diff --git a/commands/hugo.go b/commands/hugo.go
index ce11626eb..ffc6f0228 100644
--- a/commands/hugo.go
+++ b/commands/hugo.go
@@ -162,10 +162,7 @@ func (c *commandeer) createLogger(cfg config.Provider, running bool) (*loggers.L
 		}
 	}
 
-	// The global logger is used in some few cases.
-	jww.SetLogOutput(logHandle)
-	jww.SetLogThreshold(logThreshold)
-	jww.SetStdoutThreshold(stdoutThreshold)
+	loggers.InitGlobalLogger(stdoutThreshold, logThreshold, outHandle, logHandle)
 	helpers.InitLoggers()
 
 	return loggers.NewLogger(stdoutThreshold, logThreshold, outHandle, logHandle, running), nil
diff --git a/common/loggers/loggers.go b/common/loggers/loggers.go
index 37f50a6c0..0a9c7da68 100644
--- a/common/loggers/loggers.go
+++ b/common/loggers/loggers.go
@@ -115,9 +115,19 @@ func (a labelColorizer) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 
 }
 
-func newLogger(stdoutThreshold, logThreshold jww.Threshold, outHandle, logHandle io.Writer, saveErrors bool) *Logger {
+// InitGlobalLogger initalizes the global logger, used in some rare cases.
+func InitGlobalLogger(stdoutThreshold, logThreshold jww.Threshold, outHandle, logHandle io.Writer) {
+	outHandle, logHandle = getLogWriters(outHandle, logHandle)
+
+	jww.SetStdoutOutput(outHandle)
+	jww.SetLogOutput(logHandle)
+	jww.SetLogThreshold(logThreshold)
+	jww.SetStdoutThreshold(stdoutThreshold)
+
+}
+
+func getLogWriters(outHandle, logHandle io.Writer) (io.Writer, io.Writer) {
 	isTerm := terminal.IsTerminal(os.Stdout)
-	errorCounter := &jww.Counter{}
 	if logHandle != ioutil.Discard && isTerm {
 		// Remove any Ansi coloring from log output
 		logHandle = ansiCleaner{w: logHandle}
@@ -127,6 +137,14 @@ func newLogger(stdoutThreshold, logThreshold jww.Threshold, outHandle, logHandle
 		outHandle = labelColorizer{w: outHandle}
 	}
 
+	return outHandle, logHandle
+
+}
+
+func newLogger(stdoutThreshold, logThreshold jww.Threshold, outHandle, logHandle io.Writer, saveErrors bool) *Logger {
+	errorCounter := &jww.Counter{}
+	outHandle, logHandle = getLogWriters(outHandle, logHandle)
+
 	listeners := []jww.LogListener{jww.LogCounter(errorCounter, jww.LevelError)}
 	var errorBuff *bytes.Buffer
 	if saveErrors {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 797f561c9..837117cb1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cast v1.3.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v0.0.3
 	github.com/spf13/fsync v0.0.0-20170320142552-12a01e648f05
-	github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.0.1-0.20181005085228-103a6da826d0
+	github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.0.1-0.20181028145347-94f6ae3ed3bc
 	github.com/spf13/nitro v0.0.0-20131003134307-24d7ef30a12d
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.2
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.2.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 09a90fb49..3aeffabf3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.0.0 h1:XHEdyB+EcvlqZamSM4ZOMGlc93t6AcsBEu9
 github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.0.0/go.mod h1:cQK4TGJAtQXfYWX+Ddv3mKDzgVb68N+wFjFa4jdeBTo=
 github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.0.1-0.20181005085228-103a6da826d0 h1:kPJPXmEs6V1YyXfHFbp1NCpdqhvFVssh2FGx7+OoJLM=
 github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.0.1-0.20181005085228-103a6da826d0/go.mod h1:aNWZUN0dPAAO/Ljvb5BEdw96iTZ0EXowPYD95IqWIGo=
+github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.0.1-0.20181028145347-94f6ae3ed3bc h1:IwxheNsBTTVRE87d8rhsO9BA4JU35tFxUNZzcFR7gdc=
+github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.0.1-0.20181028145347-94f6ae3ed3bc/go.mod h1:aNWZUN0dPAAO/Ljvb5BEdw96iTZ0EXowPYD95IqWIGo=
 github.com/spf13/nitro v0.0.0-20131003134307-24d7ef30a12d h1:ihvj2nmx8eqWjlgNgdW6h0DyGJuq5GiwHadJkG0wXtQ=
 github.com/spf13/nitro v0.0.0-20131003134307-24d7ef30a12d/go.mod h1:jU8A+8xL+6n1OX4XaZtCj4B3mIa64tULUsD6YegdpFo=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.2 h1:Fy0orTDgHdbnzHcsOgfCN4LtHf0ec3wwtiwJqwvf3Gc=