diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.txt b/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
index 5b155d3..a4bda93 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 -->
 
-$Id: RELEASE-NOTES.txt,v 1.7 2004/06/01 20:39:50 rdonkin Exp $
+$Id: RELEASE-NOTES.txt,v 1.8 2004/09/27 16:21:40 proyal Exp $
 
                            Commons Logging Package
                                 Version 1.0.4
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ NEW FEATURES:
 [AvalonLogger]     Added AvalonLogger, which wraps the logger used by the
                    Avalon framework.  As with other implementations, this
                    is compiled only if the appropriate dependencies are
-                   satisfied.
+                   satisfied. This implementation is *NOT* Serializable
 
 [Jdk13LumberjackLogger]
                    Added Jdk13LumberjackLogger, which wraps the implementation
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ BUG FIXES:
                    exceptions when looking up system properties that are
                    not accessible.
 
+[AvalonLogger]     Fix NullPointerException when it when providing a
+                   default logger.
 
 
 DEPRECATIONS:
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/commons/logging/impl/AvalonLogger.java b/src/java/org/apache/commons/logging/impl/AvalonLogger.java
index a2eed5f..52866cd 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/commons/logging/impl/AvalonLogger.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/commons/logging/impl/AvalonLogger.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 package org.apache.commons.logging.impl;
 
-import java.io.Serializable;
 import org.apache.avalon.framework.logger.Logger;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 
@@ -41,16 +40,14 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
  * </ul>
  *
  * @author <a href="mailto:neeme@apache.org">Neeme Praks</a>
- * @version $Revision: 1.9 $ $Date: 2004/06/01 19:56:20 $
+ * @version $Revision: 1.10 $ $Date: 2004/09/27 16:21:40 $
  */
-public class AvalonLogger implements Log, Serializable {
+public class AvalonLogger implements Log {
 
     /** Ancesteral avalon logger  */ 
     private static Logger defaultLogger = null;
     /** Avalon logger used to perform log */
     private transient Logger logger = null;
-    /** The name of this logger */
-    private String name = null;
 
     /**
      * Constructs an <code>AvalonLogger</code> that outputs to the given
@@ -58,7 +55,6 @@ public class AvalonLogger implements Log, Serializable {
      * @param logger the avalon logger implementation to delegate to
      */
     public AvalonLogger(Logger logger) {
-        this.name = name;
         this.logger = logger;
     }
 
@@ -70,17 +66,14 @@ public class AvalonLogger implements Log, Serializable {
     public AvalonLogger(String name) {
         if (defaultLogger == null)
             throw new NullPointerException("default logger has to be specified if this constructor is used!");
-        this.logger = getLogger();
+        this.logger = defaultLogger.getChildLogger(name);
     }
 
     /**
      * Gets the Avalon logger implementation used to perform logging.
      * @return avalon logger implementation
      */
-    public Logger getLogger() {
-        if (logger == null) {
-            logger = defaultLogger.getChildLogger(name);
-        }
+    private final Logger getLogger() {
         return logger;
     }