diff --git a/bin/extractPadData.js b/bin/extractPadData.js
index dfe92f630..c7911df12 100644
--- a/bin/extractPadData.js
+++ b/bin/extractPadData.js
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ if(process.argv.length != 3)
 var padId = process.argv[2];
 
 //initalize the database
-var log4js = require("log4js").configure('etherpad_logging.json');
+var log4js = require("log4js");
+log4js.configure('etherpad_logging.json');
 log4js.setGlobalLogLevel("INFO");
 var async = require("async");
 var db = require('../node/db/DB');