diff --git a/packages/logger/config.js b/packages/logger/config.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ed32f80e..00000000
--- a/packages/logger/config.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-import { loadConfig } from '@nostrwatch/utils'
-
-let config
-
-if(!config)
-  config = await loadConfig('logger')
-
-export default config
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/logger/index.js b/packages/logger/index.js
index dcd7e700..78f91979 100644
--- a/packages/logger/index.js
+++ b/packages/logger/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import 'dotenv/config'
 import { appendFile } from 'fs/promises'
-import config from './config.js'
 import createLogger from 'logging';
 
 //wrapper for logging: https://www.npmjs.com/package/logging
@@ -8,7 +7,7 @@ export default class Logger {
 
   constructor(name, log_level="INFO", split_logs=false) {
     this.logger = createLogger?.default? createLogger.default(name): createLogger(name)
-    this.log_level = new String(config?.log_level? config.log_level : log_level).toUpperCase();
+    this.log_level = (log_level || 'info').toUpperCase();
     this.split_logs = split_logs || false
   }