diff --git a/openlp.pyw b/openlp.pyw
index ea30b6a28..c4a5fb428 100755
--- a/openlp.pyw
+++ b/openlp.pyw
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ from logging import FileHandler
 from optparse import OptionParser
 from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui
 
+log = logging.getLogger()
+
 import openlp
 from openlp.core.lib import Receiver, str_to_bool
 from openlp.core.resources import qInitResources