diff --git a/invokeai/app/api/dependencies.py b/invokeai/app/api/dependencies.py
index 8c0bf840ff..52ef59924e 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/api/dependencies.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/api/dependencies.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def check_internet() -> bool:
         return False
 
 
-logger = InvokeAILogger.getLogger()
+logger = InvokeAILogger.get_logger()
 
 
 class ApiDependencies:
diff --git a/invokeai/app/api_app.py b/invokeai/app/api_app.py
index 983755f5a3..c60d6c81f8 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/api_app.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/api_app.py
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ if True:  # hack to make flake8 happy with imports coming after setting up the c
         import invokeai.backend.util.mps_fixes  # noqa: F401 (monkeypatching on import)
 
 
-logger = InvokeAILogger.getLogger(config=app_config)
+app_config = InvokeAIAppConfig.get_config()
+app_config.parse_args()
+logger = InvokeAILogger.get_logger(config=app_config)
 
 # fix for windows mimetypes registry entries being borked
 # see https://github.com/invoke-ai/InvokeAI/discussions/3684#discussioncomment-6391352
@@ -223,7 +225,7 @@ def invoke_api():
                 exc_info=e,
             )
         else:
-            jurigged.watch(logger=InvokeAILogger.getLogger(name="jurigged").info)
+            jurigged.watch(logger=InvokeAILogger.get_logger(name="jurigged").info)
 
     port = find_port(app_config.port)
     if port != app_config.port:
@@ -242,7 +244,7 @@ def invoke_api():
 
     # replace uvicorn's loggers with InvokeAI's for consistent appearance
     for logname in ["uvicorn.access", "uvicorn"]:
-        log = logging.getLogger(logname)
+        log = InvokeAILogger.get_logger(logname)
         log.handlers.clear()
         for ch in logger.handlers:
             log.addHandler(ch)
diff --git a/invokeai/app/cli_app.py b/invokeai/app/cli_app.py
index dc59954e9b..2f8a4d2cbd 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/cli_app.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/cli_app.py
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ from .services.config import InvokeAIAppConfig
 # parse_args() must be called before any other imports. if it is not called first, consumers of the config
 # which are imported/used before parse_args() is called will get the default config values instead of the
 # values from the command line or config file.
-config = InvokeAIAppConfig.get_config()
-config.parse_args()
 
 if True:  # hack to make flake8 happy with imports coming after setting up the config
     import argparse
@@ -61,8 +59,9 @@ if True:  # hack to make flake8 happy with imports coming after setting up the c
     if torch.backends.mps.is_available():
         import invokeai.backend.util.mps_fixes  # noqa: F401 (monkeypatching on import)
 
-
-logger = InvokeAILogger().getLogger(config=config)
+config = InvokeAIAppConfig.get_config()
+config.parse_args()
+logger = InvokeAILogger().get_logger(config=config)
 
 
 class CliCommand(BaseModel):
diff --git a/invokeai/app/services/events.py b/invokeai/app/services/events.py
index 33887a66c1..aa5d3a3672 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/services/events.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/services/events.py
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ class EventServiceBase:
 
     def emit_model_event(self, job: DownloadJobBase):
         """Emit event when the status of a download/install job changes."""
-        logger = InvokeAILogger.getLogger()
+        logger = InvokeAILogger.get_logger()
         progress = 100 * (job.bytes / job.total_bytes) if job.total_bytes > 0 else 0
         logger.info(f"Dispatch model_event for job {job.id}, status={job.status.value}, progress={progress:5.2f}%")
         self.dispatch(  # use dispatch() directly here because we are not a session event.
diff --git a/invokeai/backend/install/invokeai_configure.py b/invokeai/backend/install/invokeai_configure.py
index 2f34931567..ab3842019a 100755
--- a/invokeai/backend/install/invokeai_configure.py
+++ b/invokeai/backend/install/invokeai_configure.py
@@ -93,10 +93,12 @@ INIT_FILE_PREAMBLE = """# InvokeAI initialization file
 # or renaming it and then running invokeai-configure again.
 """
 
