diff --git a/backend/danswer/connectors/gitlab/connector.py b/backend/danswer/connectors/gitlab/connector.py
index f07baf3e141d..805aff0073cc 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/connectors/gitlab/connector.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/connectors/gitlab/connector.py
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ from danswer.connectors.models import Document
 from danswer.connectors.models import Section
 from danswer.utils.logger import setup_logger
 
+
+logger = setup_logger()
+
+
 # List of directories/Files to exclude
 exclude_patterns = [
     "logs",
@@ -31,7 +35,6 @@ exclude_patterns = [
     ".gitlab/",
     ".pre-commit-config.yaml",
 ]
-logger = setup_logger()
 
 
 def _batch_gitlab_objects(