diff --git a/src/Jackett.Common/Engine.cs b/src/Jackett.Common/Engine.cs
index 892a7ce8d..e7c960f12 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Common/Engine.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett.Common/Engine.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ using Jackett.Common.Services.Interfaces;
 using Jackett.Common.Utils.Clients;
 using NLog;
 using NLog.Config;
-using NLog.LayoutRenderers;
 using NLog.Targets;
 
 namespace Jackett.Common
@@ -179,7 +178,7 @@ namespace Jackett.Common
             var logFileName = settings.CustomLogFileName ?? "log.txt";
             var logLevel = settings.TracingEnabled ? LogLevel.Debug : LogLevel.Info;
             // Add custom date time format renderer as the default is too long
-            ConfigurationItemFactory.Default.LayoutRenderers.RegisterDefinition("simpledatetime", typeof(SimpleDateTimeRenderer));
+            ConfigurationItemFactory.Default.LayoutRenderers.RegisterDefinition("simpledatetime", typeof(Utils.LoggingSetup.SimpleDateTimeRenderer));
 
             var logConfig = new LoggingConfiguration();
             var logFile = new FileTarget();
@@ -265,13 +264,4 @@ namespace Jackett.Common
             ConfigService.SaveConfig(ServerConfig);
         }
     }
-
-    [LayoutRenderer("simpledatetime")]
-    public class SimpleDateTimeRenderer : LayoutRenderer
-    {
-        protected override void Append(StringBuilder builder, LogEventInfo logEvent)
-        {
-            builder.Append(DateTime.Now.ToString("MM-dd HH:mm:ss"));
-        }
-    }
 }
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diff --git a/src/Jackett.Common/Utils/LoggingSetup.cs b/src/Jackett.Common/Utils/LoggingSetup.cs
index e73a5ecf8..c052684e7 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Common/Utils/LoggingSetup.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett.Common/Utils/LoggingSetup.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 using Jackett.Common.Models.Config;
 using Jackett.Common.Services;
+using NLog;
 using NLog.Config;
+using NLog.LayoutRenderers;
 using NLog.Targets;
+using System;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Text;
 
 namespace Jackett.Common.Utils
 {
@@ -45,5 +49,14 @@ namespace Jackett.Common.Utils
 
             return logConfig;
         }
+
+        [LayoutRenderer("simpledatetime")]
+        public class SimpleDateTimeRenderer : LayoutRenderer
+        {
+            protected override void Append(StringBuilder builder, LogEventInfo logEvent)
+            {
+                builder.Append(DateTime.Now.ToString("MM-dd HH:mm:ss"));
+            }
+        }
     }
 }