diff --git a/utils/general.py b/utils/general.py
index 0c3b44d7f..76dd2a40b 100644
--- a/utils/general.py
+++ b/utils/general.py
@@ -126,8 +126,9 @@ def set_logging(name=None, verbose=VERBOSE):
     log.addHandler(handler)
 
 
-set_logging()  # run before defining LOGGER
-LOGGER = logging.getLogger("yolov5")  # define globally (used in train.py, val.py, detect.py, etc.)
+logger_name = "yolov5"
+set_logging(logger_name)  # run before defining LOGGER
+LOGGER = logging.getLogger(logger_name)  # define globally (used in train.py, val.py, detect.py, etc.)
 if platform.system() == 'Windows':
     for fn in LOGGER.info, LOGGER.warning:
         setattr(LOGGER, fn.__name__, lambda x: fn(emojis(x)))  # emoji safe logging