diff --git a/pym/cl_log.py b/pym/cl_log.py
index e042d67..d931ac8 100644
--- a/pym/cl_log.py
+++ b/pym/cl_log.py
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ import logging.handlers
 class log:
     def __init__(self, programName,
                  level=logging.DEBUG,
-                 formatter=logging.Formatter(\
-                    "%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s"),
+                 formatter=\
+                         "%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s",
                  filename='/var/log/calculate/calculate2.log',
                  maxBytes=1048576,
                  backupCount=5):
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class log:
         self.logger = logging.getLogger(self.programName)
         self.level = level
         self.logger.setLevel(self.level)
-        self.formatter = formatter
+        self.formatter = logging.Formatter(formatter)
         self.filename = filename
         self.maxBytes=maxBytes
         self.backupCount=backupCount