diff --git a/encfs/Error.cpp b/encfs/Error.cpp
index 94c5909..63ae113 100644
--- a/encfs/Error.cpp
+++ b/encfs/Error.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include "Error.h"
 
+INITIALIZE_EASYLOGGINGPP
+
 namespace encfs {
 
 el::base::DispatchAction rlogAction = el::base::DispatchAction::NormalLog;
diff --git a/encfs/encfsctl.cpp b/encfs/encfsctl.cpp
index 6a5d17e..26b82da 100644
--- a/encfs/encfsctl.cpp
+++ b/encfs/encfsctl.cpp
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ using namespace std;
 using gnu::autosprintf;
 using namespace encfs;
 
-INITIALIZE_EASYLOGGINGPP
-
 static int showInfo(int argc, char **argv);
 static int showVersion(int argc, char **argv);
 static int chpasswd(int argc, char **argv);
diff --git a/encfs/main.cpp b/encfs/main.cpp
index ff6a485..fdf59f4 100644
--- a/encfs/main.cpp
+++ b/encfs/main.cpp
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ using namespace std;
 using namespace encfs;
 using gnu::autosprintf;
 
-INITIALIZE_EASYLOGGINGPP
-
 namespace encfs {
 
 class DirNode;
diff --git a/encfs/makeKey.cpp b/encfs/makeKey.cpp
index d0a14d2..1e69eda 100644
--- a/encfs/makeKey.cpp
+++ b/encfs/makeKey.cpp
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
 using namespace std;
 using namespace encfs;
 
-INITIALIZE_EASYLOGGINGPP
-
 void genKey(const std::shared_ptr<Cipher> &cipher) {
   CipherKey key = cipher->newRandomKey();
 
diff --git a/encfs/test.cpp b/encfs/test.cpp
index ee66469..e850db3 100644
--- a/encfs/test.cpp
+++ b/encfs/test.cpp
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@
 using namespace std;
 using namespace encfs;
 
-INITIALIZE_EASYLOGGINGPP
-
 const int FSBlockSize = 256;
 
 static int checkErrorPropogation(const std::shared_ptr<Cipher> &cipher,