diff --git a/masque/error.py b/masque/error.py
index 00775d3..95c3fd2 100644
--- a/masque/error.py
+++ b/masque/error.py
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+import traceback
+import pathlib
+
+
+MASQUE_DIR = str(pathlib.Path(__file__).parent)
+
+
 class MasqueError(Exception):
     """
     Parent exception for all Masque-related Exceptions
@@ -39,3 +46,50 @@ class OneShotError(MasqueError):
     """
     def __init__(self, func_name: str) -> None:
         Exception.__init__(self, f'Function "{func_name}" with @oneshot was called more than once')
+
+
+def format_stacktrace(
+        stacklevel: int = 1,
+        *,
+        skip_file_prefixes: tuple[str, ...] = (MASQUE_DIR,),
+        low_file_prefixes: tuple[str, ...] = ('<runpy', '<string>'),
+        low_file_suffixes: tuple[str, ...] = ('IPython/utils/py3compat.py', ),
+        ) -> str:
+    """
+    Utility function for making nicer stack traces (e.g. excluding <frozen runpy> and similar)
+
+    Args:
+        stacklevel: Number of frames to remove from near this function (default is to
+            show caller but not ourselves). Similar to `warnings.warn` and `logging.warning`.
+        skip_file_prefixes: Indicates frames to ignore after counting stack levels; similar
+            to `warnings.warn` *TODO check if this is actually the same effect re:stacklevel*.
+            Forces stacklevel to max(2, stacklevel).
+            Default is to exclude anything within `masque`.
+        low_file_prefixes: Indicates frames to ignore on the other (entry-point) end of the stack,
+            based on prefixes on their filenames.
+        low_file_suffixes: Indicates frames to ignore on the other (entry-point) end of the stack,
+            based on suffixes on their filenames.
+
+    Returns:
+        Formatted trimmed stack trace
+    """
+    if skip_file_prefixes:
+        stacklevel = max(2, stacklevel)
+
+    stack = traceback.extract_stack()
+
+    bad_inds = [ii + 1 for ii, frame in enumerate(stack)
+                if frame.filename.startswith(low_file_prefixes) or frame.filename.endswith(low_file_suffixes)]
+    first_ok = max([0] + bad_inds)
+
+    last_ok = -stacklevel - 1
+    while last_ok >= -len(stack) and stack[last_ok].filename.startswith(skip_file_prefixes):
+        last_ok -= 1
+
+    if selected := stack[first_ok:last_ok + 1]:
+        pass
+    elif selected := stack[:-stacklevel]:
+        pass
+    else:
+        selected = stack
+    return ''.join(traceback.format_list(selected))
diff --git a/masque/ports.py b/masque/ports.py
index f12706e..a8aaa0c 100644
--- a/masque/ports.py
+++ b/masque/ports.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 from typing import overload, Self, NoReturn, Any
 from collections.abc import Iterable, KeysView, ValuesView, Mapping
-import warnings
-import traceback
 import logging
 import functools
 from collections import Counter
@@ -14,7 +12,7 @@ from numpy.typing import ArrayLike, NDArray
 
 from .traits import PositionableImpl, Rotatable, PivotableImpl, Copyable, Mirrorable
 from .utils import rotate_offsets_around
-from .error import PortError
+from .error import PortError, format_stacktrace
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -307,9 +305,9 @@ class PortList(metaclass=ABCMeta):
             msg = 'Ports have conflicting types:\n'
             for nn, (kk, vv) in enumerate(connections.items()):
                 if type_conflicts[nn]:
-            msg = ''.join(traceback.format_stack()) + '\n' + msg
-            warnings.warn(msg, stacklevel=2)
                     msg += f'{kk} | {a_types[nn]}:{b_types[nn]} | {vv}\n'
+            msg += '\nStack trace:\n' + format_stacktrace()
+            logger.warning(msg)
 
         a_offsets = numpy.array([pp.offset for pp in a_ports])
         b_offsets = numpy.array([pp.offset for pp in b_ports])
@@ -522,9 +520,9 @@ class PortList(metaclass=ABCMeta):
             msg = 'Ports have conflicting types:\n'
             for nn, (kk, vv) in enumerate(map_in.items()):
                 if type_conflicts[nn]:
-            msg = ''.join(traceback.format_stack()) + '\n' + msg
-            warnings.warn(msg, stacklevel=2)
                     msg += f'{kk} | {s_types[nn]}:{o_types[nn]} | {vv}\n'
+            msg += '\nStack trace:\n' + format_stacktrace()
+            logger.warning(msg)
 
         rotations = numpy.mod(s_rotations - o_rotations - pi, 2 * pi)
         if not has_rot.any():