diff --git a/dev/test_mb_2024_0_mux_2024.py b/dev/test_mb_2024_0_mux_2024.py
index 0a58c7aff3b24dee13cc0c33bf221916bb2b5a59..605e035d9f7b90ddfa720f28eb1231d7f4abd5b3 100644
--- a/dev/test_mb_2024_0_mux_2024.py
+++ b/dev/test_mb_2024_0_mux_2024.py
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ if part_of_hardware_system:
 
     k = OhmPiHardware()
     k.exec_logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-    add_logging_level('EVENT', logging.DEBUG + 1)
-    logging.getLogger(k.exec_logger).setLevel("EVENT")
     # Test mux switching
     k.reset_mux()
     k.switch_mux(electrodes=[1, 4, 2, 3], roles=['A', 'B', 'M', 'N'], state='on')
diff --git a/ohmpi/logging_setup.py b/ohmpi/logging_setup.py
index e2606b024a70b57843cf8ef2890d24b30c13afc7..5e7b30b7a95d14981342725e779bb6289913493b 100644
--- a/ohmpi/logging_setup.py
+++ b/ohmpi/logging_setup.py
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ def add_logging_level(level_name, level_num, method_name=None):
 
 
 def create_stdout_logger(name):
+    add_logging_level('EVENT', logging.DEBUG + 1)
     logger = logging.getLogger(f'{name}_logger')
     log_format = f'%(asctime)-15s | {name[:8]:8s} | %(levelname)s: %(message)s'
     formatter = logging.Formatter(log_format)