diff --git a/cmd/restic/main.go b/cmd/restic/main.go
index 2582a3781..cfef7c885 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/main.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/main.go
@@ -85,13 +85,11 @@ func needsPassword(cmd string) bool {
 
 var logBuffer = bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
 
-func init() {
+func main() {
 	// install custom global logger into a buffer, if an error occurs
 	// we can show the logs
 	log.SetOutput(logBuffer)
-}
 
-func main() {
 	debug.Log("main %#v", os.Args)
 	debug.Log("restic %s compiled with %v on %v/%v",
 		version, runtime.Version(), runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)