diff --git a/qiskit/ignis/logging/ignis_logging.py b/qiskit/ignis/logging/ignis_logging.py
index fb456c16d..3f3fd095a 100644
--- a/qiskit/ignis/logging/ignis_logging.py
+++ b/qiskit/ignis/logging/ignis_logging.py
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ def get_logger(self, __name__: str) -> IgnisLogger:
         logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
         assert(isinstance(logger, IgnisLogger)), \
             "IgnisLogger class was not registered"
-        self.configure_logger(logger)
+        self._configure_logger(logger)
 
         return logger