diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index bf8a851..27e4732 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+import logging
 from flask import Flask, g
 
 from flask_compress import Compress
@@ -64,6 +65,9 @@ def _set_sqlite_case_insensitive_pragma(dbapi_con, connection_record):
     md = Markdown(app, safe_mode=True)
     babel.init_app(app, locale_selector=get_locale)
 
+    logging.basicConfig(filename='./pyrrha_corpus_creation.log', level=logging.DEBUG,
+                        format='%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(name)s %(message)s')
+
     # Register Jinja template functions
     from .main import main as main_blueprint
     app.register_blueprint(main_blueprint)
diff --git a/app/main/views/corpus.py b/app/main/views/corpus.py
index a5b1ecf..6181434 100644
--- a/app/main/views/corpus.py
+++ b/app/main/views/corpus.py
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ def _get_available():
 def corpus_new():
     """ Register a new corpus
     """
-    logging.basicConfig(filename='./pyrrha_corpus_creation.log', level=logging.DEBUG,
-                        format='%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(name)s %(message)s')
     logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
     lemmatizers = current_app.config.get("LEMMATIZERS", [])