diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ec570366..53323cac 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+## Unreleased
+ - The `new` method of loggers are now `#[must_use]` to prevent confusion when `new` is used called instead of `init`
 ## v0.12.0
  - Replaces the semingly unmainted chrono library with the time crate.
  - Addresses through this update 
diff --git a/src/loggers/comblog.rs b/src/loggers/comblog.rs
index 103b041d..ebff1f07 100644
--- a/src/loggers/comblog.rs
+++ b/src/loggers/comblog.rs
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ impl CombinedLogger {
     ///         );
     /// # }
     /// ```
+    #[must_use]
     pub fn new(logger: Vec<Box<dyn SharedLogger>>) -> Box<CombinedLogger> {
         let mut log_level = LevelFilter::Off;
         for log in &logger {
diff --git a/src/loggers/simplelog.rs b/src/loggers/simplelog.rs
index f3a5773c..23490f91 100644
--- a/src/loggers/simplelog.rs
+++ b/src/loggers/simplelog.rs
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ impl SimpleLogger {
     /// let simple_logger = SimpleLogger::new(LevelFilter::Info, Config::default());
     /// # }
     /// ```
+    #[must_use]
     pub fn new(log_level: LevelFilter, config: Config) -> Box<SimpleLogger> {
         Box::new(SimpleLogger {
             level: log_level,
diff --git a/src/loggers/termlog.rs b/src/loggers/termlog.rs
index f2a17e44..9bf13f9a 100644
--- a/src/loggers/termlog.rs
+++ b/src/loggers/termlog.rs
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ impl TermLogger {
     /// );
     /// # }
     /// ```
+    #[must_use]
     pub fn new(
         log_level: LevelFilter,
         config: Config,
diff --git a/src/loggers/testlog.rs b/src/loggers/testlog.rs
index 8e834d69..29660e27 100644
--- a/src/loggers/testlog.rs
+++ b/src/loggers/testlog.rs
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ impl TestLogger {
     /// let test_logger = TestLogger::new(LevelFilter::Info, Config::default());
     /// # }
     /// ```
+    #[must_use]
     pub fn new(log_level: LevelFilter, config: Config) -> Box<TestLogger> {
         Box::new(TestLogger {
             level: log_level,
diff --git a/src/loggers/writelog.rs b/src/loggers/writelog.rs
index 0624d8d2..48705e11 100644
--- a/src/loggers/writelog.rs
+++ b/src/loggers/writelog.rs
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ impl<W: Write + Send + 'static> WriteLogger<W> {
     /// let file_logger = WriteLogger::new(LevelFilter::Info, Config::default(), File::create("my_rust_bin.log").unwrap());
     /// # }
     /// ```
+    #[must_use]
     pub fn new(log_level: LevelFilter, config: Config, writable: W) -> Box<WriteLogger<W>> {
         Box::new(WriteLogger {
             level: log_level,