-logger = InvokeAILogger.getLogger()
+logger = InvokeAILogger.get_logger()
 
 
 class DummyWidgetValue(Enum):
+    """Dummy widget values."""
+
     zero = 0
     true = True
     false = False
@@ -182,7 +184,6 @@ class ProgressBar:
 
 # ---------------------------------------------
 def hf_download_from_pretrained(model_class: object, model_name: str, destination: Path, **kwargs):
-    logger = InvokeAILogger.getLogger("InvokeAIConfigure")
     logger.addFilter(lambda x: "fp16 is not a valid" not in x.getMessage())
 
     model = model_class.from_pretrained(
@@ -909,7 +910,7 @@ def main():
         invoke_args.extend(["--precision", "float32"])
     config.parse_args(invoke_args)
     config.precision = "float32" if opt.full_precision else choose_precision(torch.device(choose_torch_device()))
-    logger = InvokeAILogger().getLogger(config=config)
+    logger = InvokeAILogger().get_logger(config=config)
 
     errors = set()
 
diff --git a/invokeai/backend/model_manager/convert_ckpt_to_diffusers.py b/invokeai/backend/model_manager/convert_ckpt_to_diffusers.py
index 69d32a49c7..15712c2ee8 100644
--- a/invokeai/backend/model_manager/convert_ckpt_to_diffusers.py
+++ b/invokeai/backend/model_manager/convert_ckpt_to_diffusers.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ if is_accelerate_available():
     from accelerate import init_empty_weights
     from accelerate.utils import set_module_tensor_to_device
 
-logger = InvokeAILogger.getLogger(__name__)
+logger = InvokeAILogger.get_logger(__name__)
 CONVERT_MODEL_ROOT = InvokeAIAppConfig.get_config().models_path / "core/convert"
 
 
diff --git a/invokeai/backend/model_manager/download/queue.py b/invokeai/backend/model_manager/download/queue.py
index c51473c182..e396d00b84 100644
--- a/invokeai/backend/model_manager/download/queue.py
+++ b/invokeai/backend/model_manager/download/queue.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class DownloadQueue(DownloadQueueBase):
         self._queue = PriorityQueue()
         self._worker_pool = set()
         self._lock = threading.RLock()
-        self._logger = InvokeAILogger.getLogger(config=config)
+        self._logger = InvokeAILogger.get_logger(config=config)
         self._event_handlers = event_handlers
         self._requests = requests_session or requests.Session()
         self._quiet = quiet
diff --git a/invokeai/backend/model_manager/install.py b/invokeai/backend/model_manager/install.py
index 3903ceae69..354045973d 100644
--- a/invokeai/backend/model_manager/install.py
+++ b/invokeai/backend/model_manager/install.py
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ class ModelInstall(ModelInstallBase):
         event_handlers: Optional[List[DownloadEventHandler]] = None,
     ):  # noqa D107 - use base class docstrings
         self._app_config = config or InvokeAIAppConfig.get_config()
-        self._logger = logger or InvokeAILogger.getLogger(config=self._app_config)
+        self._logger = logger or InvokeAILogger.get_logger(config=self._app_config)
         self._store = store or get_config_store(self._app_config.model_conf_path)
         self._download_queue = download or DownloadQueue(config=self._app_config, event_handlers=event_handlers)
         self._async_installs = dict()
diff --git a/invokeai/backend/model_manager/loader.py b/invokeai/backend/model_manager/loader.py
index f1813b2b45..9bab7ed030 100644
--- a/invokeai/backend/model_manager/loader.py
+++ b/invokeai/backend/model_manager/loader.py
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ class ModelLoad(ModelLoadBase):
 
         self._app_config = config
         self._store = store
-        self._logger = InvokeAILogger.getLogger()
+        self._logger = InvokeAILogger.get_logger()
         self._installer = ModelInstall(
             store=self._store,
             logger=self._logger,
diff --git a/invokeai/backend/model_manager/models/base.py b/invokeai/backend/model_manager/models/base.py
index 885958b9dd..674f025844 100644
--- a/invokeai/backend/model_manager/models/base.py
+++ b/invokeai/backend/model_manager/models/base.py
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ class IAIOnnxRuntimeModel:
 
