diff --git a/commons/src/main/java/org/archive/util/ArchiveUtils.java b/commons/src/main/java/org/archive/util/ArchiveUtils.java
index 6e8e8d7f..54e6aa63 100644
--- a/commons/src/main/java/org/archive/util/ArchiveUtils.java
+++ b/commons/src/main/java/org/archive/util/ArchiveUtils.java
@@ -748,8 +748,16 @@ public class ArchiveUtils {
      * @param obj Object to prettify
      * @return prettified String
      */
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     public static String prettyString(Object obj) {
-        return "<"+obj+">"; 
+        // these things have to checked and casted unfortunately
+        if (obj instanceof Object[]) {
+            return prettyString((Object[]) obj);
+        } else if (obj instanceof Map) {
+            return prettyString((Map) obj);
+        } else {
+            return "<"+obj+">";
+        }
     }
     
     /**
@@ -777,29 +785,27 @@ public class ArchiveUtils {
     }
     
     /**
-     * Provide a slightly-improved String of Map[]
+     * Provide a slightly-improved String of Object[]
      * 
-     * @param Map[]
-     * @return prettified (in square brackets) of Map[]
+     * @param Object[]
+     * @return prettified (in square brackets) of Object[]
      */
-    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-    public static String prettyString(Map[] maps) {
+    public static String prettyString(Object[] array) {
         StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
         builder.append("[ ");
         boolean needsComma = false; 
-        for( Map map : maps) {
-            if(map==null) continue;
+        for (Object o: array) {
+            if(o==null) continue;
             if(needsComma) {
                 builder.append(", ");
             }
-            builder.append(prettyString(map));
+            builder.append(prettyString(o));
             needsComma = true; 
         }
         builder.append(" ]");
         return builder.toString();
     }
     
-    
     private static String loadVersion() {
         InputStream input = ArchiveUtils.class.getResourceAsStream(
                 "/org/archive/util/version.txt");
diff --git a/modules/src/main/java/org/archive/modules/recrawl/PersistProcessor.java b/modules/src/main/java/org/archive/modules/recrawl/PersistProcessor.java
index 6596805f..d61f5ed8 100644
--- a/modules/src/main/java/org/archive/modules/recrawl/PersistProcessor.java
+++ b/modules/src/main/java/org/archive/modules/recrawl/PersistProcessor.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.lang.SerializationUtils;
 import org.archive.bdb.BdbModule;
 import org.archive.modules.CrawlURI;
 import org.archive.modules.Processor;
+import org.archive.util.ArchiveUtils;
 import org.archive.util.FileUtils;
 import org.archive.util.IoUtils;
 import org.archive.util.OneLineSimpleLogger;
@@ -198,7 +199,7 @@ public abstract class PersistProcessor extends Processor {
             Map alist = (Map) SerializationUtils.deserialize(Base64.decodeBase64(splits[1].getBytes("UTF-8")));
 
             if (logger.isLoggable(Level.FINE)) {
-                logger.fine(splits[0] + " " + alist);
+                logger.fine(splits[0] + " " + ArchiveUtils.prettyString(alist));
             }
 
             if (historyMap != null) {
@@ -211,7 +212,7 @@ public abstract class PersistProcessor extends Processor {
         
         return count;
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * Populates a new environment db from an old environment db or a persist
      * log. If path to new environment is not provided, only logs the entries