diff --git a/lib/loga/configuration.rb b/lib/loga/configuration.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/loga/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/loga/configuration.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ module Loga
     end
 
     def initialize!
-      @service_name.to_s.strip!
+      @service_name = service_name.to_s.strip
       @service_version = compute_service_version
 
       initialize_logger
diff --git a/lib/loga/version.rb b/lib/loga/version.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/loga/version.rb
+++ b/lib/loga/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Loga
-  VERSION = '1.1.0'
+  VERSION = '1.1.1'
 end
Remove service_name mutation when initializing, closes #<I>