diff --git a/src/pyflask/app.py b/src/pyflask/app.py
index 7711a7a97..28b0f8a30 100644
--- a/src/pyflask/app.py
+++ b/src/pyflask/app.py
@@ -139,10 +139,10 @@ def get(self):
         )
         log_handler.setFormatter(log_formatter)
 
-        flask_app.logger.addHandler(log_handler)
-        flask_app.logger.setLevel(DEBUG)
+        api.logger.addHandler(log_handler)
+        api.logger.setLevel(DEBUG)
 
-        flask_app.logger.info(f"Logging to {LOG_FILE_PATH}")
+        api.logger.info(f"Logging to {LOG_FILE_PATH}")
 
         # Run the server
         api.logger.info(f"Starting server on port {port}")