diff --git a/frontends/ycdl_flask/backend/common.py b/frontends/ycdl_flask/backend/common.py
index 6af2861..8d36da6 100644
--- a/frontends/ycdl_flask/backend/common.py
+++ b/frontends/ycdl_flask/backend/common.py
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 Do not execute this file directly.
 Use ycdl_launch.py to start the server with gevent.
 '''
-import logging
-logging.getLogger('googleapiclient.discovery_cache').setLevel(logging.ERROR)
-
 import flask; from flask import request
 import mimetypes
 import os
diff --git a/frontends/ycdl_flask/ycdl_flask_launch.py b/frontends/ycdl_flask/ycdl_flask_launch.py
index ac4778b..77eda8b 100644
--- a/frontends/ycdl_flask/ycdl_flask_launch.py
+++ b/frontends/ycdl_flask/ycdl_flask_launch.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import logging
-logging.getLogger('googleapiclient.discovery_cache').setLevel(logging.ERROR)
+logging.basicConfig()
+logging.getLogger('ycdl.ycdldb').setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+logging.getLogger('ycdl.ytapi').setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+logging.getLogger('ycdl.ytrss').setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
 
 import gevent.monkey
 gevent.monkey.patch_all()
diff --git a/frontends/ycdl_repl.py b/frontends/ycdl_repl.py
index 6f936cc..10c6367 100644
--- a/frontends/ycdl_repl.py
+++ b/frontends/ycdl_repl.py
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 Run `python -i ycdl_repl.py to get an interpreter
 session with these variables preloaded.
 '''
+import logging
+logging.basicConfig()
+logging.getLogger('ycdl.ycdldb').setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+logging.getLogger('ycdl.ytapi').setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+logging.getLogger('ycdl.ytrss').setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
 
 import bot
 import ycdl
diff --git a/utilities/download_thumbnails.py b/utilities/download_thumbnails.py
index 89ca303..af41746 100644
--- a/utilities/download_thumbnails.py
+++ b/utilities/download_thumbnails.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-import logging
-logging.basicConfig(level=logging.WARNING)
-
 import bot3 as bot
 import os
 import traceback
diff --git a/ycdl/ycdldb.py b/ycdl/ycdldb.py
index 457c738..4e3f89a 100644
--- a/ycdl/ycdldb.py
+++ b/ycdl/ycdldb.py
@@ -15,12 +15,6 @@ from voussoirkit import pathclass
 from voussoirkit import sqlhelpers
 
 
-logging.basicConfig()
-logging.getLogger('googleapiclient.discovery').setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-logging.getLogger('requests.packages.urllib3.connectionpool').setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-logging.getLogger('requests.packages.urllib3.util.retry').setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-
-
 class YCDLDBCacheManagerMixin:
     _THING_CLASSES = {
         'channel':
@@ -417,7 +411,6 @@ class YCDLDB(
 
         # LOGGING
         self.log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-        self.log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
 
         # DATABASE
         self.database_filepath = self.data_directory.with_child(constants.DEFAULT_DBNAME)
diff --git a/ycdl/ytapi.py b/ycdl/ytapi.py
index 18d08e5..af31159 100644
--- a/ycdl/ytapi.py
+++ b/ycdl/ytapi.py
@@ -4,12 +4,6 @@ import logging
 
 from . import helpers
 
-logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-logging.getLogger('googleapiclient.discovery').setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-logging.getLogger('requests.packages.urllib3.connectionpool').setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-logging.getLogger('requests.packages.urllib3.util.retry').setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-
 
 def int_none(x):
     if x is None:
@@ -52,7 +46,6 @@ class Video:
     def __str__(self):
         return 'Video:%s' % self.id
 
-
 class Youtube:
     def __init__(self, key):
         youtube = apiclient.discovery.build(
@@ -60,6 +53,7 @@ class Youtube:
             serviceName='youtube',
             version='v3',
         )
+        self.log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
         self.youtube = youtube
 
     def get_playlist_videos(self, playlist_id):
@@ -76,7 +70,7 @@ class Youtube:
             videos = self.get_video(video_ids)
             videos.sort(key=lambda x: x.published, reverse=True)
 
-            log.debug('Got %d more videos.', len(videos))
+            self.log.debug('Got %d more videos.', len(videos))
 
             for video in videos:
                 yield video