diff --git a/commands/hugo.go b/commands/hugo.go
index 5a056996d..3d922deff 100644
--- a/commands/hugo.go
+++ b/commands/hugo.go
@@ -436,6 +436,12 @@ func createLogger(cfg config.Provider) (*jww.Notepad, error) {
 		logThreshold = jww.LevelInfo
 	}
 
+	// The global logger is used in some few cases.
+	jww.SetLogOutput(logHandle)
+	jww.SetLogThreshold(logThreshold)
+	jww.SetStdoutThreshold(stdoutThreshold)
+	helpers.InitLoggers()
+
 	return jww.NewNotepad(stdoutThreshold, logThreshold, outHandle, logHandle, "", log.Ldate|log.Ltime), nil
 }
 
diff --git a/helpers/general.go b/helpers/general.go
index 327aafdc6..ac2af4936 100644
--- a/helpers/general.go
+++ b/helpers/general.go
@@ -274,7 +274,9 @@ var (
 
 // InitLoggers sets up the global distinct loggers.
 func InitLoggers() {
-	jww.ResetLogCounters()
+	DistinctErrorLog = NewDistinctErrorLogger()
+	DistinctWarnLog = NewDistinctWarnLogger()
+	DistinctFeedbackLog = NewDistinctFeedbackLogger()
 }
 
 // Deprecated informs about a deprecation, but only once for a given set of arguments' values.