diff --git a/unisens/entry.py b/unisens/entry.py
index 715e1a4..f9991fc 100644
--- a/unisens/entry.py
+++ b/unisens/entry.py
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 from xml.etree.ElementTree import Element
 from copy import deepcopy
 
+logger = logging.getLogger("unisens")
+
 
 def get_module(name):
     try:
@@ -215,7 +217,7 @@ def _set_channels(self, ch_names: List[str], n_data: int):
             # this means new channel names are indicated and will overwrite.
             assert len(ch_names) == n_data, f'len {ch_names}!={n_data}'
             if hasattr(self, 'channel'):
-                logging.warning('Channels present will be overwritten')
+                logger.warning('Channels present will be overwritten')
                 self.remove_entry('channel')
             for name in ch_names:
                 channel = MiscEntry('channel', key='name', value=name)
@@ -226,7 +228,7 @@ def _set_channels(self, ch_names: List[str], n_data: int):
                           'Please provide a list of channel names with set_data().',
                           category=DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
             # we create new generic names for the channels
-            logging.info('No channel names indicated, will use generic names')
+            logger.info('No channel names indicated, will use generic names')
             for i in range(n_data):
                 channel = MiscEntry('channel', key='name', value=f'ch_{i}')
                 self.add_entry(channel)
@@ -373,7 +375,7 @@ def remove_attr(self, name: str):
             del self.attrib[name]
             del self.__dict__[name]
         else:
-            logging.error('{} not in attrib'.format(name))
+            logger.error('{} not in attrib'.format(name))
         self._autosave()
         return self
 
@@ -438,12 +440,12 @@ def __init__(self, id, attrib=None, parent='.', **kwargs):
             valid_filename(self.id)
             self._filename = os.path.join(self._folder, self.id)
             if not os.access(self._filename, os.F_OK):
-                logging.error('File {} does not exist'.format(self.id))
+                logger.error('File {} does not exist'.format(self.id))
         elif id:
             # writing entry
             valid_filename(id)
             if os.path.splitext(str(id))[-1] == '':
-                logging.warning('id should be a filename with extension ie. .bin')
+                logger.warning('id should be a filename with extension ie. .bin')
             self._filename = os.path.join(self._folder, id)
             self.set_attrib('id', id)
             # ensure subdirectories exist to write data
@@ -623,7 +625,7 @@ def __init__(self, id=None, attrib=None, parent='.',
         assert decimalSeparator and separator, 'Must supply separators'
 
         if not self.id.endswith('csv'):
-            logging.warning(f'id "{id}" does not end in .csv')
+            logger.warning(f'id "{id}" does not end in .csv')
 
         csvFileFormat = MiscEntry('csvFileFormat', parent=self)
         csvFileFormat.set_attrib('decimalSeparator', decimalSeparator)
@@ -652,8 +654,8 @@ def set_data(self, data: list, **kwargs):
         sep = self.csvFileFormat.separator
         dec = self.csvFileFormat.decimalSeparator
 
-        if len(data) == 0 or len(data[0]) < 2: logging.warning('Should supply at least two columns: ' \
-                                                               'time and data')
+        if len(data) == 0 or len(data[0]) < 2:
+            logger.warning('Should supply at least two columns: time and data')
 
         write_csv(self._filename, data, sep=sep, decimal_sep=dec)
 
diff --git a/unisens/main.py b/unisens/main.py
index 340f31b..92dc09d 100644
--- a/unisens/main.py
+++ b/unisens/main.py
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 from .utils import AttrDict, strip, validkey, lowercase, make_key, indent
 from .utils import str2num
 
+logger = logging.getLogger("unisens")
+
 
 class Unisens(Entry):
     """
@@ -78,12 +80,12 @@ def __init__(self, folder: str, makenew=False, autosave=False, readonly=False,
         self._convert_nums = convert_nums
 
         if os.path.isfile(self._file) and not makenew:
-            logging.debug('loading unisens.xml from {}'.format(self._file))
+            logger.debug('loading unisens.xml from {}'.format(self._file))
             with warnings.catch_warnings():
                 warnings.simplefilter("ignore")
                 self.read_unisens()
         else:
-            logging.debug('New unisens.xml will be created at {}'.format(self._file))
+            logger.debug('New unisens.xml will be created at {}'.format(self._file))
             if not timestampStart:
                 now = datetime.datetime.now()
                 timestampStart = now.strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S')
@@ -188,7 +190,7 @@ def unpack_element(self, element: (Element, ET)) -> Entry:
             entry = MiscEntry(name=name, attrib=attrib, parent=self._folder)
         else:
             if not 'Entry' in element.tag:
-                logging.warning('Unknown entry type: {}'.format(entryType))
+                logger.warning('Unknown entry type: {}'.format(entryType))
             name = element.tag
             entry = MiscEntry(name=name, attrib=attrib, parent=self._folder)