diff --git a/spotdl/const.py b/spotdl/const.py
index 4e46c46..3e93d06 100644
--- a/spotdl/const.py
+++ b/spotdl/const.py
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ import logzero
 _log_format = ("%(color)s%(levelname)s:%(end_color)s %(message)s")
 _formatter = logzero.LogFormatter(fmt=_log_format)
 
+# Set up a temporary logger with default log level so that
+# it can be used before log level argument is determined
+logzero.setup_default_logger(formatter=_formatter)
+
 # options
 args = None
 
diff --git a/spotdl/handle.py b/spotdl/handle.py
index 0961b44..0eb028e 100644
--- a/spotdl/handle.py
+++ b/spotdl/handle.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import appdirs
-from logzero import logging as log
 from spotdl import internals, const
+from logzero import logger as log
 
 import logging
 import yaml
diff --git a/spotdl/spotdl.py b/spotdl/spotdl.py
index 12a5e98..d8cf061 100755
--- a/spotdl/spotdl.py
+++ b/spotdl/spotdl.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from spotdl import convert
 from spotdl import internals
 from spotdl import spotify_tools
 from spotdl import youtube_tools
-from logzero import logging as log
+from logzero import logger as log
 from slugify import slugify
 import spotipy
 import urllib.request