diff --git a/logging.lua b/logging.lua
index 7c12b5c..56b7c0e 100644
--- a/logging.lua
+++ b/logging.lua
@@ -104,10 +104,12 @@ function RecursionSentinel.remove(knownTables, value)
   knownTables[value] = nil
 end
 
-local function cloneNonRecursive(value, sentinels)
-  if type(value) == "table" then
+local function cloneNonRecursive(inValue, sentinels)
+  if type(inValue) == "table" then
+    local wrapLogPlain = LogPlain.is(inValue) and function(v) return LogPlain.of(v, inValue.deep) end or function(v) return v end
+    local value = LogPlain.getValue(inValue)
     if RecursionSentinel.isKnown(sentinels, value) then
-      return RecursionSentinel.getSentinel(sentinels, value)
+      return wrapLogPlain(RecursionSentinel.getSentinel(sentinels, value))
     end
 
     local sentinel = RecursionSentinel.getSentinel(sentinels, value)
@@ -121,9 +123,9 @@ local function cloneNonRecursive(value, sentinels)
     RecursionSentinel.remove(sentinels, sentinel.table)
 
     sentinel.value = clone
-    return sentinel.value
+    return wrapLogPlain(sentinel.value)
   else
-    return value
+    return inValue
   end
 end
 
@@ -137,6 +139,7 @@ local function _simpleStringify(inValue, builder, ignoreGlobals, skipFunctions,
   local isPlain = plain or LogPlain.is(inValue)
   local isDeep = plain or LogPlain.isDeep(inValue)
   if type(value) == "table" then
+    table.insert(builder, tostring(getmetatable(inValue)))
     if not isPlain then
         table.insert(builder, "<")
     end