diff --git a/pyfpdb/Configuration.py b/pyfpdb/Configuration.py
index 33a998d3..a9fa0d93 100755
--- a/pyfpdb/Configuration.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/Configuration.py
@@ -36,14 +36,6 @@ from xml.dom.minidom import Node
 
 import logging, logging.config
 import ConfigParser
-
-try: # local path
-    logging.config.fileConfig(os.path.join(sys.path[0],"logging.conf"))
-except ConfigParser.NoSectionError: # debian package path
-    logging.config.fileConfig('/usr/share/python-fpdb/logging.conf')
-
-log = logging.getLogger("config")
-log.debug("config logger initialised")
 ########################################################################
 # application wide consts
 
@@ -63,6 +55,10 @@ DATABASE_TYPES = (
         DATABASE_TYPE_MYSQL,
         )
 
+# setup logging
+logging.config.fileConfig(os.path.join(DIR_SELF,"logging.conf"))
+log = logging.getLogger("config")
+
 ########################################################################
 def string_to_bool(string, default=True):
     """converts a string representation of a boolean value to boolean True or False