diff --git a/plio/utils/log.py b/plio/utils/log.py
index 0f8a2dec8b710ef70f5763be63061d0c0f7bea24..74721b8c7e2cf1ed8e71d44ee117c0ec319b5143 100644
--- a/plio/utils/log.py
+++ b/plio/utils/log.py
@@ -5,39 +5,38 @@ import logging.config
 from ..examples import get_path
 
 
-def setup_logging(default_path=get_path('logging.json'),
-                  default_level='INFO',
+def setup_logging(path=get_path('logging.json'),
+                  level='INFO',
                   env_key='LOG_CFG'):
     """
     Read a log configuration file, written in JSON
 
     Parameters
     ----------
-    default_path : string
+    path : string
                    The path to the logging configuration file
-    default_level : object
+    level : object
                     The logger level at which to report
     env_key : str
               A potential environment variable where the user defaults logs
     """
-
-    path = default_path
     value = os.getenv(env_key, None)
     if value:
         path = value
 
-    default_level = getattr(logging, default_level.upper())
+    print(level)
+    level = getattr(logging, level.upper())
+    print(level)
     if os.path.exists(path):
         logtype = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(path))[1]
         with open(path, 'rt') as f:
             if logtype == '.json':
-                config = json.load(f, parse_float=True,
-                                   parse_int=True)
+                config = json.load(f)
             elif logtype == '.yaml':
                 import yaml
                 config = yaml.load(f.read())
         logging.config.dictConfig(config)
     else:
-        logging.basicConfig(level=default_level)
+        logging.basicConfig(level=level)
         logger = logging.getLogger()
-        logger.setLevel(default_level)
\ No newline at end of file
+        logger.setLevel(level)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plio/utils/tests/test_log.py b/plio/utils/tests/test_log.py
index 2cc848cceb09f78dcc5462ca13290af7de8c5840..5df02d77f338ce119a7b1973e1f78b9728686634 100644
--- a/plio/utils/tests/test_log.py
+++ b/plio/utils/tests/test_log.py
@@ -12,17 +12,17 @@ class TestLog(unittest.TestCase):
         pass
 
     def test_setup_json(self):
-        log.setup_logging(default_path = get_path('logging.json'))
+        log.setup_logging(path=get_path('logging.json'))
         logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
         self.assertEqual(logger.root.level, logging.DEBUG)
 
     def test_setup_yaml(self):
-        log.setup_logging(default_path=get_path('logging.yaml'))
+        log.setup_logging(path=get_path('logging.yaml'))
         logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
         self.assertEqual(logger.root.level, logging.DEBUG)
 
     def test_setup(self):
-        log.setup_logging()
+        log.setup_logging(path='')
         logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
         self.assertEqual(logger.root.level, logging.INFO)