diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 5d671d65f..c1e2686c1 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -632,13 +632,13 @@ app.on('ready', async () => {
     loggingSetupError = error;
   }
 
-  logger = logging.getLogger();
-  logger.info('app ready');
-
   if (loggingSetupError) {
-    logger.error('Problem setting up logging', loggingSetupError.stack);
+    console.error('Problem setting up logging', loggingSetupError.stack);
   }
 
+  logger = logging.getLogger();
+  logger.info('app ready');
+
   if (!locale) {
     const appLocale = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test' ? 'en' : app.getLocale();
     locale = loadLocale({ appLocale, logger });