diff --git a/backend/server.py b/backend/server.py
index 137a3de..275b9ac 100644
--- a/backend/server.py
+++ b/backend/server.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import traceback
 sys.setrecursionlimit(10**6) # this should prevents bots from stopping
 
 import logging
-logger = logging.basicConfig(filename='out.log', level='ERROR')
+logging.basicConfig(filename='out.log', level='ERROR')
 from functools import wraps
 
 Metrics.init()