diff --git a/overviewer.py b/overviewer.py
index b005394..6abb873 100755
--- a/overviewer.py
+++ b/overviewer.py
@@ -433,9 +433,9 @@ dir but you forgot to put quotes around the directory, since it contains spaces.
         texopts_key = tuple(texopts.items())
         if texopts_key not in texcache:
             tex = textures.Textures(**texopts)
-            logging.debug("Starting to generate textures")
+            LOG.debug("Starting to generate textures")
             tex.generate()
-            logging.debug("Finished generating textures")
+            LOG.debug("Finished generating textures")
             texcache[texopts_key] = tex
         else:
             tex = texcache[texopts_key]
diff --git a/overviewer_core/assetmanager.py b/overviewer_core/assetmanager.py
index b37857d..64e94e3 100644
--- a/overviewer_core/assetmanager.py
+++ b/overviewer_core/assetmanager.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ directory.
             codecs.lookup(self.preferredencoding)
         except LookupError:
             self.preferredencoding = "utf_8"
-        logging.debug("Preferred enoding set to: %s", self.preferredencoding)
+        LOG.debug("Preferred enoding set to: %s", self.preferredencoding)
 
     def get_tileset_config(self, name):
         "Return the correct dictionary from the parsed overviewerConfig.js"
diff --git a/overviewer_core/aux_files/genPOI.py b/overviewer_core/aux_files/genPOI.py
index b049463..3d35f37 100755
--- a/overviewer_core/aux_files/genPOI.py
+++ b/overviewer_core/aux_files/genPOI.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def parseBucketChunks(bucket, rset):
         if i == 250:
             i = 0
             cnt = 250 + cnt
-            logging.info("Found %d entities and %d tile entities in thread %d so far at %d chunks", len(pois['Entities']), len(pois['TileEntities']), pid, cnt);
+            LOG.info("Found %d entities and %d tile entities in thread %d so far at %d chunks", len(pois['Entities']), len(pois['TileEntities']), pid, cnt);
 
     return pois
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def handleEntities(rset, outputdir, render, rname, config):
             buckets[i].append([x,z])
   
         for b in buckets:
-            logging.info("Buckets has %d entries", len(b));
+            LOG.info("Buckets has %d entries", len(b));
   
         # create the partial to lock the rset
         dest = partial(parseBucketChunks, rset=rset)
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def handleEntities(rset, outputdir, render, rname, config):
         pool = Pool(processes=numbuckets)
         results = pool.map(dest, buckets)
   
-        logging.info("All the threads completed")
+        LOG.info("All the threads completed")
   
         # Fix up all the quests in the reset
         for data in results:
diff --git a/overviewer_core/textures.py b/overviewer_core/textures.py
index 34f8989..5eb7d04 100644
--- a/overviewer_core/textures.py
+++ b/overviewer_core/textures.py
@@ -157,12 +157,12 @@ class Textures(object):
         def search_dir(base):
             """Search the given base dir for filename, in search_dirs."""
             for path in [os.path.join(base, d, filename) for d in ['',] + search_dirs]:
-                if verbose: logging.info('filename: ' + filename + ' ; path: ' + path)
+                if verbose: LOG.info('filename: ' + filename + ' ; path: ' + path)
                 if os.path.isfile(path):
                     return path
 
             return None
-        if verbose: logging.info('search_zip_paths: ' +  ', '.join(search_zip_paths))
+        if verbose: LOG.info('search_zip_paths: ' +  ', '.join(search_zip_paths))
 
         # we've sucessfully loaded something from here before, so let's quickly try
         # this before searching again
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ class Textures(object):
             for jarfilename in search_zip_paths:
                 try:
                     self.jar.getinfo(jarfilename)
-                    if verbose: logging.info("Found (cached) %s in '%s'", jarfilename, self.jarpath)
+                    if verbose: LOG.info("Found (cached) %s in '%s'", jarfilename, self.jarpath)
                     return self.jar.open(jarfilename)
                 except (KeyError, IOError), e:
                     pass
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ class Textures(object):
                             # 2nd try with completed path.
                             packfilename = 'assets/minecraft/textures/' + packfilename
                             pack.getinfo(packfilename)
-                            if verbose: logging.info("Found %s in '%s'", packfilename, self.find_file_local_path)
+                            if verbose: LOG.info("Found %s in '%s'", packfilename, self.find_file_local_path)
                             return pack.open(packfilename)
                         except (KeyError, IOError):
                             pass