diff --git a/logging_setup.py b/logging_setup.py
index 3c0f8536b77e3c670c39e55a49d79999b8f296be..ac2cf0634a3a6284327a63f9e36659d0a70a7895 100644
--- a/logging_setup.py
+++ b/logging_setup.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def setup_loggers(mqtt=True):
     if logging_to_console:
         msg_logger.addHandler(logging.StreamHandler())
     if mqtt:
-        mqtt_msg_handler = MQTTHandler(MQTT_LOGGING_CONFIG['hostname'], MQTT_LOGGING_CONFIG['topic'])
+        mqtt_msg_handler = MQTTHandler(MQTT_LOGGING_CONFIG['hostname'], MQTT_LOGGING_CONFIG['msg_topic'])
         mqtt_msg_handler.setLevel(logging_level)
         mqtt_msg_handler.setFormatter(msg_formatter)
         msg_logger.addHandler(mqtt_msg_handler)