diff --git a/cisco_wifi_ctl.py b/cisco_wifi_ctl.py
index 27b0b88c..9969e318 100755
--- a/cisco_wifi_ctl.py
+++ b/cisco_wifi_ctl.py
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ def main():
            file_handler.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
            file_handler.setFormatter(formatter)
            logg.addHandler(file_handler)
-           logg.addHandler(logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout))
+           logging.basicConfig(format=FORMAT, handlers=[console_handler])
        else:
            # stdout logging
            logging.basicConfig(format=FORMAT, handlers=[console_handler])
diff --git a/lf_cisco_power.py b/lf_cisco_power.py
index 3815285b..b8371699 100755
--- a/lf_cisco_power.py
+++ b/lf_cisco_power.py
@@ -361,8 +361,8 @@ def main():
        file_handler.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
        file_handler.setFormatter(formatter)
        logg.addHandler(file_handler)
-       logg.addHandler(logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)) # allows to logging to file and stderr
-       #logging.basicConfig(format=FORMAT, handlers=[console_handler])
+       #logg.addHandler(logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)) # allows to logging to file and stderr
+       logging.basicConfig(format=FORMAT, handlers=[console_handler])
 
    else:
        #pass