diff --git a/src/common/util.cpp b/src/common/util.cpp
index a13ac6e50..0d56e5eb7 100644
--- a/src/common/util.cpp
+++ b/src/common/util.cpp
@@ -542,6 +542,8 @@ std::string get_nix_version_display_string()
   }
   bool on_startup()
   {
+    mlog_configure("", true);
+
     sanitize_locale();
 
 #ifdef __GLIBC__