diff --git a/src/bin/electrs.rs b/src/bin/electrs.rs
index 5886c30..427f4b1 100644
--- a/src/bin/electrs.rs
+++ b/src/bin/electrs.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 extern crate electrs;
 extern crate error_chain;
-extern crate stderrlog;
 
 use error_chain::ChainedError;
 use std::time::Duration;
@@ -48,17 +47,6 @@ fn run_server(config: &Config) -> Result<()> {
 
 fn main() {
     let config = Config::from_args();
-    eprintln!("{:?}", config);
-    stderrlog::new()
-        .module(module_path!())
-        .verbosity(config.verbosity)
-        .timestamp(if config.timestamp {
-            stderrlog::Timestamp::Microsecond
-        } else {
-            stderrlog::Timestamp::Off
-        })
-        .init()
-        .expect("logging initialization failed");
     if let Err(e) = run_server(&config) {
         eprintln!("server failed: {}", e.display_chain());
     }
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index a7967e2..40ee472 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 use clap::{App, Arg};
-use daemon::Network;
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
+use stderrlog;
+
+use daemon::Network;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Config {
-    pub verbosity: usize,
-    pub timestamp: bool,
+    pub log: stderrlog::StdErrLog,
     pub network_type: Network,       // bitcoind JSONRPC endpoint
     pub db_path: String,             // RocksDB directory path
     pub rpc_addr: SocketAddr,        // for serving Electrum clients
@@ -45,9 +46,16 @@ impl Config {
             true => Network::Testnet,
         };
         let db_dir = m.value_of("db_dir").unwrap_or("./db");
+        let mut log = stderrlog::new();
+        log.verbosity(m.occurrences_of("verbosity") as usize);
+        log.timestamp(if m.is_present("timestamp") {
+            stderrlog::Timestamp::Microsecond
+        } else {
+            stderrlog::Timestamp::Off
+        });
+        log.init().expect("logging initialization failed");
         Config {
-            verbosity: m.occurrences_of("verbosity") as usize,
-            timestamp: m.is_present("timestamp"),
+            log,
             network_type,
             db_path: match network_type {
                 Network::Mainnet => format!("{}/mainnet", db_dir),
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index cee920d..948387d 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ extern crate hex;
 extern crate prometheus;
 extern crate rocksdb;
 extern crate serde;
+extern crate stderrlog;
 extern crate time;
 extern crate tiny_http;