diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/__init__.py b/pytorch_lightning/__init__.py
index 2897d19bd0cb5..6252e34326492 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/__init__.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/__init__.py
@@ -28,9 +28,11 @@
     from .trainer.trainer import Trainer
     from .core.lightning import LightningModule
     from .core.decorators import data_loader
+    import logging
 
     __all__ = [
         'Trainer',
         'LightningModule',
         'data_loader',
     ]
+    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/core/lightning.py b/pytorch_lightning/core/lightning.py
index 95a98e51e9233..97fb772e4890d 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/core/lightning.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/core/lightning.py
@@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@ def load_from_checkpoint(cls, checkpoint_path):
 
     def summarize(self, mode):
         model_summary = ModelSummary(self, mode=mode)
-        logging.info(model_summary)
+        logging.info('\n' + model_summary.__str__())
 
     def freeze(self):
         """Freeze all params for inference
diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/trainer/trainer.py b/pytorch_lightning/trainer/trainer.py
index eb00cda4690c1..6c844f53b68a7 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/trainer/trainer.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/trainer/trainer.py
@@ -240,9 +240,6 @@ def __init__(self,
         self.amp_level = amp_level
         self.init_amp(use_amp)
 
-        # set logging options
-        logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
-
     @property
     def slurm_job_id(self):
         try: