diff --git a/python/src/deltachat/account.py b/python/src/deltachat/account.py
index c46dfe066..f11a4f99d 100644
--- a/python/src/deltachat/account.py
+++ b/python/src/deltachat/account.py
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ class Account(object):
     by the underlying deltachat core library.  All public Account methods are
     meant to be memory-safe and return memory-safe objects.
     """
-    def __init__(self, db_path, logid=None, os_name=None, debug=True):
+    # to prevent garbled logging
+    _loglock = threading.RLock()
+
+    def __init__(self, db_path, logid=None, os_name=None):
         """ initialize account object.
 
         :param db_path: a path to the account database. The database
@@ -33,13 +36,12 @@ class Account(object):
         :param logid: an optional logging prefix that should be used with
                       the default internal logging.
         :param os_name: this will be put to the X-Mailer header in outgoing messages
-        :param debug: turn on debug logging for events.
         """
         self._dc_context = ffi.gc(
             lib.dc_context_new(lib.py_dc_callback, ffi.NULL, as_dc_charpointer(os_name)),
             _destroy_dc_context,
         )
-        self._evlogger = EventLogger(self, logid, debug)
+        self._evlogger = EventLogger(self, logid)
         self._threads = IOThreads(self._dc_context, self._evlogger._log_event)
 
         # initialize per-account plugin system
@@ -65,6 +67,15 @@ class Account(object):
     # def __del__(self):
     #    self.shutdown()
 
+    def log_line(self, msg):
+        t = threading.currentThread()
+        tname = getattr(t, "name", t)
+        if tname == "MainThread":
+            tname = "MAIN"
+        with self._loglock:
+            print("{:2.2f} [{}-{}] {}".format(time.time() - self._evlogger.init_time,
+                  tname, self._evlogger.logid, msg))
+
     def _check_config_key(self, name):
         if name not in self._configkeys:
             raise KeyError("{!r} not a valid config key, existing keys: {!r}".format(
diff --git a/python/src/deltachat/eventlogger.py b/python/src/deltachat/eventlogger.py
index 2d0d3c761..006459feb 100644
--- a/python/src/deltachat/eventlogger.py
+++ b/python/src/deltachat/eventlogger.py
@@ -4,11 +4,8 @@ from .hookspec import account_hookimpl
 
 
 class EventLogger:
-    _loglock = threading.RLock()
-
-    def __init__(self, account, logid=None, debug=True):
+    def __init__(self, account, logid=None):
         self.account = account
-        self._debug = debug
         if logid is None:
             logid = str(self.account._dc_context).strip(">").split()[-1]
         self.logid = logid
@@ -22,14 +19,5 @@ class EventLogger:
         # don't show events that are anyway empty impls now
         if evt_name == "DC_EVENT_GET_STRING":
             return
-        if self._debug:
-            evpart = "{}({!r},{!r})".format(evt_name, data1, data2)
-            self._log(evpart)
-
-    def _log(self, msg):
-        t = threading.currentThread()
-        tname = getattr(t, "name", t)
-        if tname == "MainThread":
-            tname = "MAIN"
-        with self._loglock:
-            print("{:2.2f} [{}-{}] {}".format(time.time() - self.init_time, tname, self.logid, msg))
+        evpart = "{}({!r},{!r})".format(evt_name, data1, data2)
+        self.account.log_line(evpart)
diff --git a/python/tests/ffi_event.py b/python/tests/ffi_event.py
index 4ffd11b1e..c7d109552 100644
--- a/python/tests/ffi_event.py
+++ b/python/tests/ffi_event.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class FFIEventTracker:
                 assert not rex.match(ev[0]), "event found {}".format(ev)
 
     def get_matching(self, event_name_regex, check_error=True, timeout=None):
-        self.account._evlogger._log("-- waiting for event with regex: {} --".format(event_name_regex))
+        self.account.log_line("-- waiting for event with regex: {} --".format(event_name_regex))
         rex = re.compile("(?:{}).*".format(event_name_regex))
         while 1:
             ev = self.get(timeout=timeout, check_error=check_error)
diff --git a/python/tests/test_lowlevel.py b/python/tests/test_lowlevel.py
index bf3b1f085..733cbe825 100644
--- a/python/tests/test_lowlevel.py
+++ b/python/tests/test_lowlevel.py
@@ -16,14 +16,12 @@ def test_callback_None2int():
     clear_context_callback(ctx)
 
 
-def test_dc_close_events(tmpdir):
-    from deltachat.account import Account
-    p = tmpdir.join("hello.db")
-    ac1 = Account(p.strpath)
+def test_dc_close_events(tmpdir, acfactory):
+    ac1 = acfactory.get_unconfigured_account()
     ac1.shutdown()
 
     def find(info_string):
-        evlog = ac1._evlogger
+        evlog = ac1._evtracker
         while 1:
             ev = evlog.get_matching("DC_EVENT_INFO", check_error=False)
             data2 = ev[2]
@@ -80,10 +78,10 @@ def test_markseen_invalid_message_ids(acfactory):
     contact1 = ac1.create_contact(email="some1@example.com", name="some1")
     chat = ac1.create_chat_by_contact(contact1)
     chat.send_text("one messae")
-    ac1._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_MSGS_CHANGED")
+    ac1._evtracker.get_matching("DC_EVENT_MSGS_CHANGED")
     msg_ids = [9]
     lib.dc_markseen_msgs(ac1._dc_context, msg_ids, len(msg_ids))
-    ac1._evlogger.ensure_event_not_queued("DC_EVENT_WARNING|DC_EVENT_ERROR")
+    ac1._evtracker.ensure_event_not_queued("DC_EVENT_WARNING|DC_EVENT_ERROR")
 
 
 def test_get_special_message_id_returns_empty_message(acfactory):