diff --git a/adafruit_minimqtt/adafruit_minimqtt.py b/adafruit_minimqtt/adafruit_minimqtt.py
index d5143554..31700699 100644
--- a/adafruit_minimqtt/adafruit_minimqtt.py
+++ b/adafruit_minimqtt/adafruit_minimqtt.py
@@ -201,7 +201,9 @@ def __init__(
         self._msg_size_lim = MQTT_MSG_SZ_LIM
         self._pid = 0
         self._timestamp = 0
-        self._init_logger()
+        self.logger = NullLogger()
+        """An optional logging attribute that can be set with with a Logger 
+        to enable debug logging."""
 
         self._reconnect_attempt = 0
         self._reconnect_timeout = float(0)
@@ -1177,8 +1179,4 @@ def enable_logger(self, log_pkg, log_level=20, logger_name="log"):
 
     def disable_logger(self):
         """Disables logging."""
-        self._init_logger()
-
-    def _init_logger(self):
-        """Initializes logger to NullLogger, i.e. no logging will be done."""
         self.logger = NullLogger()