diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/curate/Curation.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/curate/Curation.java
index 2f578a5cfe..b3af072a32 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/curate/Curation.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/curate/Curation.java
@@ -189,8 +189,7 @@ public class Curation extends DSpaceRunnable<CurationScriptConfiguration> {
      * @throws FileNotFoundException If file of command line variable -r reporter is not found
      */
     private Curator initCurator() throws FileNotFoundException {
-        Curator curator = new Curator();
-        curator.setLogHandler(handler);
+        Curator curator = new Curator(handler);
         OutputStream reporterStream;
         if (null == this.reporter) {
             reporterStream = new NullOutputStream();
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/curate/Curator.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/curate/Curator.java
index 9e9d05cd46..90932cdf8c 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/curate/Curator.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/curate/Curator.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ package org.dspace.curate;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.text.MessageFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
@@ -93,6 +94,16 @@ public class Curator {
     protected HandleService handleService;
     protected DSpaceRunnableHandler handler;
 
+    /**
+     * constructor that uses an handler for logging
+     * 
+     * @param handler {@code DSpaceRunnableHandler} used to logs infos
+     */
+    public Curator(DSpaceRunnableHandler handler) {
+        this();
+        this.handler = handler;
+    }
+
     /**
      * No-arg constructor
      */
@@ -607,11 +618,11 @@ public class Curator {
             return mb.toString();
         }
 
-        protected void logInfo(String id) {
+        protected void logInfo(String message) {
             if (handler == null) {
-                log.info(logMessage(id));
+                log.info(message);
             } else {
-                handler.logInfo(logMessage(id));
+                handler.logInfo(message);
             }
         }
 
@@ -629,11 +640,11 @@ public class Curator {
                 log.warn(message);
             }
         } else {
-            handler.logWarning(message);
+            if (object != null) {
+                handler.logWarning(MessageFormat.format(message, object));
+            } else {
+                handler.logWarning(message);
+            }
         }
     }
-
-    public void setLogHandler(DSpaceRunnableHandler handler) {
-        this.handler = handler;
-    }
 }