diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5236dde..0d5d834 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ models_eynollah*
 output.html
 /build
 /dist
+*.tif
diff --git a/src/eynollah/cli.py b/src/eynollah/cli.py
index c189aca..b980e16 100644
--- a/src/eynollah/cli.py
+++ b/src/eynollah/cli.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import sys
 import click
+import logging
 from ocrd_utils import initLogging, getLevelName, getLogger
 from eynollah.eynollah import Eynollah, Eynollah_ocr
 from eynollah.sbb_binarize import SbbBinarizer
@@ -241,15 +242,61 @@ def binarization(patches, model_dir, input_image, output_image, dir_in, dir_out)
     is_flag=True,
     help="if this parameter set to true, this tool will ignore layout detection and reading order. It means that textline detection will be done within printspace and contours of textline will be written in xml output file.",
 )
+# TODO move to top-level CLI context
 @click.option(
     "--log_level",
     "-l",
     type=click.Choice(['OFF', 'DEBUG', 'INFO', 'WARN', 'ERROR']),
-    help="Override log level globally to this",
+    help="Override 'eynollah' log level globally to this",
+)
+# 
+@click.option(
+    "--setup-logging",
+    is_flag=True,
+    help="Setup a basic console logger",
 )
 
-def layout(image, out, overwrite, dir_in, model, save_images, save_layout, save_deskewed, save_all, extract_only_images, save_page, enable_plotting, allow_enhancement, curved_line, textline_light, full_layout, tables, right2left, input_binary, allow_scaling, headers_off, light_version, reading_order_machine_based, do_ocr, num_col_upper, num_col_lower, skip_layout_and_reading_order, ignore_page_extraction, log_level):
-    initLogging()
+def layout(
+    image,
+    out,
+    overwrite,
+    dir_in,
+    model,
+    save_images,
+    save_layout,
+    save_deskewed,
+    save_all,
+    extract_only_images,
+    save_page,
+    enable_plotting,
+    allow_enhancement,
+    curved_line,
+    textline_light,
+    full_layout,
+    tables,
+    right2left,
+    input_binary,
+    allow_scaling,
+    headers_off,
+    light_version,
+    reading_order_machine_based,
+    do_ocr,
+    num_col_upper,
+    num_col_lower,
+    skip_layout_and_reading_order,
+    ignore_page_extraction,
+    log_level,
+    setup_logging
+):
+    if setup_logging:
+        console_handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
+        console_handler.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+        formatter = logging.Formatter('%(message)s')
+        console_handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+        getLogger('eynollah').addHandler(console_handler)
+        getLogger('eynollah').setLevel(logging.INFO)
+    else:
+        initLogging()
     if log_level:
         getLogger('eynollah').setLevel(getLevelName(log_level))
     assert enable_plotting or not save_layout, "Plotting with -sl also requires -ep"
@@ -273,7 +320,6 @@ def layout(image, out, overwrite, dir_in, model, save_images, save_layout, save_
     assert image or dir_in, "Either a single image -i or a dir_in -di is required"
     eynollah = Eynollah(
         model,
-        logger=getLogger('eynollah'),
         dir_out=out,
         dir_of_cropped_images=save_images,
         extract_only_images=extract_only_images,
diff --git a/src/eynollah/eynollah.py b/src/eynollah/eynollah.py
index d9939ca..e80b8d0 100644
--- a/src/eynollah/eynollah.py
+++ b/src/eynollah/eynollah.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 document layout analysis (segmentation) with output in PAGE-XML
 """
 
-from logging import Logger
 from difflib import SequenceMatcher as sq
 from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
 import math
@@ -201,18 +200,8 @@ class Eynollah:
         num_col_upper : Optional[int] = None,
         num_col_lower : Optional[int] = None,
         skip_layout_and_reading_order : bool = False,
-        logger : Optional[Logger] = None,
     ):
-        if logger:
-            self.logger = logger
-        else:
-            self.logger = getLogger('eynollah')
-            console_handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
-            console_handler.setLevel(logging.INFO)
-            formatter = logging.Formatter('%(message)s')
-            console_handler.setFormatter(formatter)
-            self.logger.addHandler(console_handler)
-            self.logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+        self.logger = getLogger('eynollah')
             
         if skip_layout_and_reading_order:
             textline_light = True