From 16da4d851e68c93e4c41c1133192b9f6447a6cd5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Calum Lind <calumlind+deluge@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2016 21:08:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [#2850] Fix duplicate ui log entries

---
 deluge/log.py | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/deluge/log.py b/deluge/log.py
index 35513c066..d8e98a458 100644
--- a/deluge/log.py
+++ b/deluge/log.py
@@ -151,7 +151,14 @@ def setup_logger(level="error", filename=None, filemode="w", logrotate=None, twi
     )
 
     handler.setFormatter(formatter)
-    root_logger.addHandler(handler)
+
+    # Check for existing handler to prevent duplicate logging.
+    if root_logger.handlers:
+        for handle in root_logger.handlers:
+            if not isinstance(handle, type(handler)):
+                root_logger.addHandler(handler)
+    else:
+        root_logger.addHandler(handler)
     root_logger.setLevel(level)
 
     if twisted_observer: