diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 9a5dd2c0..f691613d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2020-08-06 Release 1.21.1
+	- restored default Flask logging to stdout/stderr
+
 2020-07-23 Release 1.21
 	- added a new "Logs" tab to show logs from HXL processing
 	- added UI support for Expand lists filter
diff --git a/hxl_proxy/__init__.py b/hxl_proxy/__init__.py
index aba7f224..57558b56 100644
--- a/hxl_proxy/__init__.py
+++ b/hxl_proxy/__init__.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 Documentation: http://hxlstandard.org
 """
 
-import logging, os
+import os
 
 import requests_cache
 from flask import Flask, g, request
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 import werkzeug.datastructures
 from . import reverse_proxied
 
-__version__="1.21"
+__version__="1.21.1"
 """Module version number
 See https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0396/
 """
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@
 # Main application object
 app = Flask(__name__)
 
-# Disable default logging (we'll add any log handlers explicitly in deployment)
-app.logger.addHandler(logging.NullHandler())
-
 # Handle subpaths
 app.wsgi_app = reverse_proxied.ReverseProxied(app.wsgi_app)
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 45d8f45f..8f5a68be 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     name = 'hxl-proxy',
     packages = ['hxl_proxy'],
     package_data={'hxl_proxy': ['*.sql']},
-    version = "1.21",
+    version = "1.21.1",
     description = 'Flask-based web proxy for HXL',
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",