# HG changeset patch
# User jruigrok
# Date 1298390696 0
# Node ID 06dab6ec802c7ab8afd48788f4b8055549db323a
# Parent  3295127550fe29616ae44f829c00effd61717951
Back out r553 for now.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
  * Removed ValueError raising for string formatting message checkers if the
    string does not contain any string formattings (ticket #150).
  * Fix Serbian plural forms (ticket #213).
- * Prevent multiple handlers being added to the same logger (ticket #227).
  * Small speed improvement in format_date() (ticket #216).
 
 
diff --git a/babel/messages/frontend.py b/babel/messages/frontend.py
--- a/babel/messages/frontend.py
+++ b/babel/messages/frontend.py
@@ -629,14 +629,11 @@
         # Configure logging
         self.log = logging.getLogger('babel')
         self.log.setLevel(options.loglevel)
-        if self.log.handlers:
-            handler = self.log.handlers[0]
-        else:
-            handler = logging.StreamHandler()
-            self.log.addHandler(handler)
+        handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+        handler.setLevel(options.loglevel)
         formatter = logging.Formatter('%(message)s')
         handler.setFormatter(formatter)
-        handler.setLevel(options.loglevel)
+        self.log.addHandler(handler)
 
         if options.list_locales:
             identifiers = localedata.list()