diff --git a/ivy/Ivy.scala b/ivy/Ivy.scala
index 1c18d64b6..48ee41ee4 100644
--- a/ivy/Ivy.scala
+++ b/ivy/Ivy.scala
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ final class IvySbt(configuration: IvyConfiguration)
 	}
 	private lazy val ivy =
 	{
-		val i = Ivy.newInstance(settings)
+		val i = new Ivy() { private val loggerEngine = new SbtMessageLoggerEngine; override def getLoggerEngine = loggerEngine }
+		i.setSettings(settings)
+		i.bind()
 		i.getLoggerEngine.pushLogger(logger)
 		i
 	}
diff --git a/ivy/IvyLogger.scala b/ivy/IvyLogger.scala
index 94b1fc3dc..a403c6622 100644
--- a/ivy/IvyLogger.scala
+++ b/ivy/IvyLogger.scala
@@ -36,9 +36,7 @@ private final class IvyLoggerInterface(logger: IvyLogger) extends MessageLogger
 	def info(msg: String) = logger.info(msg)
 	def rawinfo(msg: String) = info(msg)
 	def warn(msg: String) = logger.warn(msg)
-	def error(msg: String) =
-		if(!msg.startsWith("unknown resolver")) // hack to suppress these kinds of messages
-			logger.error(msg)
+	def error(msg: String) = if(SbtIvyLogger.acceptError(msg)) logger.error(msg)
 	
 	private def emptyList = java.util.Collections.emptyList[T forSome { type T}]
 	def getProblems = emptyList
@@ -54,10 +52,13 @@ private final class IvyLoggerInterface(logger: IvyLogger) extends MessageLogger
 	def isShowProgress = false
 	def setShowProgress(progress: Boolean) {}
 }
-
-/** This is a hack to filter error messages about 'unknown resolver ...'. */
 private final class SbtMessageLoggerEngine extends MessageLoggerEngine
 {
-	override def error(msg: String) = if(acceptError(msg)) super.error(msg)
-	def acceptError(msg: String) = (msg ne null) && !msg.startsWith("unknown resolver")
+	/** This is a hack to filter error messages about 'unknown resolver ...'. */
+	override def error(msg: String) = if(SbtIvyLogger.acceptError(msg)) super.error(msg)
+}
+private object SbtIvyLogger
+{
+	val UnknownResolver = "unknown resolver"
+	def acceptError(msg: String) = (msg ne null) && !msg.startsWith(UnknownResolver)
 }
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