diff --git a/video_metadata/views/tmdb.py b/video_metadata/views/tmdb.py
index a4d9727..19fd10c 100644
--- a/video_metadata/views/tmdb.py
+++ b/video_metadata/views/tmdb.py
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ TMDB_TV_LINK_URL = 'https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/'
 # globals
 
 bp = Blueprint('tmdb', __name__, url_prefix='/tmdb')
-logger = util.getLogger(Flask(__name__).config['DEBUG'])
 
 
 ####################
@@ -229,7 +228,7 @@ def isQueryCached(query_str):
     cur.execute('SELECT COUNT(*) FROM movie_queries WHERE query=?', (query_str,))
     count = cur.fetchone()[0]
 
-    logger.debug('count: "{}"'.format(count))
+    current_app.logger.debug('count: "{}"'.format(count))
 
     return (count > 0)
 
@@ -341,7 +340,7 @@ def storeTMDBQueryResults(query_obj, result_list):
     cur = conn.cursor()
     query_id = 0
 
-    logger.debug('adding query string "{}" into local cache'.format(query_obj.parsed_query_str))
+    current_app.logger.debug('adding query string "{}" into local cache'.format(query_obj.parsed_query_str))
 
     try:
         cur.execute('BEGIN TRANSACTION')