diff --git a/skm_pyutils/py_log.py b/skm_pyutils/py_log.py
index cff72cd..9d35b43 100644
--- a/skm_pyutils/py_log.py
+++ b/skm_pyutils/py_log.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 """
 Logging related functions.
-
-TODO test the except hooks more.
 """
 import datetime
 import logging
@@ -32,9 +30,7 @@ def log_exception(ex, more_info="", location=None):
 
     """
     if location is None:
-        default_loc = os.path.join(
-            os.path.expanduser("~"), ".skm_python", "caught_errors.txt"
-        )
+        default_loc = get_default_log_loc("caught_errors.txt")
     else:
         default_loc = location
 
@@ -53,13 +49,12 @@ def log_exception(ex, more_info="", location=None):
 
 def default_excepthook(exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback):
     """Any uncaught exceptions will be logged from here."""
-    default_loc = os.path.join(
-        os.path.expanduser("~"), ".skm_python", "uncaught_errors.txt"
-    )
+    default_loc = get_default_log_loc("uncaught_errors.txt")
 
-    this_logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+    file_logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+    file_logger.propagate = False
     handler = logging.FileHandler(default_loc)
-    this_logger.addHandler(handler)
+    file_logger.addHandler(handler)
 
     # Don't catch CTRL+C exceptions
     if issubclass(exc_type, KeyboardInterrupt):
@@ -67,13 +62,12 @@ def default_excepthook(exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback):
         return
 
     now = datetime.datetime.now()
-    this_logger.critical(
+    file_logger.critical(
         "\n----------Uncaught Exception at {}----------".format(now),
         exc_info=(exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback),
     )
 
-    sys.stdout.write = default_write
-    print("A fatal error occurred in this Python program")
+    print("\nA fatal error occurred in this Python program")
     print(
         "The error info was: {}".format(
             "".join(
@@ -83,6 +77,8 @@ def default_excepthook(exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback):
     )
     print("Please report this to {} and provide the file {}".format("us", default_loc))
 
+    sys.exit(-1)
+
 
 def override_excepthook(excepthook=None):
     """
@@ -104,3 +100,9 @@ def override_excepthook(excepthook=None):
     if excepthook is None:
         excepthook = default_excepthook
     sys.excepthook = excepthook
+
+
+def get_default_log_loc(name):
+    default_loc = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), ".skm_python", name)
+
+    return default_loc