diff --git a/openerp-server b/openerp-server
index 334c1790526..ff0e2946985 100755
--- a/openerp-server
+++ b/openerp-server
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ GNU Public Licence.
 (c) 2003-TODAY, Fabien Pinckaers - OpenERP SA
 """
 
+import imp
 import logging
 import os
 import signal
@@ -42,8 +43,8 @@ import openerp
 __author__ = openerp.release.author
 __version__ = openerp.release.version
 
-import sys
-import imp
+# Also use the `openerp` logger for the main script.
+_logger = logging.getLogger('openerp')
 
 def check_root_user():
     """ Exit if the process's user is 'root' (on POSIX system)."""
@@ -69,13 +70,12 @@ def report_configuration():
     This function assumes the configuration has been initialized.
     """
     config = openerp.tools.config
-    logger = logging.getLogger('server')
-    logger.info("OpenERP version %s", __version__)
+    _logger.info("OpenERP version %s", __version__)
     for name, value in [('addons paths', config['addons_path']),
                         ('database hostname', config['db_host'] or 'localhost'),
                         ('database port', config['db_port'] or '5432'),
                         ('database user', config['db_user'])]:
-        logger.info("%s: %s", name, value)
+        _logger.info("%s: %s", name, value)
 
 def setup_pid_file():
     """ Create a file with the process id written in it.
@@ -97,32 +97,30 @@ def preload_registry(dbname):
         # jobs will start to be processed later, when openerp.cron.start_master_thread() is called by openerp.service.start_services()
         registry.schedule_cron_jobs()
     except Exception:
-        logging.exception('Failed to initialize database `%s`.', dbname)
+        _logger.exception('Failed to initialize database `%s`.', dbname)
 
 def run_test_file(dbname, test_file):
     """ Preload a registry, possibly run a test file, and start the cron."""
     try:
         db, registry = openerp.pooler.get_db_and_pool(dbname, update_module=config['init'] or config['update'], pooljobs=False)
         cr = db.cursor()
-        logger = logging.getLogger('server')
-        logger.info('loading test file %s', test_file)
+        _logger.info('loading test file %s', test_file)
         openerp.tools.convert_yaml_import(cr, 'base', file(test_file), {}, 'test', True)
         cr.rollback()
         cr.close()
     except Exception:
-        logging.exception('Failed to initialize database `%s` and run test file `%s`.', dbname, test_file)
+        _logger.exception('Failed to initialize database `%s` and run test file `%s`.', dbname, test_file)
 
 
 def export_translation():
     config = openerp.tools.config
     dbname = config['db_name']
-    logger = logging.getLogger('server')
 
     if config["language"]:
         msg = "language %s" % (config["language"],)
     else:
         msg = "new language"
-    logger.info('writing translation file for %s to %s', msg,
+    _logger.info('writing translation file for %s to %s', msg,
         config["translate_out"])
 
     fileformat = os.path.splitext(config["translate_out"])[-1][1:].lower()
@@ -133,7 +131,7 @@ def export_translation():
     cr.close()
     buf.close()
 
-    logger.info('translation file written successfully')
+    _logger.info('translation file written successfully')
 
 def import_translation():
     config = openerp.tools.config
@@ -176,7 +174,7 @@ def dumpstacks(sig, frame):
             code.append('File: "%s", line %d, in %s' % (filename, lineno, name))
             if line:
                 code.append("  %s" % (line.strip()))
-    logging.getLogger('dumpstacks').info("\n".join(code))
+    _logger.info("\n".join(code))
 
 def setup_signal_handlers():
     """ Register the signal handler defined above. """
@@ -254,7 +252,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
                 msg = """
 The `web` module is provided by the addons found in the `openerp-web` project.
 Maybe you forgot to add those addons in your addons_path configuration."""
-            logging.exception('Failed to load server-wide module `%s`.%s', m, msg)
+            _logger.exception('Failed to load server-wide module `%s`.%s', m, msg)
 
     if config['db_name']:
         for dbname in config['db_name'].split(','):
@@ -264,8 +262,7 @@ Maybe you forgot to add those addons in your addons_path configuration."""
         sys.exit(0)
 
     setup_pid_file()
-    logger = logging.getLogger('server')
-    logger.info('OpenERP server is running, waiting for connections...')
+    _logger.info('OpenERP server is running, waiting for connections...')
     quit_on_signals()
 
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