Is this OK? import logging LOG_LEVEL = logging.getLevelName('DEBUG') logging.basicConfig(level=LOG_LEVEL, format='%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(name)s %(funcName)-20s %(message)s', datefmt='%d.%m.%Y %H:%M:%S') stderr = logging.StreamHandler() stderr.terminator = '\r\n' logging.getLogger('').addHandler(stderr) logging.info('Main script started')