diff --git a/fail2ban-server b/fail2ban-server
index ce84c69d..6b2b90ed 100755
--- a/fail2ban-server
+++ b/fail2ban-server
@@ -25,14 +25,17 @@ __date__ = "$Date$"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2004 Cyril Jaquier"
 __license__ = "GPL"
 
-import getopt, sys
+from common.version import version
+from server.server import Server
+import getopt, sys, logging
 
 # Inserts our own modules path first in the list
 # fix for bug #343821
 sys.path.insert(1, "/usr/share/fail2ban")
 
-from common.version import version
-from server.server import Server
+
+# Gets the instance of the logger.
+logSys = logging.getLogger("fail2ban")
 
 ##
 # \mainpage Fail2Ban
@@ -123,7 +126,7 @@ class Fail2banServer:
 			self.__server.start(self.__conf["socket"], self.__conf["force"])
 			return True
 		except Exception, e:
-			print e
+			logSys.exception(e)
 			self.__server.quit()
 			return False