diff --git a/wakatime/__init__.py b/wakatime/__init__.py
index 5e78568..a06c9ac 100644
--- a/wakatime/__init__.py
+++ b/wakatime/__init__.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ except:
     from .packages import tzlocal3
 
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = logging.getLogger('WakaTime')
 
 
 class FileAction(argparse.Action):
diff --git a/wakatime/log.py b/wakatime/log.py
index 6d7acc2..88a21a7 100644
--- a/wakatime/log.py
+++ b/wakatime/log.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def set_log_level(logger, args):
 
 
 def setup_logging(args, version):
-    logger = logging.getLogger()
+    logger = logging.getLogger('WakaTime')
     set_log_level(logger, args)
     if len(logger.handlers) > 0:
         formatter = JsonFormatter(datefmt='%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S %z')
diff --git a/wakatime/project.py b/wakatime/project.py
index 88827be..56a8657 100644
--- a/wakatime/project.py
+++ b/wakatime/project.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from .projects.subversion import Subversion
 from .projects.wakatime import WakaTime
 
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = logging.getLogger('WakaTime')
 
 
 # List of plugin classes to find a project for the current file path.
diff --git a/wakatime/projects/base.py b/wakatime/projects/base.py
index aeafdf7..d1af823 100644
--- a/wakatime/projects/base.py
+++ b/wakatime/projects/base.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import logging
 import os
 
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = logging.getLogger('WakaTime')
 
 
 class BaseProject(object):
diff --git a/wakatime/projects/git.py b/wakatime/projects/git.py
index c8539a6..79c925a 100644
--- a/wakatime/projects/git.py
+++ b/wakatime/projects/git.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import os
 from .base import BaseProject
 
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = logging.getLogger('WakaTime')
 
 
 # str is unicode in Python3
diff --git a/wakatime/projects/mercurial.py b/wakatime/projects/mercurial.py
index f91ab71..afaac95 100644
--- a/wakatime/projects/mercurial.py
+++ b/wakatime/projects/mercurial.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import os
 from .base import BaseProject
 
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = logging.getLogger('WakaTime')
 
 
 # str is unicode in Python3
diff --git a/wakatime/projects/projectmap.py b/wakatime/projects/projectmap.py
index ea5ceff..9a4a73e 100644
--- a/wakatime/projects/projectmap.py
+++ b/wakatime/projects/projectmap.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import os
 from .base import BaseProject
 
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = logging.getLogger('WakaTime')
 
 
 # str is unicode in Python3
diff --git a/wakatime/projects/subversion.py b/wakatime/projects/subversion.py
index 9a4c205..5a5551e 100644
--- a/wakatime/projects/subversion.py
+++ b/wakatime/projects/subversion.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ except ImportError:
     from ..packages.ordereddict import OrderedDict
 
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = logging.getLogger('WakaTime')
 
 
 # str is unicode in Python3
diff --git a/wakatime/projects/wakatime.py b/wakatime/projects/wakatime.py
index 6eea2a7..14ebe4f 100644
--- a/wakatime/projects/wakatime.py
+++ b/wakatime/projects/wakatime.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import os
 from .base import BaseProject
 
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = logging.getLogger('WakaTime')
 
 
 # str is unicode in Python3
diff --git a/wakatime/queue.py b/wakatime/queue.py
index c253540..81ee2fc 100644
--- a/wakatime/queue.py
+++ b/wakatime/queue.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ except ImportError:
     HAS_SQL = False
 
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = logging.getLogger('WakaTime')
 
 
 class Queue(object):
diff --git a/wakatime/stats.py b/wakatime/stats.py
index 4c0e168..508a7a2 100644
--- a/wakatime/stats.py
+++ b/wakatime/stats.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ else:
 from pygments.lexers import guess_lexer_for_filename
 
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = logging.getLogger('WakaTime')
 
 
 # force file name extensions to be recognized as a certain language