diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/__init__.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/__init__.py
index f0bf5e413461241f7de6e40479d253a4ef543971..e38580636685fd49c213d890c320077b9c1a8844 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/__init__.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/__init__.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ from ivas_processing_scripts.utils import (
 
 def logging_init(args, cfg):
     """set up logging for a test file"""
-    logger = logging.getLogger("ivas_processing_scripts")
+    logger = logging.getLogger("__main__")
     logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
 
     # console handler
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/__init__.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/__init__.py
index fdb831970cf2ae414d21d2b8de181d8c4cbee3d1..e2862540df1afb1e491dc28b5182c69ba2df164e 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/__init__.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/__init__.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ from ivas_processing_scripts.utils import create_dir
 
 def logging_init(args, cfg):
     """set up logging for a test file"""
-    logger = logging.getLogger("ivas_processing_scripts.generation")
+    logger = logging.getLogger("__main__")
     logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
 
     # console handler
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/processing.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/processing.py
index 2d21d665896dcd258b7840f4ec57b9a7abcdb5fd..f04414d1c5dc9a5c5b9ad13b54cf59713ec5e9ee 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/processing.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/processing.py
@@ -438,6 +438,8 @@ def process_item(
         item_logger.addHandler(fh)
 
         p.process(input, output, input_meta, item_logger)
+        
+        item_logger.handlers.clear()
 
     # copy output and metadata from final process to output file
     if not chain[-1].name == "processing_splitting_scaling":