diff --git a/hepcrawl/spiders/desy_spider.py b/hepcrawl/spiders/desy_spider.py
index 05b35282..f1d40f6f 100644
--- a/hepcrawl/spiders/desy_spider.py
+++ b/hepcrawl/spiders/desy_spider.py
@@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ def crawl_local_directory(self):
 
         for file_name in xml_file_names:
             file_path = os.path.join(self.source_folder, file_name)
-            self.log('Local: Try to crawl local file: {0}'.format(file_path))
+            self.logger.info(
+                'Local: Try to crawl local file: {0}'.format(file_path)
+            )
             yield Request(
                 'file://{0}'.format(file_path),
                 callback=self.parse,
@@ -133,7 +135,7 @@ def crawl_ftp_directory(self):
         xml_remote_files_paths = self._filter_xml_files(remote_files_paths)
 
         for remote_file in xml_remote_files_paths:
-            self.log(
+            self.logger.info(
                 'Remote: Try to crawl file from FTP: {0}'.format(remote_file),
             )
             remote_file = str(remote_file)
@@ -158,7 +160,7 @@ def handle_package_ftp(self, response):
             response(hepcrawl.http.response.Response): response containing the
                 information about the ftp file download.
         """
-        self.log('Visited url {}'.format(response.url))
+        self.logger.info('Visited url {}'.format(response.url))
         file_path = response.body
         yield Request(
             'file://{0}'.format(file_path),
@@ -207,8 +209,8 @@ def parse(self, response):
         """Parse a ``Desy`` XML file into a :class:`hepcrawl.utils.ParsedItem`.
         """
 
-        self.log('Got record from url/path: {0}'.format(response.url))
-        self.log('FTP enabled: {0}'.format(self.ftp_enabled))
+        self.logger.info('Got record from url/path: {0}'.format(response.url))
+        self.logger.info('FTP enabled: {0}'.format(self.ftp_enabled))
         ftp_params = None
 
         if self.ftp_enabled:
@@ -225,12 +227,12 @@ def parse(self, response):
             url_schema = 'file'
             hostname = None
 
-        self.log('Getting marc xml records...')
+        self.logger.info('Getting marc xml records...')
         marcxml_records = self._get_marcxml_records(response.body)
-        self.log('Got %d marc xml records' % len(marcxml_records))
-        self.log('Getting hep records...')
+        self.logger.info('Got %d marc xml records' % len(marcxml_records))
+        self.logger.info('Getting hep records...')
         hep_records = self._hep_records_from_marcxml(marcxml_records)
-        self.log('Got %d hep records' % len(hep_records))
+        self.logger.info('Got %d hep records' % len(hep_records))
 
         for hep_record in hep_records:
             files_to_download = [
@@ -244,7 +246,7 @@ def parse(self, response):
                 if self._has_to_be_downloaded(document['url'])
             ]
 
-            self.log(
+            self.logger.info(
                 'Got the following attached documents to download: %s'
                 % files_to_download
             )
@@ -254,7 +256,7 @@ def parse(self, response):
                 ftp_params=ftp_params,
                 record_format='hep',
             )
-            self.log('Got item: %s' % parsed_item)
+            self.logger.info('Got item: %s' % parsed_item)
 
             yield parsed_item
 
diff --git a/hepcrawl/spiders/elsevier_spider.py b/hepcrawl/spiders/elsevier_spider.py
index e2d4e919..583f996b 100644
--- a/hepcrawl/spiders/elsevier_spider.py
+++ b/hepcrawl/spiders/elsevier_spider.py
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ def handle_feed(self, response):
 
     def handle_package(self, response):
         """Handle the zip package and yield a request for every XML found."""
-        self.log("Visited %s" % response.url)
+        self.logger.info("Visited %s" % response.url)
         filename = os.path.basename(response.url).rstrip(".zip")
         # TMP dir to extract zip packages:
         target_folder = mkdtemp(prefix="elsevier_" + filename + "_", dir="/tmp/")
diff --git a/hepcrawl/spiders/pos_spider.py b/hepcrawl/spiders/pos_spider.py
index 024eff6b..c8c67505 100644
--- a/hepcrawl/spiders/pos_spider.py
+++ b/hepcrawl/spiders/pos_spider.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def start_requests(self):
         yield Request(self.source_file)
 
     def parse(self, response):
-        self.log('Got record from: {response.url}'.format(**vars()))
+        self.logger.info('Got record from: {response.url}'.format(**vars()))
 
         response.selector.remove_namespaces()
         record_xml_selectors = response.selector.xpath('.//record')
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ def get_conference_paper_page_request(self, xml_selector, meta=None):
         )
 
     def parse_conference_paper(self, response):
-        self.log(
+        self.logger.info(
             'Parsing conference paper from: {response.url}'.format(**vars())
         )
         xml_record = response.meta.get('xml_record')