diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/ompt.cpp b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/ompt.cpp
index 040f18e0ca..a9ccc571c8 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/ompt.cpp
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/ompt.cpp
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ ompt_start_tool(unsigned int omp_version, const char* runtime_version) ROCPROFIL
 ompt_start_tool_result_t*
 ompt_start_tool(unsigned int omp_version, const char* runtime_version)
 {
+    ::rocprofiler::registration::init_logging();
     ::rocprofiler::registration::initialize();
     return rocprofiler_ompt_start_tool(omp_version, runtime_version);
 }
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/registration.cpp b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/registration.cpp
index 58f1d2599a..d254fb229b 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/registration.cpp
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/registration.cpp
@@ -670,6 +670,8 @@ set_fini_status(int v)
 void
 initialize()
 {
+    init_logging();
+
     ROCP_INFO << "rocprofiler initialize called...";
 
     if(get_init_status() != 0)
@@ -688,7 +690,6 @@ initialize()
             common::destroy_static_tl_objects();
             common::destroy_static_objects();
         });
-        init_logging();
         invoke_client_configures();
         invoke_client_initializers();
         if(get_num_clients() > 0) internal_threading::initialize();