diff --git a/include/spdlog/spdlog.h b/include/spdlog/spdlog.h
index c4b6a0bb..1653c601 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/spdlog.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/spdlog.h
@@ -170,10 +170,10 @@ void drop_all();
 #define SPDLOG_STR_HELPER(x) SPDLOG_STR_H(x)
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
   #define SPDLOG_TRACE(logger, ...) logger->trace("[ " __FILE__ "(" SPDLOG_STR_HELPER(__LINE__) ") ] " __VA_ARGS__)
-  #define SPDLOG_TRACE_IF(logger, flag, ...) logger.trace_if(flag, "[ " __FILE__ "(" SPDLOG_STR_HELPER(__LINE__) ") ] " __VA_ARGS__)
+  #define SPDLOG_TRACE_IF(logger, flag, ...) logger->trace_if(flag, "[ " __FILE__ "(" SPDLOG_STR_HELPER(__LINE__) ") ] " __VA_ARGS__)
 #else
   #define SPDLOG_TRACE(logger, ...) logger->trace("[ " __FILE__ ":" SPDLOG_STR_HELPER(__LINE__) " ] " __VA_ARGS__)
-  #define SPDLOG_TRACE_IF(logger, flag, ...) logger.trace_if(flag, "[ " __FILE__ ":" SPDLOG_STR_HELPER(__LINE__) " ] " __VA_ARGS__)
+  #define SPDLOG_TRACE_IF(logger, flag, ...) logger->trace_if(flag, "[ " __FILE__ ":" SPDLOG_STR_HELPER(__LINE__) " ] " __VA_ARGS__)
 #endif
 #else
 #define SPDLOG_TRACE(logger, ...)
diff --git a/tests/includes.h b/tests/includes.h
index 0590fc60..6c2a539f 100644
--- a/tests/includes.h
+++ b/tests/includes.h
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 #include "catch.hpp"
 #include "utils.h"
 
+#define SPDLOG_TRACE_ON
+#define SPDLOG_DEBUG_ON
+
 #include "../include/spdlog/spdlog.h"
 #include "../include/spdlog/sinks/null_sink.h"
 #include "../include/spdlog/sinks/ostream_sink.h"
diff --git a/tests/test_macros.cpp b/tests/test_macros.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7aeadc43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_macros.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+* This content is released under the MIT License as specified in https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gabime/spdlog/master/LICENSE
+*/
+
+#include "includes.h"
+
+TEST_CASE("debug and trace w/o format string", "[macros]]")
+{
+	prepare_logdir();
+	std::string filename = "logs/simple_log";
+
+	auto logger = spdlog::create<spdlog::sinks::simple_file_sink_mt>("logger", filename);
+	logger->set_pattern("%v");
+	logger->set_level(spdlog::level::trace);		
+	
+	SPDLOG_TRACE(logger, "Test message 1");
+	//SPDLOG_DEBUG(logger, "Test message 2");	
+	SPDLOG_DEBUG(logger, "Test message 2");
+	logger->flush();
+	
+	REQUIRE(ends_with(file_contents(filename), "Test message 2\n"));
+	REQUIRE(count_lines(filename) == 2);
+}
+
+
+TEST_CASE("debug and trace with format strings", "[macros]]")
+{
+	prepare_logdir();
+	std::string filename = "logs/simple_log";
+
+	auto logger = spdlog::create<spdlog::sinks::simple_file_sink_mt>("logger", filename);
+	logger->set_pattern("%v");
+	logger->set_level(spdlog::level::trace);
+
+	SPDLOG_TRACE(logger, "Test message 1");
+	//SPDLOG_DEBUG(logger, "Test message 2");	
+	SPDLOG_DEBUG(logger, "Test message {}", 222);
+	logger->flush();
+
+	REQUIRE(ends_with(file_contents(filename), "Test message 222\n"));
+	REQUIRE(count_lines(filename) == 2);
+}
+
diff --git a/tests/tests.vcxproj b/tests/tests.vcxproj
index f5c854db..9b63d53b 100644
--- a/tests/tests.vcxproj
+++ b/tests/tests.vcxproj
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@
     <ClCompile Include="format.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="main.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="registry.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="test_macros.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="utils.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/tests/tests.vcxproj.filters b/tests/tests.vcxproj.filters
index b5612d0c..0effbef9 100644
--- a/tests/tests.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/tests/tests.vcxproj.filters
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@
     <ClCompile Include="cond_logging.cpp">
       <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="test_macros.cpp">
+      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="includes.h">
diff --git a/tests/utils.cpp b/tests/utils.cpp
index e0785352..d454b2d6 100644
--- a/tests/utils.cpp
+++ b/tests/utils.cpp
@@ -46,3 +46,11 @@ std::size_t get_filesize(const std::string& filename)
 
     return static_cast<std::size_t>(ifs.tellg());
 }
+
+
+// source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/2072890/192001
+bool ends_with(std::string const & value, std::string const & ending)
+{
+	if (ending.size() > value.size()) return false;
+	return std::equal(ending.rbegin(), ending.rend(), value.rbegin());
+}
diff --git a/tests/utils.h b/tests/utils.h
index 1d9b6213..819bcee6 100644
--- a/tests/utils.h
+++ b/tests/utils.h
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ std::size_t count_lines(const std::string& filename);
 
 std::size_t get_filesize(const std::string& filename);
 
+bool ends_with(std::string const & value, std::string const & ending);
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