diff --git a/CONTEXT.md b/CONTEXT.md
index 87443db..bf71675 100644
--- a/CONTEXT.md
+++ b/CONTEXT.md
@@ -477,6 +477,12 @@ uv run ruff format . # format
 
 ---
 
+## Logging
+
+`knowledge_mapper` attaches its own `StreamHandler`/formatter to the `knowledge_mapper` logger on import, so log output looks reasonable out of the box even if the host application never calls `logging.basicConfig()`. This logger has `propagate = False`, so records aren't also emitted via ancestor loggers (e.g. the root logger) the host application may configure — otherwise every record would be logged twice, once per handler. Host applications that want full control over formatting/handling of `knowledge_mapper`'s log records can remove its handler (`logging.getLogger("knowledge_mapper").handlers.clear()`) and/or set `propagate = True` to route records through their own logging configuration instead.
+
+---
+
 ## Legacy Code
 
 The pre-overhaul, config-file-driven mapper implementation has been removed from the repository. The `mapper-legacy` git tag marks the last legacy release and preserves the full history.
diff --git a/src/knowledge_mapper/__init__.py b/src/knowledge_mapper/__init__.py
index 01dec20..ffb0dc3 100644
--- a/src/knowledge_mapper/__init__.py
+++ b/src/knowledge_mapper/__init__.py
@@ -24,7 +24,17 @@
 
 __version__ = "0.1.0rc1"
 
+# The package attaches its own handler/formatter so log output is sensible
+# out of the box, even if the host application never calls
+# `logging.basicConfig()`. Propagation to ancestor loggers (e.g. the root
+# logger, which the host application may configure separately) is disabled
+# so records aren't emitted twice -- once via this handler, once via the
+# host's. Host applications that want to fully control formatting/handling of
+# knowledge_mapper's log records can remove `_handler` from this logger (or
+# re-enable propagate) and configure the root logger instead.
+_logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 _handler = logging.StreamHandler()
 _handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter("%(asctime)s [%(levelname)s] %(message)s"))
-logging.getLogger(__name__).addHandler(_handler)
-logging.getLogger(__name__).setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+_logger.addHandler(_handler)
+_logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+_logger.propagate = False
diff --git a/tests/test_logging.py b/tests/test_logging.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ef81b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_logging.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+"""Regression tests for https://github.com/TNO/knowledge-mapper/issues/72.
+
+Host applications often call `logging.basicConfig()` (or otherwise attach a
+handler to the root logger) in addition to knowledge_mapper's own handler. If
+knowledge_mapper's logger propagates records to the root logger, every record
+is emitted twice: once by knowledge_mapper's own handler, once by the host's.
+"""
+
+import logging
+
+import knowledge_mapper
+
+
+def test_package_logger_does_not_propagate():
+    """knowledge_mapper's logger must not propagate to ancestor loggers (e.g.
+    root), since it already attaches its own handler."""
+    logger = logging.getLogger(knowledge_mapper.__name__)
+    assert logger.propagate is False
+
+
+def test_log_record_does_not_reach_host_configured_root_handler():
+    """Simulates a host application that configures the root logger (e.g. via
+    `logging.basicConfig()`) in addition to knowledge_mapper's own handler.
+    The record must not be handled twice, i.e. it must not reach the root
+    logger's handler at all."""
+    root = logging.getLogger()
+    received: list[logging.LogRecord] = []
+
+    class _RecordingHandler(logging.Handler):
+        def emit(self, record: logging.LogRecord) -> None:
+            received.append(record)
+
+    host_handler = _RecordingHandler()
+    root.addHandler(host_handler)
+    previous_root_level = root.level
+    root.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+    try:
+        child_logger = logging.getLogger(f"{knowledge_mapper.__name__}.some_module")
+        child_logger.debug("hello")
+        assert received == []
+    finally:
+        root.removeHandler(host_handler)
+        root.setLevel(previous_root_level)