diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-compute/src/omniperf_base.py b/projects/rocprofiler-compute/src/omniperf_base.py
index 9b8ea2490c..9b945d9bfa 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-compute/src/omniperf_base.py
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-compute/src/omniperf_base.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 ##############################################################################el
 
 import argparse
+import logging
 import sys
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ from utils.utils import (
     console_log,
     console_error,
 )
-from utils.logger import setup_logging
+from utils.logger import setup_logging_handler, setup_logging_priority
 from argparser import omniarg_parser
 import config
 import pandas as pd
@@ -69,10 +70,10 @@ class Omniperf:
         self.__options = {}
         self.__supported_archs = SUPPORTED_ARCHS
         self.__mspec: MachineSpecs = None  # to be initalized in load_soc_specs()
-
+        setup_logging_handler()
         self.set_version()
         self.parse_args()
-        self.__loglevel = setup_logging(self.__args.verbose, self.__args.quiet)
+        self.__loglevel = setup_logging_priority(self.__args.verbose, self.__args.quiet)
         setattr(self.__args, "loglevel", self.__loglevel)
         self.__mode = self.__args.mode
 
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-compute/src/utils/logger.py b/projects/rocprofiler-compute/src/utils/logger.py
index 06bfce1975..1d33933ded 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-compute/src/utils/logger.py
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-compute/src/utils/logger.py
@@ -51,8 +51,21 @@ class ColoredFormatter(logging.Formatter):
         return logging.Formatter.format(self, record)
 
 
-# Setup logger
-def setup_logging(verbosity, quietmode):
+# Setup logger handler - provided as separate function to be called
+# prior to argument parsing
+def setup_logging_handler():
+    if False:
+        formatter = ColoredFormatter("%(levelname)s %(message)s")
+    else:
+        formatter = logging.Formatter("%(message)s")
+
+    handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
+    handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+    logging.basicConfig(handlers=[handler])
+
+
+# Setup logger priority
+def setup_logging_priority(verbosity, quietmode):
     # register a trace level logger
     logging.TRACE = logging.DEBUG - 5
     logging.addLevelName(logging.TRACE, "TRACE")
@@ -82,11 +95,6 @@ def setup_logging(verbosity, quietmode):
             print("Ignoring unsupported OMNIPERF_LOGLEVEL setting (%s)" % loglevel)
             sys.exit(1)
 
-    if False:
-        formatter = ColoredFormatter("%(levelname)s %(message)s")
-    else:
-        formatter = ColoredFormatter("%(message)s")
-    handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
-    handler.setFormatter(formatter)
-    logging.basicConfig(level=loglevel, handlers=[handler])
+    # update priority
+    logging.getLogger().setLevel(loglevel)
     return loglevel