 def trim_model_convert_cache(cache_path: Path, max_cache_size: int):
     current_size = directory_size(cache_path)
-    logger = InvokeAILogger.getLogger()
+    logger = InvokeAILogger.get_logger()
 
     if current_size <= max_cache_size:
         return
diff --git a/invokeai/backend/model_manager/search.py b/invokeai/backend/model_manager/search.py
index f978b57dfc..21f5d0d66f 100644
--- a/invokeai/backend/model_manager/search.py
+++ b/invokeai/backend/model_manager/search.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 
 from invokeai.backend.util.logging import InvokeAILogger
 
-default_logger = InvokeAILogger.getLogger()
+default_logger = InvokeAILogger.get_logger()
 
 
 class SearchStats(BaseModel):
diff --git a/invokeai/backend/model_manager/storage/migrate.py b/invokeai/backend/model_manager/storage/migrate.py
index 05ab46596e..c62e91980d 100644
--- a/invokeai/backend/model_manager/storage/migrate.py
+++ b/invokeai/backend/model_manager/storage/migrate.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def migrate_models_store(config: InvokeAIAppConfig):
     from invokeai.backend.model_manager.storage import get_config_store
 
     app_config = InvokeAIAppConfig.get_config()
-    logger = InvokeAILogger.getLogger()
+    logger = InvokeAILogger.get_logger()
     old_file: Path = app_config.model_conf_path
     new_file: Path = old_file.with_name("models3_2.yaml")
 
diff --git a/invokeai/backend/util/hotfixes.py b/invokeai/backend/util/hotfixes.py
index 852d640161..fb1297996c 100644
--- a/invokeai/backend/util/hotfixes.py
+++ b/invokeai/backend/util/hotfixes.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from invokeai.backend.util.logging import InvokeAILogger
 # Modified ControlNetModel with encoder_attention_mask argument added
 
 
-logger = InvokeAILogger.getLogger(__name__)
+logger = InvokeAILogger.get_logger(__name__)
 
 
 class ControlNetModel(ModelMixin, ConfigMixin, FromOriginalControlnetMixin):
diff --git a/invokeai/backend/util/logging.py b/invokeai/backend/util/logging.py
index 2e9de9535f..d599c73afc 100644
--- a/invokeai/backend/util/logging.py
+++ b/invokeai/backend/util/logging.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2023 Lincoln D. Stein and The InvokeAI Development Team
 
-"""
-invokeai.backend.util.logging
+"""invokeai.backend.util.logging
 
 Logging class for InvokeAI that produces console messages
 
@@ -9,9 +8,9 @@ Usage:
 
 from invokeai.backend.util.logging import InvokeAILogger
 
-logger = InvokeAILogger.getLogger(name='InvokeAI') // Initialization
+logger = InvokeAILogger.get_logger(name='InvokeAI') // Initialization
 (or)
-logger = InvokeAILogger.getLogger(__name__) // To use the filename
+logger = InvokeAILogger.get_logger(__name__) // To use the filename
 logger.configure()
 
 logger.critical('this is critical') // Critical Message
@@ -34,13 +33,13 @@ IAILogger.debug('this is a debugging message')
 ## Configuration
 
 The default configuration will print to stderr on the console. To add
-additional logging handlers, call getLogger with an initialized InvokeAIAppConfig
+additional logging handlers, call get_logger with an initialized InvokeAIAppConfig
 object:
 
 
  config = InvokeAIAppConfig.get_config()
  config.parse_args()
- logger = InvokeAILogger.getLogger(config=config)
+ logger = InvokeAILogger.get_logger(config=config)
 
