diff --git a/shell/sugar-shell b/shell/sugar-shell
index 32fc0351..580d168d 100755
--- a/shell/sugar-shell
+++ b/shell/sugar-shell
@@ -23,10 +23,13 @@ import pygtk
 pygtk.require('2.0')
 import gtk
 
+from sugar import logger
 from sugar import profile
 from sugar import env
 from sugar import TracebackUtils
 
+logger.start('shell')
+
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(env.get_data_dir(), 'shell'))
 
 from view.FirstTimeDialog import FirstTimeDialog