diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 628baab..573a4f9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.minster586</groupId>
   <artifactId>ServerDevMode</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0.1</version>
+  <version>1.0.2</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>ServerDevMode</name>
   <description>Development mode plugin for Minecraft servers—tracing events and debugging logs</description>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/minster586/devmode/LogWriter.java b/src/main/java/com/minster586/devmode/LogWriter.java
index 4d95950..4c05f98 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/minster586/devmode/LogWriter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/minster586/devmode/LogWriter.java
@@ -35,9 +35,11 @@ public class LogWriter {
         String fileName = category + "." + fileExtension;
         File file = new File(folderPath, fileName);
 
+        // Only replace ' | ' with ',' in the message, not the timestamp
         try (BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(file, true))) {
             String timestamp = timestampFormatter.format(new Date());
-            String entry = timestamp + "," + message;
+            String formattedMessage = message.replace(" | ", ",");
+            String entry = timestamp + "," + formattedMessage;
             writer.write(entry);
             writer.newLine();
         } catch (IOException e) {
diff --git a/src/main/resources/plugin.yml b/src/main/resources/plugin.yml
index 53ea2c4..09b3413 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/plugin.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/plugin.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: ServerDevMode
-version: 1.0.1
+version: 1.0.2
 main: com.minster586.devmode.ServerDevMode
 api-version: 1.16
 description: Server-wide development mode plugin for event tracing, chat logging, and debugging support.