diff --git a/EDMarketConnector.py b/EDMarketConnector.py
index 783319c6..dc817b51 100755
--- a/EDMarketConnector.py
+++ b/EDMarketConnector.py
@@ -1031,11 +1031,10 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     enforce_single_instance()
 
-    logger = EDMCLogging.Logger(appname).get_logger()
     loglevel = config.get('loglevel')
     if not loglevel:
         loglevel = logging.INFO
-    logger.setLevel(loglevel)
+    logger = EDMCLogging.Logger(appname, loglevel=loglevel).get_logger()
     logger.info('Startup')
 
     # TODO: unittests in place of these