diff --git a/ankisyncd/sync_app.py b/ankisyncd/sync_app.py
index dd90e08..7931c7e 100644
--- a/ankisyncd/sync_app.py
+++ b/ankisyncd/sync_app.py
@@ -752,10 +752,10 @@ def make_app(global_conf, **local_conf):
     return SyncApp(**local_conf)
 
 def main():
+    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
     from wsgiref.simple_server import make_server
     from ankisyncd.thread import shutdown
     import ankisyncd.config
-    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
 
     if len(sys.argv) > 1:
         # backwards compat