diff --git a/cps/__init__.py b/cps/__init__.py
index 6c241d4f..48926f2c 100755
--- a/cps/__init__.py
+++ b/cps/__init__.py
@@ -33,11 +33,10 @@ from flask_login import LoginManager
 from flask_babel import Babel
 from flask_principal import Principal
 
-from . import logger, cache_buster, cli, config_sql, ub, db, services
+from . import config_sql, logger, cache_buster, cli, ub, db
 from .reverseproxy import ReverseProxied
 from .server import WebServer
 
-
 mimetypes.init()
 mimetypes.add_type('application/xhtml+xml', '.xhtml')
 mimetypes.add_type('application/epub+zip', '.epub')
@@ -62,7 +61,6 @@ lm = LoginManager()
 lm.login_view = 'web.login'
 lm.anonymous_user = ub.Anonymous
 
-
 ub.init_db(cli.settingspath)
 # pylint: disable=no-member
 config = config_sql.load_configuration(ub.session)
@@ -75,6 +73,7 @@ _BABEL_TRANSLATIONS = set()
 
 log = logger.create()
 
+from . import services
 
 def create_app():
     app.wsgi_app = ReverseProxied(app.wsgi_app)
diff --git a/cps/logger.py b/cps/logger.py
index 77a721d3..c5b686f2 100644
--- a/cps/logger.py
+++ b/cps/logger.py
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ def get_level_name(level):
 
 
 def is_valid_logfile(file_path):
+    if file_path == LOG_TO_STDERR or file_path == LOG_TO_STDOUT:
+        return True
     if not file_path:
         return True
     if os.path.isdir(file_path):
@@ -105,7 +107,9 @@ def setup(log_file, log_level=None):
         # avoid spamming the log with debug messages from libraries
         r.setLevel(log_level)
 
-    log_file = _absolute_log_file(log_file, DEFAULT_LOG_FILE)
+    # Otherwise name get's destroyed on windows
+    if log_file != LOG_TO_STDERR and log_file !=  LOG_TO_STDOUT:
+        log_file = _absolute_log_file(log_file, DEFAULT_LOG_FILE)
 
     previous_handler = r.handlers[0] if r.handlers else None
     if previous_handler:
@@ -119,7 +123,7 @@ def setup(log_file, log_level=None):
             file_handler = StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
             file_handler.baseFilename = log_file
         else:
-            file_handler = StreamHandler()
+            file_handler = StreamHandler(sys.stderr)
             file_handler.baseFilename = log_file
     else:
         try: