diff --git a/swh/core/api/__init__.py b/swh/core/api/__init__.py
--- a/swh/core/api/__init__.py
+++ b/swh/core/api/__init__.py
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@
     """
     status_class = status_code // 100
     if status_class == 5:
-        logging.exception(exception)
+        logger.exception(exception)
         sentry_sdk.capture_exception(exception)
 
     response = encoder(exception_to_dict(exception))
diff --git a/swh/core/api/asynchronous.py b/swh/core/api/asynchronous.py
--- a/swh/core/api/asynchronous.py
+++ b/swh/core/api/asynchronous.py
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
     msgpack_loads,
 )
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 def encode_msgpack(data, **kwargs):
     return aiohttp.web.Response(
@@ -68,7 +70,7 @@
         except Exception as e:
             if isinstance(e, aiohttp.web.HTTPException):
                 raise
-            logging.exception(e)
+            logger.exception(e)
             res = exception_to_dict(e)
             if isinstance(e, app.client_exception_classes):
                 status = 400