diff --git a/flaschengeist/config.py b/flaschengeist/config.py
index 48c71b2..524ed6e 100644
--- a/flaschengeist/config.py
+++ b/flaschengeist/config.py
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ def configure_app(app, test_config=None):
     global config
     read_configuration(test_config)
 
+    configure_logger()
+
     # Always enable this builtin plugins!
     update_dict(
         config,
diff --git a/flaschengeist/logging.toml b/flaschengeist/logging.toml
index 3af9f99..c9a5647 100644
--- a/flaschengeist/logging.toml
+++ b/flaschengeist/logging.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ disable_existing_loggers = false
 
 [formatters]
   [formatters.simple]
-    format = "%(asctime)s - %(name)s (%(levelname)s) - %(message)s"
+    format = "%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s"
   [formatters.extended]
     format = "%(asctime)s — %(filename)s - %(funcName)s - %(lineno)d - %(threadName)s - %(name)s — %(levelname)s — %(message)s"
 
diff --git a/flaschengeist/models/__init__.py b/flaschengeist/models/__init__.py
index acffc1a..339a598 100644
--- a/flaschengeist/models/__init__.py
+++ b/flaschengeist/models/__init__.py
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ class UtcDateTime(TypeDecorator):
       aware value, even with SQLite or MySQL.
     """
 
+    cache_ok = True
     impl = DateTime(timezone=True)
 
     @staticmethod