 ### Three command-line options control logging:
 
@@ -173,6 +172,7 @@ InvokeAI:
     log_level: info
     log_format: color
 ```
+
 """
 
 import logging.handlers
@@ -194,39 +194,35 @@ except ImportError:
 
 # module level functions
 def debug(msg, *args, **kwargs):
-    InvokeAILogger.getLogger().debug(msg, *args, **kwargs)
+    InvokeAILogger.get_logger().debug(msg, *args, **kwargs)
 
 
 def info(msg, *args, **kwargs):
-    InvokeAILogger.getLogger().info(msg, *args, **kwargs)
+    InvokeAILogger.get_logger().info(msg, *args, **kwargs)
 
 
 def warning(msg, *args, **kwargs):
-    InvokeAILogger.getLogger().warning(msg, *args, **kwargs)
+    InvokeAILogger.get_logger().warning(msg, *args, **kwargs)
 
 
 def error(msg, *args, **kwargs):
-    InvokeAILogger.getLogger().error(msg, *args, **kwargs)
+    InvokeAILogger.get_logger().error(msg, *args, **kwargs)
 
 
 def critical(msg, *args, **kwargs):
-    InvokeAILogger.getLogger().critical(msg, *args, **kwargs)
+    InvokeAILogger.get_logger().critical(msg, *args, **kwargs)
 
 
 def log(level, msg, *args, **kwargs):
-    InvokeAILogger.getLogger().log(level, msg, *args, **kwargs)
+    InvokeAILogger.get_logger().log(level, msg, *args, **kwargs)
 
 
 def disable(level=logging.CRITICAL):
-    InvokeAILogger.getLogger().disable(level)
+    InvokeAILogger.get_logger().disable(level)
 
 
 def basicConfig(**kwargs):
-    InvokeAILogger.getLogger().basicConfig(**kwargs)
-
-
-def getLogger(name: str = None) -> logging.Logger:
-    return InvokeAILogger.getLogger(name)
+    InvokeAILogger.get_logger().basicConfig(**kwargs)
 
 
 _FACILITY_MAP = (
@@ -352,21 +348,24 @@ class InvokeAILogger(object):
     loggers = dict()
 
     @classmethod
-    def getLogger(cls, name: str = "InvokeAI", config: Optional[InvokeAIAppConfig] = None) -> logging.Logger:
-        config = config or InvokeAIAppConfig.get_config()
+    def get_logger(
+        cls, name: str = "InvokeAI", config: InvokeAIAppConfig = InvokeAIAppConfig.get_config()
+    ) -> logging.Logger:
+        """Return a logger appropriately configured for the current InvokeAI configuration."""
         if name in cls.loggers:
             logger = cls.loggers[name]
             logger.handlers.clear()
         else:
             logger = logging.getLogger(name)
+        config = config or InvokeAIAppConfig.get_config()  # in case None is passed
         logger.setLevel(config.log_level.upper())  # yes, strings work here
-        for ch in cls.getLoggers(config):
+        for ch in cls.get_loggers(config):
             logger.addHandler(ch)
             cls.loggers[name] = logger
         return cls.loggers[name]
 
     @classmethod
-    def getLoggers(cls, config: InvokeAIAppConfig) -> list[logging.Handler]:
+    def get_loggers(cls, config: InvokeAIAppConfig) -> list[logging.Handler]:
         handler_strs = config.log_handlers
         handlers = list()
         for handler in handler_strs:
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/install/model_install.py b/invokeai/frontend/install/model_install.py
index 5d9e558bb0..7fd65bca8a 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/install/model_install.py
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/install/model_install.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ from invokeai.frontend.install.widgets import (
 )
 
 config = InvokeAIAppConfig.get_config()
-logger = InvokeAILogger.getLogger()
+logger = InvokeAILogger.get_logger()
 
 # build a table mapping all non-printable characters to None
 # for stripping control characters
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ def main():
     if opt.full_precision:
         invoke_args.extend(["--precision", "float32"])
     config.parse_args(invoke_args)
-    logger = InvokeAILogger().getLogger(config=config)
+    logger = InvokeAILogger().get_logger(config=config)
 
     if not config.model_conf_path.exists():
         logger.info("Your InvokeAI root directory is not set up. Calling invokeai-configure.")