diff --git a/libtmux/common.py b/libtmux/common.py
index e9b4416f2..e0604bc62 100644
--- a/libtmux/common.py
+++ b/libtmux/common.py
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
             if not self.stdout:
                 self.stdout = self.stderr[0]
 
-        logging.debug('self.stdout for %s: \n%s' %
+        logger.debug('self.stdout for %s: \n%s' %
                       (' '.join(cmd), self.stdout))