diff --git a/docs/courier-to-mailman3.md b/docs/courier-to-mailman3.md
index 153c43a..3755635 100644
--- a/docs/courier-to-mailman3.md
+++ b/docs/courier-to-mailman3.md
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ This is our current version trying to communicate between courier and mailman3.
 * Testing different way to handle formatting.
   * Nope used `Format` not `Formater`.
   * This is not working
-* Reverting to previous formatting
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+* Reverting to previous formatting
+* No idea what steps we've gone through to get here.
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diff --git a/source/courier-to-mailman3.py b/source/courier-to-mailman3.py
index df354a4..2008b26 100644
--- a/source/courier-to-mailman3.py
+++ b/source/courier-to-mailman3.py
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 logging.basicConfig(filename='/opt/mailman/logs/courier-to-mailman.log', level=logging.INFO)
 
 FORMAT = '%(asctime)s %(clientip)-15s %(user)-8s %(message)s'
-logging.basicConfig(format=FORMAT)
+formatter = logging.Formatter(FORMAT)
+logger.setFormatter(formatter)
+
 
 logger.info('format set to: %s', FORMAT)
 print('format set to: %s', FORMAT)