diff --git a/amarillo/app/main.py b/amarillo/app/main.py
index dd38764..ebe4a3f 100644
--- a/amarillo/app/main.py
+++ b/amarillo/app/main.py
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ import uvicorn
 import mimetypes
 from starlette.staticfiles import StaticFiles
 
-logging.config.fileConfig('logging.conf', disable_existing_loggers=False)
-logger = logging.getLogger("main")
 
 from amarillo.app.utils.utils import copy_static_files
 #this has to run before app.configuration is imported, otherwise we get validation error for config because the config file is not copied yet
@@ -23,6 +21,9 @@ from amarillo.app.views import home
 # https://pydantic-docs.helpmanual.io/usage/settings/
 # from amarillo.app.views import home
 
+logging.config.fileConfig('logging.conf', disable_existing_loggers=False)
+logger = logging.getLogger("main")
+
 logger.info("Hello Amarillo!")
 
 app = FastAPI(title="Amarillo - The Carpooling Intermediary",
diff --git a/amarillo/app/utils/utils.py b/amarillo/app/utils/utils.py
index 1e6bde3..59293f0 100644
--- a/amarillo/app/utils/utils.py
+++ b/amarillo/app/utils/utils.py
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ from datetime import datetime, date, timedelta
 from pyproj import Geod
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+#logging.conf may not exist yet, so we need to configure the logger to show infos
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO) 
 
 def assert_folder_exists(foldername):
     if not os.path.isdir(foldername):
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 51c174f..a036372 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "amarillo-core"
-version = "0.0.8"
+version = "0.0.9"
 dependencies = [
     "fastapi[all]==0.104.0",
     "geopandas==0.14",