diff --git a/log.py b/log.py
index 38f5174..e366ac9 100644
--- a/log.py
+++ b/log.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ access the global logger object by importing "log" from this module
 import logging
 import sys
 import os
+import world
 
 from conf import conf, confname
 
@@ -24,13 +25,13 @@ _format = '%(asctime)s [%(levelname)s] %(message)s'
 logformatter = logging.Formatter(_format)
 
 # Set up logging to STDERR
-stdout_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
-stdout_handler.setFormatter(logformatter)
-stdout_handler.setLevel(stdout_level)
+world.stdout_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+world.stdout_handler.setFormatter(logformatter)
+world.stdout_handler.setLevel(stdout_level)
 
 # Get the main logger object; plugins can import this variable for convenience.
 log = logging.getLogger()
-log.addHandler(stdout_handler)
+log.addHandler(world.stdout_handler)
 
 # This is confusing, but we have to set the root logger to accept all events. Only this way
 # can other loggers filter out events on their own, instead of having everything dropped by
diff --git a/plugins/commands.py b/plugins/commands.py
index 5a7e232..dfcc485 100644
--- a/plugins/commands.py
+++ b/plugins/commands.py
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ def loglevel(irc, source, args):
             irc.reply('Error: Unknown log level "%s".' % level)
             return
         else:
-            log.setLevel(loglevel)
+            world.stdout_handler.setLevel(loglevel)
             irc.reply("Done.")
     except IndexError:
-        irc.reply(log.getEffectiveLevel())
+        irc.reply(world.stdout_handler.level)