diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 934342f4396..b35c716fbf6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Minor improvements & Bug Fixes
 
+- [#666](https://github.com/osmosis-labs/osmosis/pull/666) Fix the `--log-level` and `--log-format` commands on `osmosisd start`
 - [#655](https://github.com/osmosis-labs/osmosis/pull/655) Make the default genesis for pool-incentives work by default
 - [97ac2a8](https://github.com/osmosis-labs/osmosis/commit/97ac2a86303fc8966a4c169107e0945775107e67) Fix InitGenesis bug for gauges
 
diff --git a/cmd/osmosisd/cmd/root.go b/cmd/osmosisd/cmd/root.go
index 2a0fdbd341b..d3d59ff258c 100644
--- a/cmd/osmosisd/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/osmosisd/cmd/root.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -134,22 +133,6 @@ lru_size = 0`
 	return customAppTemplate, customAppConfig
 }
 
-// Execute executes the root command.
-func Execute(rootCmd *cobra.Command) error {
-	// Create and set a client.Context on the command's Context. During the pre-run
-	// of the root command, a default initialized client.Context is provided to
-	// seed child command execution with values such as AccountRetriver, Keyring,
-	// and a Tendermint RPC. This requires the use of a pointer reference when
-	// getting and setting the client.Context. Ideally, we utilize
-	// https://github.com/spf13/cobra/pull/1118.
-	ctx := context.Background()
-	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, client.ClientContextKey, &client.Context{})
-	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, server.ServerContextKey, server.NewDefaultContext())
-
-	executor := tmcli.PrepareBaseCmd(rootCmd, "", osmosis.DefaultNodeHome)
-	return executor.ExecuteContext(ctx)
-}
-
 func initRootCmd(rootCmd *cobra.Command, encodingConfig params.EncodingConfig) {
 
 	cfg := sdk.GetConfig()
diff --git a/cmd/osmosisd/main.go b/cmd/osmosisd/main.go
index ececcd06da4..61ab8b19f96 100644
--- a/cmd/osmosisd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/osmosisd/main.go
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ package main
 import (
 	"os"
 
+	svrcmd "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/server/cmd"
+
+	osmosis "github.com/osmosis-labs/osmosis/app"
 	"github.com/osmosis-labs/osmosis/app/params"
 	"github.com/osmosis-labs/osmosis/cmd/osmosisd/cmd"
 )
@@ -10,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 func main() {
 	params.SetAddressPrefixes()
 	rootCmd, _ := cmd.NewRootCmd()
-	if err := cmd.Execute(rootCmd); err != nil {
+	if err := svrcmd.Execute(rootCmd, osmosis.DefaultNodeHome); err != nil {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }