diff --git a/tools/vocab2mdCacheV2.py b/tools/vocab2mdCacheV2.py
index 39af7b3..ae20393 100644
--- a/tools/vocab2mdCacheV2.py
+++ b/tools/vocab2mdCacheV2.py
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ def getNarrower(g, v, r):
     return res
 
 def getObjects(g, s, p):
+    L = getLogger()
     q = rdflib.plugins.sparql.prepareQuery(PFX + """SELECT ?o
     WHERE {
         ?subject ?predicate ?o .
@@ -175,6 +176,7 @@ def _labelToLink(label):
 
 def termTree(g, v, r, depth=0):
     label = getObjects(g, r, skosT("prefLabel"))
+    L = getLogger()
     L.debug("termTree label: %s",label)
     llabel = _labelToLink(r)
     if not label:
@@ -289,6 +291,7 @@ def describeNarrowerTerms(g, v, r, depth=0, level=[]):
 def describeVocabulary(G, V):
     res = []
     level = [1, ]
+    L = getLogger()
     L.debug(f"vocab2md: {G} graph input")
 
     # this is the header for Quarto in the markdown output
@@ -393,7 +396,7 @@ def main(source, vocabulary):
     # vocabs = listVocabularies(vgraph)
     # res = []
     # res.append(conceptschemelist(vgraph))
-    
+
     verbosity = "DEBUG".upper()
     logging_config["loggers"][""]["level"] = verbosity
     logging.config.dictConfig(logging_config)