diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 016f2c8..6dd7640 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ linters:
           - goconst
           - gosec
           - nilnil
+          - noctx
 
       - path: database_test\.go
         linters:
diff --git a/docs/src/content/docs/packages/log.mdx b/docs/src/content/docs/packages/log.mdx
index 1547a6f..b7053ce 100644
--- a/docs/src/content/docs/packages/log.mdx
+++ b/docs/src/content/docs/packages/log.mdx
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Core Components:
 - `New`: Builds a text or JSON logger that automatically extracts values like `traceId` and `serviceName` from `context.Context`.
 - `TraceIDMiddleware`: Adds a per-request trace ID to context and response headers.
 - `Event`: Mutable wide-event model with attrs, steps, errors, severity, and duration.
-- `WideEventLogger`: Writes finalized `Event` values through a `Sampler`.
+- `WideEventLogger`: Writes finalized `Event` values through a `Sampler` and can also be installed as the package default logger for `Debug`/`Info`/`Warn`/`Error` calls.
 - `WideEventMiddleware`: Creates request-wide events, stores them in context, and emits them after handlers finish.
 - `Sampler`, `SamplerFunc`, `DefaultSampler`: Tail-sampling rules for keeping errors, slow requests, selected status codes, and random samples.
 - `EventFromContext`: Fetches the current request-wide event from context using `WideEventKey`.
@@ -56,6 +56,14 @@ Core Components:
 
     This keeps all error events, slow requests (>=2s), `5xx` responses, and 5% of the remaining traffic.
 
+    You can also reuse the same `wideLogger` as the package default logger:
+
+    ```go
+    log.SetDefault(wideLogger)
+    ```
+
+    In that mode, `log.Info(...)` and related calls emit a short-lived event that still goes through the configured sampler, just like explicit wide events created via middleware or `WriteEvent(...)`.
+
 4. Enrich events and logs inside handlers
 
     ```go
diff --git a/log/wideevent_logger.go b/log/wideevent_logger.go
index f3d8ccf..fef2503 100644
--- a/log/wideevent_logger.go
+++ b/log/wideevent_logger.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"log/slog"
 	"slices"
+	"time"
 )
 
 // WideEventLogger writes wide events with tail sampling.
@@ -14,6 +15,12 @@ type WideEventLogger struct {
 	reservedAttrKeys []string
 }
 
+const (
+	simpleLogEventName = "log.record"
+)
+
+var _ logger = (*WideEventLogger)(nil)
+
 // NewWideEventLogger creates a wide-event logger.
 func NewWideEventLogger(w io.Writer, s Sampler, loggerType string, contextKeys map[string]any) *WideEventLogger {
 	// If no sampler provided, use a keep-all sampler to prevent nil panics
@@ -24,7 +31,10 @@ func NewWideEventLogger(w io.Writer, s Sampler, loggerType string, contextKeys m
 	opts := &slog.HandlerOptions{
 		Level: slog.LevelDebug,
 		ReplaceAttr: func(_ []string, a slog.Attr) slog.Attr {
-			if a.Key == slog.TimeKey || a.Key == slog.MessageKey {
+			if a.Key == slog.TimeKey {
+				return slog.Attr{}
+			}
+			if a.Key == slog.MessageKey && a.Value.Kind() == slog.KindString && a.Value.String() == "" {
 				return slog.Attr{}
 			}
 			return a
@@ -45,6 +55,46 @@ func NewWideEventLogger(w io.Writer, s Sampler, loggerType string, contextKeys m
 	}
 }
 
+// Debug logs a message at Debug level.
+func (l *WideEventLogger) Debug(msg string, args ...any) {
+	l.DebugContext(context.Background(), msg, args...)
+}
+
+// Info logs a message at Info level.
+func (l *WideEventLogger) Info(msg string, args ...any) {
+	l.InfoContext(context.Background(), msg, args...)
+}
+
+// Warn logs a message at Warn level.
+func (l *WideEventLogger) Warn(msg string, args ...any) {
+	l.WarnContext(context.Background(), msg, args...)
+}
+
+// Error logs a message at Error level.
+func (l *WideEventLogger) Error(msg string, args ...any) {
+	l.ErrorContext(context.Background(), msg, args...)
+}
+
+// DebugContext logs a message at Debug level with context.
+func (l *WideEventLogger) DebugContext(ctx context.Context, msg string, args ...any) {
+	l.writeSimpleLog(ctx, slog.LevelDebug, msg, args...)
+}
+
+// InfoContext logs a message at Info level with context.
+func (l *WideEventLogger) InfoContext(ctx context.Context, msg string, args ...any) {
+	l.writeSimpleLog(ctx, slog.LevelInfo, msg, args...)
+}
+
+// WarnContext logs a message at Warn level with context.
+func (l *WideEventLogger) WarnContext(ctx context.Context, msg string, args ...any) {
+	l.writeSimpleLog(ctx, slog.LevelWarn, msg, args...)
+}
+
+// ErrorContext logs a message at Error level with context.
+func (l *WideEventLogger) ErrorContext(ctx context.Context, msg string, args ...any) {
+	l.writeSimpleLog(ctx, slog.LevelError, msg, args...)
+}
+
 // WriteEvent finalizes event duration and conditionally writes it.
 func (l *WideEventLogger) WriteEvent(ctx context.Context, e *Event) {
 	e.Finish()
@@ -54,6 +104,30 @@ func (l *WideEventLogger) WriteEvent(ctx context.Context, e *Event) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (l *WideEventLogger) writeSimpleLog(ctx context.Context, level slog.Level, msg string, args ...any) {
+	event := NewEvent(simpleLogEventName)
+	event.SetLevel(level)
+	event.AddAttrs(simpleLogEventAttrs(args...))
+	event.Finish()
+
+	if l.sampler.ShouldSample(ctx, event) {
+		l.logger.LogAttrs(ctx, event.Level(), msg, event.toAttrs(l.reservedAttrKeys)...)
+	}
+}
+
+func simpleLogEventAttrs(args ...any) map[string]any {
+	attrs := map[string]any{}
+
+	record := slog.NewRecord(time.Time{}, slog.LevelInfo, "", 0)
+	record.Add(args...)
+	record.Attrs(func(attr slog.Attr) bool {
+		attrs[attr.Key] = attr.Value
+		return true
+	})
+
+	return attrs
+}
+
 func wideEventReservedAttrKeys(contextKeys map[string]any) []string {
 	reservedAttrKeys := append([]string{}, wideEventBuiltinAttrKeys()...)
 	reservedAttrKeys = appendUnique(reservedAttrKeys, slog.LevelKey)