diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5b46390..3942e1e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Current [semantic](http://semver.org/) version:
 
 ```clojure
-[com.taoensso/timbre "0.8.1"]
+[com.taoensso/timbre "0.8.2"]
 ```
 
 **Breaking changes** since _0.7.x_:
@@ -45,14 +45,13 @@ lein2 all test
 Depend on Timbre in your `project.clj`:
 
 ```clojure
-[com.taoensso/timbre "0.8.1"]
+[com.taoensso/timbre "0.8.2"]
 ```
 
 and `use` the library:
 
 ```clojure
-(ns my-app
-  (:use [taoensso.timbre :as timbre :only (trace debug info warn error fatal spy)]))
+(ns my-app (:use [taoensso.timbre :as timbre :only (trace debug info warn error fatal spy)]))
 ```
 
 ### Start Logging
@@ -110,6 +109,7 @@ Configuring Timbre couldn't be simpler. Let's check out (some of) the defaults:
 
  :appenders
  {:standard-out        { <...> }
+  :spit                { <...> }
   <...> }
 
  :shared-appender-config {}}
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 90d47aa..de487ee 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject com.taoensso/timbre "0.8.1"
+(defproject com.taoensso/timbre "0.8.2"
   :description "Simple, flexible, all-Clojure logging. No XML!"
   :url "https://github.com/ptaoussanis/timbre"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"}
diff --git a/src/taoensso/timbre.clj b/src/taoensso/timbre.clj
index bba959c..99a5c9d 100644
--- a/src/taoensso/timbre.clj
+++ b/src/taoensso/timbre.clj
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
 
       Other keys include: :instant, :timestamp, :hostname, :ns, :error?
 
-    See source code for examples."}
+    See source code for examples and `utils/deep-merge` for a convenient way
+    to reconfigure appenders."}
   (atom {:current-level :debug
 
          ;;; Control log filtering by namespace patterns (e.g. ["my-app.*"]).
@@ -60,7 +61,19 @@
            :max-message-per-msecs nil
            :fn (fn [{:keys [error? prefix message more]}]
                  (binding [*out* (if error? *err* *out*)]
-                   (apply str-println prefix "-" message more)))}}}))
+                   (apply str-println prefix "-" message more)))}
+
+          :spit
+          {:doc "Spits to (:spit-filename :shared-appender-config) file."
+           :min-level nil :enabled? false :async? false
+           :max-message-per-msecs nil
+           :fn (fn [{:keys [ap-config prefix message more]}]
+                 (when-let [filename (:spit-filename ap-config)]
+                   (try (spit filename
+                              (with-out-str (apply str-println prefix "-"
+                                                   message more))
+                              :append true)
+                        (catch java.io.IOException _))))}}}))
 
 (defn set-config! [[k & ks] val] (swap! config assoc-in (cons k ks) val))
 (defn set-level!  [level] (set-config! [:current-level] level))
@@ -104,9 +117,10 @@
   [{apfn :fn :keys [async? max-message-per-msecs] :as appender}]
   (->
    ;; Wrap to add compile-time stuff to runtime appender arguments
-   (let [{:keys [timestamp-pattern timestamp-locale prefix-fn] :as ap-config}
-         @config
-         timestamp-fn (make-timestamp-fn timestamp-pattern timestamp-locale)]
+   (let [{ap-config :shared-appender-config
+          :keys [timestamp-pattern timestamp-locale prefix-fn]} @config
+
+          timestamp-fn (make-timestamp-fn timestamp-pattern timestamp-locale)]
 
      (fn [{:keys [instant] :as apfn-args}]
        (let [apfn-args (merge apfn-args {:ap-config ap-config
@@ -186,7 +200,7 @@
                               (apply juxt))))))))
    (reset! appenders-juxt-cache)))
 
-;;; Namespace filter
+;;; Namespace filter ; TODO Generalize to arbitrary fn filters?
 
 (def ns-filter-cache "@ns-filter-cache => (fn relevant-ns? [ns] ...)"
   (atom (constantly true)))
diff --git a/src/taoensso/timbre/utils.clj b/src/taoensso/timbre/utils.clj
index 38f1a5c..abef478 100644
--- a/src/taoensso/timbre/utils.clj
+++ b/src/taoensso/timbre/utils.clj
@@ -14,4 +14,24 @@
           @d-result
           (let [d-result (delay (apply f args))]
             (swap! cache assoc args {:time-cached now :d-result d-result})
-            @d-result))))))
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+            @d-result))))))
+
+(defn deep-merge-with ; From clojure.contrib.map-utils
+  "Like `merge-with` but merges maps recursively, applying the given fn
+  only when there's a non-map at a particular level.
+
+  (deepmerge-with + {:a {:b {:c 1 :d {:x 1 :y 2}} :e 3} :f 4}
+                    {:a {:b {:c 2 :d {:z 9} :z 3} :e 100}})
+  => {:a {:b {:z 3, :c 3, :d {:z 9, :x 1, :y 2}}, :e 103}, :f 4}"
+  [f & maps]
+  (apply
+   (fn m [& maps]
+     (if (every? map? maps)
+       (apply merge-with m maps)
+       (apply f maps)))
+   maps))
+
+(defn deep-merge
+  "Partial of `deep-merge-with`."
+  [& maps]
+  (apply deep-merge-with (fn [x y] y) maps))
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