diff --git a/common/python/nomadcore/ActivateLogging.py b/common/python/nomadcore/ActivateLogging.py
index a3d419dac6d8ec30a9335f5fc8975d75cb33b9d7..e7a96905c7aecbcd3d08d9f8bfb8000d34abfeb3 100644
--- a/common/python/nomadcore/ActivateLogging.py
+++ b/common/python/nomadcore/ActivateLogging.py
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 import logging
 
 # create console handler with a higher log level
-ch = logging.StreamHandler()
-ch.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+# ch = logging.StreamHandler()
+# ch.setLevel(logging.INFO)
 
 logger=logging.getLogger("nomadcore")
 logger.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-logger.addHandler(ch)
+# logger.addHandler(ch)
 
 logger2=logging.getLogger("nomad")
 logger2.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-logger2.addHandler(ch)
+# logger2.addHandler(ch)
+
 
 def debugToFile():
     "makes a full log to a file named detailed.log"
diff --git a/common/python/nomadcore/model_base.py b/common/python/nomadcore/model_base.py
index 0a6d7ef7e1416122f2551319ac914fb6432d5a22..cf5d71c42e475f4a3d9e4f0bc318f7090604f0cf 100644
--- a/common/python/nomadcore/model_base.py
+++ b/common/python/nomadcore/model_base.py
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
 import logging, sys
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-handler = logging.StreamHandler(stream=sys.stdout)
-logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
-logger.addHandler(handler)
+# handler = logging.StreamHandler(stream=sys.stdout)
+# logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+# logger.addHandler(handler)
 
 Base = declarative_base()
 useNested = False