diff --git a/freqtrade/loggers/__init__.py b/freqtrade/loggers/__init__.py
index dc01e4e5b..390f210c0 100644
--- a/freqtrade/loggers/__init__.py
+++ b/freqtrade/loggers/__init__.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from logging.handlers import RotatingFileHandler, SysLogHandler
 from freqtrade.constants import Config
 from freqtrade.exceptions import OperationalException
 from freqtrade.loggers.buffering_handler import FTBufferingHandler
+from freqtrade.loggers.set_log_levels import set_loggers
 from freqtrade.loggers.std_err_stream_handler import FTStdErrStreamHandler
 
 
@@ -16,29 +17,6 @@ bufferHandler = FTBufferingHandler(1000)
 bufferHandler.setFormatter(Formatter(LOGFORMAT))
 
 
-def _set_loggers(verbosity: int = 0, api_verbosity: str = 'info') -> None:
-    """
-    Set the logging level for third party libraries
-    :return: None
-    """
-
-    logging.getLogger('requests').setLevel(
-        logging.INFO if verbosity <= 1 else logging.DEBUG
-    )
-    logging.getLogger("urllib3").setLevel(
-        logging.INFO if verbosity <= 1 else logging.DEBUG
-    )
-    logging.getLogger('ccxt.base.exchange').setLevel(
-        logging.INFO if verbosity <= 2 else logging.DEBUG
-    )
-    logging.getLogger('telegram').setLevel(logging.INFO)
-    logging.getLogger('httpx').setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-
-    logging.getLogger('werkzeug').setLevel(
-        logging.ERROR if api_verbosity == 'error' else logging.INFO
-    )
-
-
 def get_existing_handlers(handlertype):
     """
     Returns Existing handler or None (if the handler has not yet been added to the root handlers).
@@ -115,6 +93,6 @@ def setup_logging(config: Config) -> None:
             logging.root.addHandler(handler_rf)
 
     logging.root.setLevel(logging.INFO if verbosity < 1 else logging.DEBUG)
-    _set_loggers(verbosity, config.get('api_server', {}).get('verbosity', 'info'))
+    set_loggers(verbosity, config.get('api_server', {}).get('verbosity', 'info'))
 
     logger.info('Verbosity set to %s', verbosity)
diff --git a/freqtrade/loggers/set_log_levels.py b/freqtrade/loggers/set_log_levels.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..acd8df379
--- /dev/null
+++ b/freqtrade/loggers/set_log_levels.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+
+import logging
+
+
+def set_loggers(verbosity: int = 0, api_verbosity: str = 'info') -> None:
+    """
+    Set the logging level for third party libraries
+    :return: None
+    """
+
+    logging.getLogger('requests').setLevel(
+        logging.INFO if verbosity <= 1 else logging.DEBUG
+    )
+    logging.getLogger("urllib3").setLevel(
+        logging.INFO if verbosity <= 1 else logging.DEBUG
+    )
+    logging.getLogger('ccxt.base.exchange').setLevel(
+        logging.INFO if verbosity <= 2 else logging.DEBUG
+    )
+    logging.getLogger('telegram').setLevel(logging.INFO)
+    logging.getLogger('httpx').setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+
+    logging.getLogger('werkzeug').setLevel(
+        logging.ERROR if api_verbosity == 'error' else logging.INFO
+    )
diff --git a/tests/test_configuration.py b/tests/test_configuration.py
index 40aecd7c1..7808fb5c8 100644
--- a/tests/test_configuration.py
+++ b/tests/test_configuration.py
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ def test_cli_verbose_with_params(default_conf, mocker, caplog) -> None:
     patched_configuration_load_config_file(mocker, default_conf)
 
     # Prevent setting loggers
-    mocker.patch('freqtrade.loggers._set_loggers', MagicMock)
+    mocker.patch('freqtrade.loggers.set_loggers', MagicMock)
     arglist = ['trade', '-vvv']
     args = Arguments(arglist).get_parsed_arg()
 
diff --git a/tests/test_log_setup.py b/tests/test_log_setup.py
index 276e0d27b..a9be24723 100644
--- a/tests/test_log_setup.py
+++ b/tests/test_log_setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 import pytest
 
 from freqtrade.exceptions import OperationalException
-from freqtrade.loggers import (FTBufferingHandler, FTStdErrStreamHandler, _set_loggers,
+from freqtrade.loggers import (FTBufferingHandler, FTStdErrStreamHandler, set_loggers,
                                setup_logging, setup_logging_pre)
 
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def test_set_loggers() -> None:
     previous_value2 = logging.getLogger('ccxt.base.exchange').level
     previous_value3 = logging.getLogger('telegram').level
 
-    _set_loggers()
+    set_loggers()
 
     value1 = logging.getLogger('requests').level
     assert previous_value1 is not value1
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@ def test_set_loggers() -> None:
     assert previous_value3 is not value3
     assert value3 is logging.INFO
 
-    _set_loggers(verbosity=2)
+    set_loggers(verbosity=2)
 
     assert logging.getLogger('requests').level is logging.DEBUG
     assert logging.getLogger('ccxt.base.exchange').level is logging.INFO
     assert logging.getLogger('telegram').level is logging.INFO
     assert logging.getLogger('werkzeug').level is logging.INFO
 
-    _set_loggers(verbosity=3, api_verbosity='error')
+    set_loggers(verbosity=3, api_verbosity='error')
 
     assert logging.getLogger('requests').level is logging.DEBUG
     assert logging.getLogger('ccxt.base.exchange').level is logging.DEBUG