diff --git a/include/spdlog/async_logger-inl.h b/include/spdlog/async_logger-inl.h
index 3b71e573..70440ce1 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/async_logger-inl.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/async_logger-inl.h
@@ -17,103 +17,66 @@
 #include <string>
 
 SPDLOG_INLINE spdlog::async_logger::async_logger(
-    std::string logger_name, sinks_init_list sinks_list, std::weak_ptr<details::thread_pool> tp, async_overflow_policy overflow_policy)
-    : async_logger(std::move(logger_name), sinks_list.begin(), sinks_list.end(), std::move(tp), overflow_policy)
-{}
+        std::string logger_name, sinks_init_list sinks_list, std::weak_ptr<details::thread_pool> tp,
+        async_overflow_policy overflow_policy)
+        : async_logger(std::move(logger_name), sinks_list.begin(), sinks_list.end(), std::move(tp), overflow_policy) {}
 
 SPDLOG_INLINE spdlog::async_logger::async_logger(
-    std::string logger_name, sink_ptr single_sink, std::weak_ptr<details::thread_pool> tp, async_overflow_policy overflow_policy)
-    : async_logger(std::move(logger_name), {std::move(single_sink)}, std::move(tp), overflow_policy)
-{}
+        std::string logger_name, sink_ptr single_sink, std::weak_ptr<details::thread_pool> tp,
+        async_overflow_policy overflow_policy)
+        : async_logger(std::move(logger_name), {std::move(single_sink)}, std::move(tp), overflow_policy) {}
 
 // send the log message to the thread pool
-SPDLOG_INLINE void spdlog::async_logger::sink_it_(const details::log_msg &msg)
-{
-    if (auto pool_ptr = thread_pool_.lock())
-    {
+SPDLOG_INLINE void spdlog::async_logger::sink_it_(const details::log_msg &msg) {
+    if (auto pool_ptr = thread_pool_.lock()) {
         pool_ptr->post_log(shared_from_this(), msg, overflow_policy_);
-    }
-    else
-    {
+    } else {
         SPDLOG_THROW(spdlog_ex("async log: thread pool doesn't exist anymore"));
     }
 }
 
 // send flush request to the thread pool
-SPDLOG_INLINE void spdlog::async_logger::flush_()
-{
-    if (auto pool_ptr = thread_pool_.lock())
-    {
+SPDLOG_INLINE void spdlog::async_logger::flush_() {
+    if (auto pool_ptr = thread_pool_.lock()) {
         pool_ptr->post_flush(shared_from_this(), overflow_policy_);
-    }
-    else
-    {
+    } else {
         SPDLOG_THROW(spdlog_ex("async flush: thread pool doesn't exist anymore"));
     }
 }
 
+SPDLOG_INLINE void spdlog::async_logger::dump_backtrace_()
+{
+    if (auto pool_ptr = thread_pool_.lock()) {
+        pool_ptr->post_dump_backtrace(shared_from_this(), overflow_policy_);
+    } else {
+        SPDLOG_THROW(spdlog_ex("async dumptrace: thread pool doesn't exist anymore"));
+    }
+}
+
 //
 // backend functions - called from the thread pool to do the actual job
 //
-SPDLOG_INLINE void spdlog::async_logger::backend_log_(const details::log_msg &incoming_log_msg)
+SPDLOG_INLINE void spdlog::async_logger::backend_sink_it_(const details::log_msg &incoming_log_msg)
 {
-    SPDLOG_TRY
-    {
-        for (auto &s : sinks_)
-        {
-            if (s->should_log(incoming_log_msg.level))
-            {
-                s->log(incoming_log_msg);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    SPDLOG_LOGGER_CATCH()
-
-    if (should_flush_(incoming_log_msg))
-    {
-        backend_flush_();
-    }
+    spdlog::logger::sink_it_(incoming_log_msg);
 }
 
 SPDLOG_INLINE void spdlog::async_logger::backend_flush_()
 {
-    SPDLOG_TRY
-    {
-        for (auto &sink : sinks_){sink->flush();}
-    }
-    SPDLOG_LOGGER_CATCH()
+    spdlog::logger::flush_();
 }
 
 
-SPDLOG_INLINE void spdlog::async_logger::dump_backtrace_()
-{
-    if (auto pool_ptr = thread_pool_.lock())
-    {
-        pool_ptr->post_dump_backtrace(shared_from_this(), overflow_policy_);
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        SPDLOG_THROW(spdlog_ex("async dumptrace: thread pool doesn't exist anymore"));
-    }
-}
 
 SPDLOG_INLINE void spdlog::async_logger::backend_dump_backtrace_()
 {
-    SPDLOG_TRY
-    {
-        if (backtrace_sink_) {
-            auto tracer = static_cast<sinks::backtrace_sink_mt *>(backtrace_sink_.get());
-            tracer->dump_backtrace(name());
-        }
-    }
-    SPDLOG_LOGGER_CATCH()
+  spdlog::logger::dump_backtrace_();
 }
 
 
-
-SPDLOG_INLINE std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> spdlog::async_logger::clone(std::string new_name)
-{
-    auto cloned = std::make_shared<spdlog::async_logger>(std::move(new_name), sinks_.begin(), sinks_.end(), thread_pool_, overflow_policy_);
+SPDLOG_INLINE std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> spdlog::async_logger::clone(std::string new_name) {
+    auto cloned = std::make_shared<spdlog::async_logger>(std::move(new_name), sinks_.begin(), sinks_.end(),
+                                                         thread_pool_, overflow_policy_);
 
     cloned->set_level(this->level());
     cloned->flush_on(this->flush_level());
diff --git a/include/spdlog/async_logger.h b/include/spdlog/async_logger.h
index bb0fc3ec..bee24015 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/async_logger.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/async_logger.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ protected:
     void sink_it_(const details::log_msg &msg) override;
     void flush_() override;
     void dump_backtrace_() override ;
-    void backend_log_(const details::log_msg &incoming_log_msg);
+    void backend_sink_it_(const details::log_msg &incoming_log_msg);
     void backend_flush_();
     void backend_dump_backtrace_();
 
diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/thread_pool-inl.h b/include/spdlog/details/thread_pool-inl.h
index 4019ea84..c9b4852c 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/thread_pool-inl.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/thread_pool-inl.h
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ bool SPDLOG_INLINE thread_pool::process_next_msg_()
     {
     case async_msg_type::log:
     {
-        incoming_async_msg.worker_ptr->backend_log_(incoming_async_msg);
+        incoming_async_msg.worker_ptr->backend_sink_it_(incoming_async_msg);
         return true;
     }
     case async_msg_type::flush:
diff --git a/include/spdlog/logger-inl.h b/include/spdlog/logger-inl.h
index d42effc9..2c27551b 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/logger-inl.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/logger-inl.h
@@ -241,7 +241,11 @@ SPDLOG_INLINE void logger::dump_backtrace_()
     if (backtrace_sink_)
     {
         auto tracer = static_cast<sinks::backtrace_sink_mt *>(backtrace_sink_.get());
-        tracer->dump_backtrace(name());
+        SPDLOG_TRY
+        {
+            tracer->dump_backtrace(name());
+        }
+        SPDLOG_LOGGER_CATCH()
     }
 }