diff --git a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/Analytics.java b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/Analytics.java
index 2da3fd24..261f5a52 100644
--- a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/Analytics.java
+++ b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/Analytics.java
@@ -31,10 +31,12 @@ public class Analytics {
 	
 	
 	public static synchronized JGoogleAnalyticsTracker getTracker() {
-		
 		if (tracker != null)
 			return tracker;
 		
+		// disable useless background logging, if it doesn't work it doesn't work, won't affect anything (putting it here works for Java 6)
+		Logger.getLogger("com.dmurph.tracking").setLevel(Level.OFF);
+		
 		// initialize tracker
 		visitorData = restoreVisitorData();
 		tracker = new JGoogleAnalyticsTracker(getConfig(getApplicationProperty("analytics.WebPropertyID"), visitorData), V_4_7_2);
@@ -252,7 +254,7 @@ public class Analytics {
 	
 	
 	static {
-		// disable useless background logging, if it doesn't work it doesn't work, won't affect anything
+		// disable useless background logging, if it doesn't work it doesn't work, won't affect anything (putting it here works for Java 7)
 		Logger.getLogger("com.dmurph.tracking").setLevel(Level.OFF);
 	}