diff --git a/kallithea/bin/kallithea_cli_base.py b/kallithea/bin/kallithea_cli_base.py
--- a/kallithea/bin/kallithea_cli_base.py
+++ b/kallithea/bin/kallithea_cli_base.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def register_command(needs_config_file=F
                 if needs_config_file:
                     annotated(*args, config=config, **kwargs)
                 if config_file_initialize_app:
-                    kallithea.config.application.make_app(config.global_conf, **config.local_conf)
+                    kallithea.config.application.make_app_raw(config.global_conf, **config.local_conf)
                     annotated(*args, **kwargs)
             return cli_command(runtime_wrapper)
         return annotator
diff --git a/kallithea/bin/kallithea_cli_celery.py b/kallithea/bin/kallithea_cli_celery.py
--- a/kallithea/bin/kallithea_cli_celery.py
+++ b/kallithea/bin/kallithea_cli_celery.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def celery_run(celery_args, config):
 
     kallithea.CELERY_APP.config_from_object(celery_app.make_celery_config(config))
 
-    kallithea.CELERY_APP.loader.on_worker_process_init = lambda: kallithea.config.application.make_app(config.global_conf, **config.local_conf)
+    kallithea.CELERY_APP.loader.on_worker_process_init = lambda: kallithea.config.application.make_app_raw(config.global_conf, **config.local_conf)
 
     args = list(celery_args)
     # args[0] is generally ignored when prog_name is specified, but -h *needs* it to be 'worker' ... but will also suggest that users specify 'worker' explicitly
diff --git a/kallithea/bin/vcs_hooks.py b/kallithea/bin/vcs_hooks.py
--- a/kallithea/bin/vcs_hooks.py
+++ b/kallithea/bin/vcs_hooks.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def _git_hook_environment(repo_path):
     path_to_ini_file = extras['config']
     config = paste.deploy.appconfig('config:' + path_to_ini_file)
     #logging.config.fileConfig(ini_file_path) # Note: we are in a different process - don't use configured logging
-    kallithea.config.application.make_app(config.global_conf, **config.local_conf)
+    kallithea.config.application.make_app_raw(config.global_conf, **config.local_conf)
 
     # fix if it's not a bare repo
     if repo_path.endswith(os.sep + '.git'):
diff --git a/kallithea/config/application.py b/kallithea/config/application.py
--- a/kallithea/config/application.py
+++ b/kallithea/config/application.py
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ def wrap_app(app):
 
 
 def make_app(global_conf, **app_conf):
+    """Return WSGI app with logging Mercurial stdout/stderr - to be used as
+    Paste or mod_wsgi entry point"""
+    return make_app_raw(global_conf, **app_conf)
+
+
+def make_app_raw(global_conf, **app_conf):
     """
     Set up Kallithea with the settings found in the PasteDeploy configuration
     file used.
diff --git a/kallithea/tests/scripts/manual_test_concurrency.py b/kallithea/tests/scripts/manual_test_concurrency.py
--- a/kallithea/tests/scripts/manual_test_concurrency.py
+++ b/kallithea/tests/scripts/manual_test_concurrency.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ from kallithea.tests.base import HG_REPO
 
 rel_path = dirname(dirname(dirname(dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))))
 conf = appconfig('config:development.ini', relative_to=rel_path)
-kallithea.config.application.make_app(conf.global_conf, **conf.local_conf)
+kallithea.config.application.make_app_raw(conf.global_conf, **conf.local_conf)
 
 USER = TEST_USER_ADMIN_LOGIN
 PASS = TEST_USER_ADMIN_PASS