diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 7365776..f7347eb 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ function errorHandler(
 ) {
   // eslint-disable-next-line complexity
   return async function (err) {
+    const logger = useCtxLogger && this.logger ? this.logger : _logger;
     try {
       if (!err) return;
 
@@ -140,8 +141,6 @@ function errorHandler(
       const translate = (message) =>
         _isFunction(this.request.t) ? this.request.t(message) : message;
 
-      const logger = useCtxLogger && this.logger ? this.logger : _logger;
-
       if (!_isError(err)) err = new Error(err);
 
       const type = this.accepts(['text', 'json', 'html']);
@@ -357,7 +356,7 @@ function errorHandler(
         }
       }
     } catch (err) {
-      _logger.error(err);
+      logger.error(err);
       this.status = 500;
       this.body = 'Internal Server Error';
     }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e69b232..93cc5fa 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "koa-better-error-handler",
   "description": "A better error-handler for Lad and Koa.  Makes `ctx.throw` awesome (best used with koa-404-handler)",
-  "version": "11.0.3",
+  "version": "11.0.4",
   "author": {
     "name": "Nick Baugh",
     "email": "niftylettuce@gmail.com",