diff --git a/youtube.module b/youtube.module
index 14f3079..55068e6 100644
--- a/youtube.module
+++ b/youtube.module
@@ -339,9 +339,10 @@ function youtube_get_remote_image($video_id = NULL, $force_small = FALSE) {
 
   $youtube_thumb_uri = youtube_build_thumbnail_uri();
   if (!file_prepare_directory($youtube_thumb_uri, FILE_CREATE_DIRECTORY) && !mkdir($youtube_thumb_uri, 0775, TRUE)) {
-    \Drupal::service('logger.factory')->get('youtube')->log(WATCHDOG_ERROR,
+    \Drupal::service('logger.factory')->get('youtube')->error(
       'Failed to create YouTube thumbnail directory: %dir',
-      array('%dir' => $youtube_thumb_uri));
+      array('%dir' => $youtube_thumb_uri)
+    );
     return FALSE;
   }
 
@@ -352,9 +353,10 @@ function youtube_get_remote_image($video_id = NULL, $force_small = FALSE) {
   $file = file_save_data($data, $destination, FILE_EXISTS_REPLACE);
 
   if (!$file) {
-    \Drupal::service('logger.factory')->get('youtube')->log(WATCHDOG_ERROR,
+    \Drupal::service('logger.factory')->get('youtube')->error(
       'Unable to save youtube thumbnail to filesystem for video %id',
-      array('%id' => $video_id));
+      array('%id' => $video_id)
+    );
     return FALSE;
   }