diff --git a/distroinfo/__init__.py b/distroinfo/__init__.py
index c6583d4..d126880 100644
--- a/distroinfo/__init__.py
+++ b/distroinfo/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 import pbr.version
+import logging
+
+
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.WARNING)
+logging.getLogger("distroinfo").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
 
 version_info = pbr.version.VersionInfo('distroinfo')
 try:
diff --git a/distroinfo/fetch.py b/distroinfo/fetch.py
index c6f44ea..48a002b 100644
--- a/distroinfo/fetch.py
+++ b/distroinfo/fetch.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 from distroinfo import repoman
 
 
-logging.basicConfig(level=logging.ERROR)
 log = logging.getLogger("distroinfo")
 
 
diff --git a/distroinfo/repoman.py b/distroinfo/repoman.py
index cf81caa..7a7ae88 100644
--- a/distroinfo/repoman.py
+++ b/distroinfo/repoman.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 from distroinfo.helpers import git
 
 
-logging.basicConfig(level=logging.ERROR)
 log = logging.getLogger("distroinfo")