diff --git a/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/Convert.hs b/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/Convert.hs
index a17abd0..480bd04 100644
--- a/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/Convert.hs
+++ b/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/Convert.hs
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ lineSep oopts = interpret lsep
 
 -- |
 --
--- >>> toLisp defaultOptions "fo\"o" ""
+-- >>> toLisp (outputOpts defaultOptions) "fo\"o" ""
 -- "\"fo\\\"o\""
--- >>> toPlain defaultOptions "foo" ""
+-- >>> toPlain (outputOpts defaultOptions) "foo" ""
 -- "foo"
 instance ToString String where
   toLisp  oopts = quote oopts
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ instance ToString String where
 
 -- |
 --
--- >>> toLisp defaultOptions ["foo", "bar", "ba\"z"] ""
+-- >>> toLisp (outputOpts defaultOptions) ["foo", "bar", "ba\"z"] ""
 -- "(\"foo\" \"bar\" \"ba\\\"z\")"
--- >>> toPlain defaultOptions ["foo", "bar", "baz"] ""
+-- >>> toPlain (outputOpts defaultOptions) ["foo", "bar", "baz"] ""
 -- "foo\nbar\nbaz"
 instance ToString [String] where
   toLisp  oopts = toSexp1 oopts
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ instance ToString [ModuleString] where
 -- |
 --
 -- >>> let inp = [((1,2,3,4),"foo"),((5,6,7,8),"bar")] :: [((Int,Int,Int,Int),String)]
--- >>> toLisp defaultOptions inp ""
+-- >>> toLisp (outputOpts defaultOptions) inp ""
 -- "((1 2 3 4 \"foo\") (5 6 7 8 \"bar\"))"
--- >>> toPlain defaultOptions inp ""
+-- >>> toPlain (outputOpts defaultOptions) inp ""
 -- "1 2 3 4 \"foo\"\n5 6 7 8 \"bar\""
 instance ToString [((Int,Int,Int,Int),String)] where
   toLisp  oopts = toSexp2 . map toS
diff --git a/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/PathsAndFiles.hs b/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/PathsAndFiles.hs
index c0fd19b..42557f4 100644
--- a/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/PathsAndFiles.hs
+++ b/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/PathsAndFiles.hs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ module Language.Haskell.GhcMod.PathsAndFiles (
 
 import Config (cProjectVersion)
 import Control.Applicative
+import Control.Exception as E
 import Control.Monad
 import Control.Monad.Trans.Maybe
 import Data.List
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ findExecutablesInDirectories' path binary =
 readStack :: OutputOpts -> [String] -> MaybeT IO String
 readStack oopts args = do
   stack <- MaybeT $ findExecutable "stack"
-  liftIO $ flip catch (\(e :: IOError) -> throw $ GMEStackBootrap $ show e) $ do
+  liftIO $ flip E.catch (\(e :: IOError) -> throw $ GMEStackBootrap $ show e) $ do
     evaluate =<< gmUnsafeReadProcess oopts stack args ""
 
 -- | Get path to sandbox config file
diff --git a/test/BrowseSpec.hs b/test/BrowseSpec.hs
index d615d50..657f423 100644
--- a/test/BrowseSpec.hs
+++ b/test/BrowseSpec.hs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module BrowseSpec where
 import Control.Applicative
 import Language.Haskell.GhcMod
 import Test.Hspec
+import Prelude
 
 import TestUtils
 import Dir
diff --git a/test/CabalHelperSpec.hs b/test/CabalHelperSpec.hs
index 231fc3c..3c2aa4e 100644
--- a/test/CabalHelperSpec.hs
+++ b/test/CabalHelperSpec.hs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import Test.Hspec
 import System.Directory
 import System.FilePath
 import System.Process (readProcess, system)
+import Prelude
 
 import Dir
 import TestUtils
diff --git a/test/CradleSpec.hs b/test/CradleSpec.hs
index 360b7e0..642e51d 100644
--- a/test/CradleSpec.hs
+++ b/test/CradleSpec.hs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import Language.Haskell.GhcMod.Types
 import System.Directory (canonicalizePath)
 import System.FilePath (pathSeparator)
 import Test.Hspec
+import Prelude
 
 import Dir
 
@@ -35,14 +36,14 @@ spec = do
         it "returns the current directory" $ do
             withDirectory_ "/" $ do
                 curDir <- stripLastDot <$> canonicalizePath "/"
-                res <- clean_ findCradle
+                res <- clean_ $ findCradle (outputOpts defaultOptions)
                 cradleCurrentDir res `shouldBe` curDir
                 cradleRootDir    res `shouldBe` curDir
                 cradleCabalFile  res `shouldBe` Nothing
 
         it "finds a cabal file and a sandbox" $ do
             withDirectory "test/data/cabal-project/subdir1/subdir2" $ \dir -> do
-                res <- relativeCradle dir <$> clean_ findCradle
+                res <- relativeCradle dir <$> clean_ (findCradle (outputOpts defaultOptions))
 
                 cradleCurrentDir res `shouldBe`
                     "test/data/cabal-project/subdir1/subdir2"
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ spec = do
 
