diff --git a/bilby/core/utils/__init__.py b/bilby/core/utils/__init__.py
index 3fc4cfea0eb80c4f0f6e4c5f98440360f78dfd0f..85c3fb1f4d04df7bb994c17d10659e9a86eb7b76 100644
--- a/bilby/core/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/bilby/core/utils/__init__.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from .counter import *
 from .docs import *
 from .introspection import *
 from .io import *
-from .logger import *
+from .log import *
 from .plotting import *
 from .progress import *
 from .samples import *
diff --git a/bilby/core/utils/calculus.py b/bilby/core/utils/calculus.py
index fbd64f9f012e8983a20873f88c50db1953a0973c..15e20fb22746b17737bb88a1824ab9d081ae404f 100644
--- a/bilby/core/utils/calculus.py
+++ b/bilby/core/utils/calculus.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import numpy as np
 from scipy.interpolate import interp2d
 from scipy.special import logsumexp
 
-from .logger import logger
+from .log import logger
 
 
 def derivatives(vals, func, releps=1e-3, abseps=None, mineps=1e-9, reltol=1e-3,
diff --git a/bilby/core/utils/cmd.py b/bilby/core/utils/cmd.py
index 3ed822cc2ddcd3cc863792d708b0cfdcde808250..f0b028976db959f1f4f1de175638cde846836f08 100644
--- a/bilby/core/utils/cmd.py
+++ b/bilby/core/utils/cmd.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import logging
 import os
 import subprocess
 
-from .logger import logger
+from .log import logger
 
 
 def set_up_command_line_arguments():
diff --git a/bilby/core/utils/io.py b/bilby/core/utils/io.py
index 49f77b7739baf8bf3490185bad3bdf67a30b699c..ac70321fe696fcf24c2a939641d22ea56dd3fb12 100644
--- a/bilby/core/utils/io.py
+++ b/bilby/core/utils/io.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
 
-from .logger import logger
+from .log import logger
 from .introspection import infer_args_from_method
 
 
diff --git a/bilby/core/utils/logger.py b/bilby/core/utils/log.py
similarity index 100%
rename from bilby/core/utils/logger.py
rename to bilby/core/utils/log.py
diff --git a/bilby/core/utils/plotting.py b/bilby/core/utils/plotting.py
index ca150744ece3b350d96e7956150ecdb4319fb6b8..c41148047193de4bc3d475de592e498aaed8675e 100644
--- a/bilby/core/utils/plotting.py
+++ b/bilby/core/utils/plotting.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import functools
 import os
 from distutils.spawn import find_executable
 
-from .logger import logger
+from .log import logger
 
 
 def latex_plot_format(func):