diff --git a/weboob/tools/application/base.py b/weboob/tools/application/base.py
index 7bd2bf1b..3760f7a9 100644
--- a/weboob/tools/application/base.py
+++ b/weboob/tools/application/base.py
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class BaseApplication(object):
     # ------ BaseApplication methods -------------------------------
 
     def __init__(self, option_parser=None):
-        self.logger = getLogger(self.APPNAME + u"-" + self.VERSION)
+        self.logger = getLogger(self.APPNAME)
         self.weboob = self.create_weboob()
         if self.CONFDIR is None:
             self.CONFDIR = self.weboob.workdir
@@ -372,7 +372,8 @@ class BaseApplication(object):
     @classmethod
     def create_default_logger(klass):
         # stdout logger
-        format = '%(asctime)s:%(levelname)s:%(name)s:%(filename)s:%(lineno)d:%(funcName)s %(message)s'
+        format = '%(asctime)s:%(levelname)s:%(name)s:' + klass.VERSION +\
+                 ':%(filename)s:%(lineno)d:%(funcName)s %(message)s'
         handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
         handler.setFormatter(createColoredFormatter(sys.stdout, format))
         return handler
@@ -392,7 +393,8 @@ class BaseApplication(object):
             self.logger.error('Unable to create the logging file: %s' % e)
             sys.exit(1)
         else:
-            format = '%(asctime)s:%(levelname)s:%(name)s:%(pathname)s:%(lineno)d:%(funcName)s %(message)s'
+            format = '%(asctime)s:%(levelname)s:%(name)s:' + self.VERSION +\
+                     ':%(filename)s:%(lineno)d:%(funcName)s %(message)s'
             handler = logging.StreamHandler(stream)
             handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter(format))
             return handler
diff --git a/weboob/tools/backend.py b/weboob/tools/backend.py
index 4d477da8..7e4fe84d 100644
--- a/weboob/tools/backend.py
+++ b/weboob/tools/backend.py
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ class BaseBackend(object):
         return u"<Backend %r>" % self.name
 
     def __init__(self, weboob, name, config=None, storage=None, logger=None):
-        self.logger = getLogger(name + u"-" + self.VERSION, parent=logger)
+        self.logger = getLogger(name, parent=logger)
         self.weboob = weboob
         self.name = name
         self.lock = RLock()