diff --git a/radicale.fcgi b/radicale.fcgi
index 5e37670d..68528ebe 100755
--- a/radicale.fcgi
+++ b/radicale.fcgi
@@ -32,5 +32,7 @@ from radicale import Application, config, log
 
 
 configuration = config.load([os.environ.get("RADICALE_CONFIG")])
-logger = log.start()
+filename = os.path.expanduser(configuration.get("logging", "config"))
+debug = configuration.getboolean("logging", "debug")
+logger = log.start("radicale", filename, debug)
 WSGIServer(Application(configuration, logger)).run()
diff --git a/radicale.wsgi b/radicale.wsgi
index 5b978338..fb3f75c4 100755
--- a/radicale.wsgi
+++ b/radicale.wsgi
@@ -26,5 +26,7 @@ from radicale import Application, config, log
 
 
 configuration = config.load([os.environ.get("RADICALE_CONFIG")])
-logger = log.start()
+filename = os.path.expanduser(configuration.get("logging", "config"))
+debug = configuration.getboolean("logging", "debug")
+logger = log.start("radicale", filename, debug)
 application = Application(configuration, logger)