2 files changed, 20 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/src/pyssg/__init__.py b/src/pyssg/__init__.py
index a4e5857..5d112f1 100644
--- a/src/pyssg/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pyssg/__init__.py
@@ -1,17 +1,7 @@
-from logging import Logger, StreamHandler, getLogger, INFO
-
 from .pyssg import main
-from .per_level_formatter import PerLevelFormatter
-
+from .custom_logger import setup_logger
 
-# since this is the root package, setup the logger here
-__LOG_LEVEL: int = INFO
-log: Logger = getLogger(__name__)
-log.setLevel(__LOG_LEVEL)
-ch: StreamHandler = StreamHandler()
-ch.setLevel(__LOG_LEVEL)
-ch.setFormatter(PerLevelFormatter())
-log.addHandler(ch)
 
+setup_logger()
 # not meant to be used as a package, so just give main
-__all__ = ['main']
-\ No newline at end of file
+__all__ = ['main']
diff --git a/src/pyssg/per_level_formatter.py b/src/pyssg/custom_logger.py
index e3b6977..55f3e2d 100644
--- a/src/pyssg/per_level_formatter.py
+++ b/src/pyssg/custom_logger.py
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-from logging import Formatter, LogRecord, DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, CRITICAL
+import sys
+from logging import (Logger, StreamHandler, Formatter, LogRecord,
+                     DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, CRITICAL,
+                     getLogger)
+
+LOG_LEVEL: int = INFO
+# 'pyssg' es the name of the root logger
+LOGGER_NAME: str = 'pyssg'
 
 
 # only reason for this class is to get info formatting as normal text
@@ -27,3 +34,12 @@ class PerLevelFormatter(Formatter):
         formatter: Formatter = Formatter(
             fmt=fmt, datefmt=self.__DATE_FMT, style='%')
         return formatter.format(record)
+
+
+def setup_logger(name: str = LOGGER_NAME, level: int = LOG_LEVEL) -> None:
+    logger: Logger = getLogger(name)
+    handler: StreamHandler = StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
+    logger.setLevel(level)
+    handler.setLevel(level)
+    handler.setFormatter(PerLevelFormatter())
+    logger.addHandler(handler)