diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d507dac5..d734152f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ### Breaking changes
 
  * port / host / tags / namespace can no longer be set on the instance to allow thread-safety [#87][] by [@grosser][] 
+ * replace global logger with instance option [#90][] by [@grosser][] 
 
 ## 3.3.0 / 2018.02.04
 
diff --git a/lib/datadog/statsd.rb b/lib/datadog/statsd.rb
index 00bd05ba..e4b40b29 100644
--- a/lib/datadog/statsd.rb
+++ b/lib/datadog/statsd.rb
@@ -78,10 +78,8 @@ class Statsd
     # Maximum number of metrics in the buffer before it is flushed
     attr_reader :max_buffer_size
 
-    class << self
-      # Set to a standard logger instance to enable debug logging.
-      attr_accessor :logger
-    end
+    # Logger
+    attr_reader :logger
 
     # Return the current version of the library.
     # deprecated, but cannot be removed since uses might use it to check the version against older releases
@@ -93,10 +91,12 @@ def self.VERSION
     # @param [Integer] port your statsd port
     # @option opts [String] :namespace set a namespace to be prepended to every metric name
     # @option opts [Array<String>] :tags tags to be added to every metric
+    # @option opts [Loger] :logger for debugging
     # @option opts [Integer] :max_buffer_size max messages to buffer
     def initialize(host = DEFAULT_HOST, port = DEFAULT_PORT, opts = EMPTY_OPTIONS)
       @host = host || DEFAULT_HOST
       @port = port || DEFAULT_PORT
+      @logger = opts[:logger]
 
       @socket_path = opts[:socket_path]
       @socket = connect_to_socket if @socket_path.nil?
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ def sock
     end
 
     def send_to_socket(message)
-      self.class.logger.debug { "Statsd: #{message}" } if self.class.logger
+      @logger.debug { "Statsd: #{message}" } if @logger
       if @socket_path.nil?
         sock.send(message, 0)
       else
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ def send_to_socket(message)
         end
       end
 
-      self.class.logger.error { "Statsd: #{boom.class} #{boom}" } if self.class.logger
+      @logger.error { "Statsd: #{boom.class} #{boom}" } if @logger
       nil
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/statsd_spec.rb b/spec/statsd_spec.rb
index 011b18d9..6812d6df 100644
--- a/spec/statsd_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/statsd_spec.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ class Datadog::Statsd
   before do
     @statsd = Datadog::Statsd.new('localhost', 1234, namespace: namespace)
     @statsd.socket = FakeUDPSocket.new
-    Datadog::Statsd.logger = nil
   end
 
   describe ".VERSION" do
@@ -369,10 +368,10 @@ def helper_time_return
 
   describe "with logging" do
     require 'stringio'
-    before { Datadog::Statsd.logger = Logger.new(@log = StringIO.new) }
+    before { @statsd.instance_variable_set(:@logger, Logger.new(@log = StringIO.new)) }
 
     it "should write to the log in debug" do
-      Datadog::Statsd.logger.level = Logger::DEBUG
+      @statsd.logger.level = Logger::DEBUG
 
       @statsd.increment('foobar')
 
@@ -380,7 +379,7 @@ def helper_time_return
     end
 
     it "should not write to the log unless debug" do
-      Datadog::Statsd.logger.level = Logger::INFO
+      @statsd.logger.level = Logger::INFO
 
       @statsd.increment('foobar')
 
@@ -428,7 +427,7 @@ class Datadog::Statsd::SomeClass; end
 
   describe "handling socket errors" do
     before do
-      Datadog::Statsd.logger = Logger.new(@log = StringIO.new)
+      @statsd.instance_variable_set(:@logger, Logger.new(@log = StringIO.new))
       @statsd.socket.instance_eval { def send(*) raise SocketError end }
     end
 
@@ -442,14 +441,14 @@ class Datadog::Statsd::SomeClass; end
     end
 
     it "works without a logger" do
-      Datadog::Statsd.logger = nil
+      @statsd.instance_variable_set(:@logger, nil)
       @statsd.increment('foobar')
     end
   end
 
   describe "handling closed socket" do
     before do
-      Datadog::Statsd.logger = Logger.new(@log = StringIO.new)
+      @statsd.instance_variable_set(:@logger, Logger.new(@log = StringIO.new))
     end
 
     it "should try once to reconnect" do
@@ -500,7 +499,6 @@ def send(*)
   describe "UDS error handling" do
     before do
       @statsd = Datadog::Statsd.new('localhost', 1234, {:socket_path => '/tmp/socket'})
-      Datadog::Statsd.logger = Logger.new(@log = StringIO.new)
     end
 
     describe "when socket throws connection reset error" do