diff --git a/monticore-generator/src/main/resources/_cli/Init.ftl b/monticore-generator/src/main/resources/_cli/Init.ftl
index 77c3a1318b..311f1e42fd 100644
--- a/monticore-generator/src/main/resources/_cli/Init.ftl
+++ b/monticore-generator/src/main/resources/_cli/Init.ftl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <#-- (c) https://github.com/MontiCore/monticore -->
 ${tc.signature("millFullName")}
-// initialize logging with standard logging
-Log.init();
+// initialize logging with standard logging iff not initialized already
+Log.ensureInitialization();
 ${millFullName}.init();