headeronly_library(indentlog)
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------
 # standard install + provide find_package() support
 
-xo_install_library2(indentlog)
+xo_install_library3(indentlog ${PROJECT_NAME}Targets)
 xo_install_include_tree()
 xo_export_cmake_config(${PROJECT_NAME} ${PROJECT_VERSION} ${PROJECT_NAME}Targets)
 
diff --git a/include/xo/indentlog/log_level.hpp b/include/xo/indentlog/log_level.hpp
index a4392286..dbe49b29 100644
--- a/include/xo/indentlog/log_level.hpp
+++ b/include/xo/indentlog/log_level.hpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <iostream>
 #include <cstdint>
 
 namespace xo {
@@ -54,6 +55,23 @@ namespace xo {
         return (static_cast<std::uint32_t>(x) <= static_cast<std::uint32_t>(y));
     }
 
+    inline std::ostream &
+    operator<<(std::ostream & os,
+               log_level x) {
+        switch(x) {
+        case log_level::never: os << "never"; break;
+        case log_level::verbose: os << "verbose"; break;
+        case log_level::chatty: os << "chatty"; break;
+        case log_level::info: os << "info"; break;
+        case log_level::warning: os << "warning"; break;
+        case log_level::error: os << "error"; break;
+        case log_level::severe: os << "severe"; break;
+        case log_level::always: os << "always"; break;
+        case log_level::silent: os << "silent"; break;
+            //default: os << "???"; break;
+        }
+        return os;
+    } /* operator<<*/
 } /*namespace xo*/
 
 /* end log_level.hpp */
diff --git a/include/xo/indentlog/scope.hpp b/include/xo/indentlog/scope.hpp
index 551589e9..107dfc3e 100644
--- a/include/xo/indentlog/scope.hpp
+++ b/include/xo/indentlog/scope.hpp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ namespace xo {
 #  define XO_DEBUG(debug_flag) XO_ENTER1(always, debug_flag)
 #  define XO_DEBUG2(debug_flag, name1) XO_ENTER2(always, debug_flag, name1)
 
-#  define XO_LITERAL(lvl, name1, name2) xo::scope_setup(xo::log_level::lvl, function_style::literal, name1, name2, __FILE__, __LINE__)
+#  define XO_LITERAL(lvl, name1, name2) xo::scope_setup(lvl, function_style::literal, name1, name2, __FILE__, __LINE__)
 
 //#  define XO_SSETUP0() xo::scope_setup(__FUNCTION__)
 //#  define XO_SSETUP0(lvl) xo::scope_setup(xo::log_level::lvl, xo::log_config::style, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__, __FILE__, __LINE__)