diff --git a/config/environment.rb b/config/environment.rb
index 803af4ae..d02efb1a 100644
--- a/config/environment.rb
+++ b/config/environment.rb
@@ -86,8 +86,10 @@ if ( SITE_CONFIG['authentication_schemes'].include? 'ldap')
   SimpleLdapAuthenticator.use_ssl = ldap['ssl']
   SimpleLdapAuthenticator.login_format = ldap['login_format']
 end
+
 if ( SITE_CONFIG['authentication_schemes'].include? 'open_id')
   #requires ruby-openid gem to be installed
+  OpenID::Util.logger = RAILS_DEFAULT_LOGGER
 end
 
 tracks_version='1.8devel'
@@ -96,4 +98,4 @@ tracks_version='1.8devel'
 info=`git log --pretty=format:"%ai" -1`
 tracks_version=tracks_version + ' ('+info+')'
 
-TRACKS_VERSION=tracks_version
\ No newline at end of file
+TRACKS_VERSION=tracks_version