From 518237f6c2fc898574fc799199dc8e4d30eb2ef0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jun-te Kim <junte.kim@mealcraft.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:53:48 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] added better logging

---
 utils/logger.py | 14 ++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/utils/logger.py b/utils/logger.py
index 45370d3d..0706f524 100644
--- a/utils/logger.py
+++ b/utils/logger.py
@@ -5,17 +5,21 @@ from typing import Optional, Union
 
 def setup_logger(
     log_file: Optional[Union[str, PathLike[str]]] = None,
-    level: int = logging.INFO,
+    level: Optional[int] = None,
     overwrite_handler: bool = False,
 ) -> logging.Logger:
     # Create a logger and set the logging level
     logger = logging.getLogger()
-    logger.setLevel(level)
+    if level is not None:
+        logger.setLevel(level)
 
     # if logger already has handlers, just return it
     if logger.hasHandlers() and not overwrite_handler:
         return logger
 
+    # Remove existing handlers before adding new ones
+    logger.handlers.clear()
+
     # Define the log message format
     log_format = "%(asctime)s [%(levelname)s] %(message)s"
     date_format = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
@@ -24,13 +28,15 @@ def setup_logger(
     # Create a file handler and set the file path and format
     if log_file:
         file_handler = logging.FileHandler(log_file)
-        file_handler.setLevel(level)
+        if level is not None:
+            file_handler.setLevel(level)
         file_handler.setFormatter(formatter)
         logger.addHandler(file_handler)
 
     # Create a console handler and set the format
     console_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
-    console_handler.setLevel(level)
+    if level is not None:
+        console_handler.setLevel(level)
 
     # Set the formatter for the handlers
     console_handler.setFormatter(formatter)