diff --git a/zerver/lib/bugdown/__init__.py b/zerver/lib/bugdown/__init__.py
index ef7de8d309..d30feec0a4 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/bugdown/__init__.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/bugdown/__init__.py
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ STREAM_LINK_REGEX = r"""
                      \*\*                         # ends by double asterisks
                     """
 
+bugdown_logger = logging.getLogger()
+
 def rewrite_local_links_to_relative(link: str) -> str:
     """ If the link points to a local destination we can just switch to that
     instead of opening a new tab. """
@@ -308,8 +310,8 @@ def fetch_tweet_data(tweet_id: str) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
             tweet = timeout(3, api.GetStatus, tweet_id)
             res = tweet.AsDict()
         except AttributeError:
-            logging.error('Unable to load twitter api, you may have the wrong '
-                          'library installed, see https://github.com/zulip/zulip/issues/86')
+            bugdown_logger.error('Unable to load twitter api, you may have the wrong '
+                                 'library installed, see https://github.com/zulip/zulip/issues/86')
             return None
         except TimeoutExpired:
             # We'd like to try again later and not cache the bad result,
@@ -334,7 +336,7 @@ def fetch_tweet_data(tweet_id: str) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
                 # but for now it seems reasonable to log at error
                 # level (so that we get notified), but then cache the
                 # failure to proceed with our usual work
-                logging.error(traceback.format_exc())
+                bugdown_logger.error(traceback.format_exc())
                 return None
     return res
 
@@ -741,7 +743,7 @@ class InlineInterestingLinkProcessor(markdown.treeprocessors.Treeprocessor):
             # We put this in its own try-except because it requires external
             # connectivity. If Twitter flakes out, we don't want to not-render
             # the entire message; we just want to not show the Twitter preview.
-            logging.warning(traceback.format_exc())
+            bugdown_logger.warning(traceback.format_exc())
             return None
 
     def get_url_data(self, e: Element) -> Optional[Tuple[str, str]]:
@@ -1747,7 +1749,7 @@ def log_bugdown_error(msg: str) -> None:
     order to prevent AdminNotifyHandler from sending the santized
     original markdown formatting into another Zulip message, which
     could cause an infinite exception loop."""
-    logging.getLogger('').error(msg)
+    bugdown_logger.error(msg)
 
 def get_email_info(realm_id: int, emails: Set[str]) -> Dict[str, FullNameInfo]:
     if not emails:
diff --git a/zerver/lib/test_classes.py b/zerver/lib/test_classes.py
index bb5c6c2e07..3ddeed3231 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/test_classes.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/test_classes.py
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ class ZulipTestCase(TestCase):
         with \
                 self.settings(ERROR_BOT=None), \
                 mock.patch('zerver.lib.bugdown.timeout', side_effect=KeyError('foo')), \
-                mock.patch('zerver.lib.bugdown.log_bugdown_error'):
+                mock.patch('zerver.lib.bugdown.bugdown_logger'):
             yield
 
     def create_default_device(self, user_profile: UserProfile,