         it "works even if a sandbox config file is broken" $ do
             withDirectory "test/data/broken-sandbox" $ \dir -> do
-                res <- relativeCradle dir <$> clean_ findCradle
+                res <- relativeCradle dir <$> clean_ (findCradle (outputOpts defaultOptions))
                 cradleCurrentDir res `shouldBe`
                     "test" </> "data" </> "broken-sandbox"
 
diff --git a/test/FileMappingSpec.hs b/test/FileMappingSpec.hs
index 8cfe2b0..f3c0a3d 100644
--- a/test/FileMappingSpec.hs
+++ b/test/FileMappingSpec.hs
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ spec = do
         it "should work even if file doesn't exist" $ do
           withDirectory_ "test/data/file-mapping" $ do
             let fm = [("Nonexistent.hs", "main = putStrLn \"Hello World!\"\n")]
-            res <- run defaultOptions{logLevel=GmDebug} $ do
+            res <- run defaultOptions $ do
               mapM_ (uncurry loadMappedFileSource) fm
               checkSyntax ["Nonexistent.hs"]
             res `shouldBe` "Nonexistent.hs:1:1:Warning: Top-level binding with no type signature: main :: IO ()\n"
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ spec = do
               writeFile (tmpdir </> "Bar_Redir.hs") srcBar
               let fm = [("Foo.hs", tmpdir </> "Foo_Redir.hs")
                        ,("Bar.hs", tmpdir </> "Bar_Redir.hs")]
-              res <- run defaultOptions{logLevel = GmDebug} $ do
+              res <- run defaultOptions $ do
                 mapM_ (uncurry loadMappedFile) fm
                 types "Bar.hs" 5 1
               res `shouldBe` unlines ["5 1 5 20 \"[Char]\""]
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ spec = do
           withDirectory_ "test/data/file-mapping" $ do
             let fm = [("Foo.hs", srcFoo)
                      ,("Bar.hs", srcBar)]
-            res <- run defaultOptions{logLevel = GmDebug} $ do
+            res <- run defaultOptions $ do
               mapM_ (uncurry loadMappedFileSource) fm
               types "Bar.hs" 5 1
             res `shouldBe` unlines ["5 1 5 20 \"[Char]\""]
diff --git a/test/FlagSpec.hs b/test/FlagSpec.hs
index 80fc893..af5438d 100644
--- a/test/FlagSpec.hs
+++ b/test/FlagSpec.hs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import Control.Applicative
 import Language.Haskell.GhcMod
 import Test.Hspec
 import TestUtils
+import Prelude
 
 spec :: Spec
 spec = do
diff --git a/test/LangSpec.hs b/test/LangSpec.hs
index 7c624cc..617ede5 100644
--- a/test/LangSpec.hs
+++ b/test/LangSpec.hs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import Control.Applicative
 import Language.Haskell.GhcMod
 import Test.Hspec
 import TestUtils
+import Prelude
 
 spec :: Spec
 spec = do
diff --git a/test/ListSpec.hs b/test/ListSpec.hs
index 9fc4648..828b08e 100644
--- a/test/ListSpec.hs
+++ b/test/ListSpec.hs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import Control.Applicative
 import Language.Haskell.GhcMod
 import Test.Hspec
 import TestUtils
+import Prelude
 
 spec :: Spec
 spec = do
diff --git a/test/TestUtils.hs b/test/TestUtils.hs
index dfe0644..5f69d05 100644
--- a/test/TestUtils.hs
+++ b/test/TestUtils.hs
@@ -18,14 +18,17 @@ import Language.Haskell.GhcMod.Cradle
 import Language.Haskell.GhcMod.Types
 
 import Control.Arrow
+import Control.Category
 import Control.Applicative
 import Control.Monad.Error (ErrorT, runErrorT)
 import Control.Monad.Trans.Journal
 import Data.List.Split
+import Data.Label
 import Data.String
 import System.FilePath
 import System.Directory
 import Test.Hspec
+import Prelude hiding ((.))
 
 import Exception
 
@@ -56,7 +59,7 @@ runGhcModTSpec' :: IOish m
 runGhcModTSpec' dir opt action = liftIO (canonicalizePath dir) >>= \dir' ->
     withGhcModEnvSpec dir' opt $ \env -> do
       first (fst <$>) <$> runGhcModT'' env defaultGhcModState
-        (gmSetLogLevel (logLevel opt) >> action)
+        (gmSetLogLevel (logLevel $ outputOpts opt) >> action)
 
 -- | Run GhcMod
 run :: Options -> GhcModT IO a -> IO a
@@ -65,11 +68,14 @@ run opt a = extract $ runGhcModTSpec opt a
 -- | Run GhcMod with default options
 runD :: GhcModT IO a -> IO a
 runD =
-    extract . runGhcModTSpec defaultOptions { logLevel = testLogLevel }
+    extract . runGhcModTSpec (setLogLevel testLogLevel defaultOptions)
 
 runD' :: FilePath -> GhcModT IO a -> IO a
 runD' dir =
-    extract . runGhcModTSpec' dir defaultOptions { logLevel = testLogLevel }
+    extract . runGhcModTSpec' dir (setLogLevel testLogLevel defaultOptions)
+
+setLogLevel :: GmLogLevel -> Options -> Options
+setLogLevel = set (lLogLevel . lOutputOpts)
 
 runE :: ErrorT e IO a -> IO (Either e a)
 runE = runErrorT