diff --git a/utils/general.py b/utils/general.py
index 7ff397fb4caa..e63ac3e20b62 100755
--- a/utils/general.py
+++ b/utils/general.py
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@
 
 def set_logging(name=None, verbose=True):
     # Sets level and returns logger
+    for h in logging.root.handlers[:]:
+        logging.root.removeHandler(h)  # remove all handlers associated with the root logger object
     rank = int(os.getenv('RANK', -1))  # rank in world for Multi-GPU trainings
     logging.basicConfig(format="%(message)s", level=logging.INFO if (verbose and rank in (-1, 0)) else logging.WARNING)
     return logging.getLogger(name)