diff --git a/fdroidserver/server.py b/fdroidserver/server.py
index e261222b..b7f4ce53 100644
--- a/fdroidserver/server.py
+++ b/fdroidserver/server.py
@@ -512,9 +512,6 @@ def upload_to_virustotal(repo_section, virustotal_apikey):
     import requests
     requests  # stop unused import warning
 
-    logging.getLogger("urllib3").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-    logging.getLogger("requests").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-
     if repo_section == 'repo':
         if not os.path.exists('virustotal'):
             os.mkdir('virustotal')
@@ -534,6 +531,9 @@ def upload_apk_to_virustotal(virustotal_apikey, packageName, apkName, hash,
                              versionCode, **kwargs):
     import requests
 
+    logging.getLogger("urllib3").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+    logging.getLogger("requests").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+
     outputfilename = os.path.join('virustotal',
                                   packageName + '_' + str(versionCode)
                                   + '_' + hash + '.json')