diff --git a/app_skellington/_bootstrap.py b/app_skellington/_bootstrap.py
index f53faa0..1be9abb 100644
--- a/app_skellington/_bootstrap.py
+++ b/app_skellington/_bootstrap.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ if not check_env_has_dependencies(libnames):
 # Logger for before the application and logging config is loaded
 # - used to log before logging is configured
 _log_fmt = '%(levelname)-7s:%(message)s'
-_logger_name = 'app_skellington'
+_logger_name = 'skell'
 _bootstrap_logger = logging.getLogger(_logger_name)
 
 # NOTE(MG) Logger monkey-patch:
diff --git a/app_skellington/log.py b/app_skellington/log.py
index c2ed2ed..eab2423 100644
--- a/app_skellington/log.py
+++ b/app_skellington/log.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ DEFAULT_LOG_SETTINGS = {
             'level': 'debug',
             'formatter': 'colored'
         }
-
     },
 
     'loggers': {
@@ -140,12 +139,12 @@ class LoggingLayer:
         # logging configuration is read from config file.
         # See _bootstrap.py
         if os.environ.get('APPSKELLINGTON_DEBUG', None):
-            if 'app_skellington' not in config_dict['loggers']:
-                config_dict['loggers']['app_skellington'] = {
+            if _bootstrap_logger not in config_dict['loggers']:
+                config_dict['loggers'][_bootstrap_logger] = {
                     'level': 'debug', 'propagate': 'false'
                 }
             else:
-                config_dict['loggers']['app_skellington']['level'] = 'debug'
+                config_dict['loggers'][_bootstrap_logger]['level'] = 'debug'
 
     def _convert_str_to_loglevel(self, dict_, key):
         """