diff --git a/varken/helpers.py b/varken/helpers.py
index 6c3e6fa..5fdf8fe 100644
--- a/varken/helpers.py
+++ b/varken/helpers.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from os.path import abspath, join
 from requests.exceptions import InvalidSchema, SSLError, ConnectionError
 from urllib.request import urlretrieve
 
-logger = logging.getLogger('varken')
+logger = logging.getLogger()
 
 
 def geoip_download(data_folder):
diff --git a/varken/varkenlogger.py b/varken/varkenlogger.py
index 3890a14..cd3e0d8 100644
--- a/varken/varkenlogger.py
+++ b/varken/varkenlogger.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class BlacklistFilter(logging.Filter):
 
 class VarkenLogger(object):
     """docstring for ."""
-    def __init__(self, log_path=None, debug=None, data_folder=None):
+    def __init__(self, debug=None, data_folder=None):
         self.data_folder = data_folder
         self.log_level = debug