diff --git a/tsstats/__init__.py b/tsstats/__init__.py
index 0092454..40a96af 100644
--- a/tsstats/__init__.py
+++ b/tsstats/__init__.py
@@ -1,15 +1 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
-import logging
-
-logger = logging.getLogger('tsstats')
-logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
-
-fh = logging.FileHandler('debug.txt', 'w', delay=True)
-fh.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-
-ch = logging.StreamHandler()
-ch.setLevel(logging.INFO)
-
-logger.addHandler(fh)
-logger.addHandler(ch)
diff --git a/tsstats/__main__.py b/tsstats/__main__.py
index ec7938a..b31d475 100644
--- a/tsstats/__main__.py
+++ b/tsstats/__main__.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from os.path import abspath, exists
 from tsstats import config
 from tsstats.exceptions import InvalidConfiguration
 from tsstats.log import parse_logs
+from tsstats.logger import file_handler, stream_handler
 from tsstats.template import render_servers
 from tsstats.utils import transform_pretty_identmap
 
@@ -67,8 +68,12 @@ def cli():
 
 
 def main(configuration):
+    # setup logging
     if configuration.getboolean('General', 'debug'):
         logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+    # attach handlers
+    logger.addHandler(file_handler)
+    logger.addHandler(stream_handler)
 
     idmap = configuration.get('General', 'idmap')
     if idmap:
diff --git a/tsstats/logger.py b/tsstats/logger.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e53994
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsstats/logger.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import logging
+
+# setup logger
+logger = logging.getLogger('tsstats')
+logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+
+# define handlers
+file_handler = logging.FileHandler('debug.txt', 'w', delay=True)
+file_handler.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+
+stream_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+stream_handler.setLevel(logging.INFO)