diff --git a/lib/logger/index.js b/lib/logger/index.js
index c98c0422d9e6c158b5dab4c3970416d37158bcde..61fc28183eab6d82d9a13c8d2b9b8fc1ed1bca00 100644
--- a/lib/logger/index.js
+++ b/lib/logger/index.js
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@ const bunyan = require('bunyan');
 const PrettyStdout = require('./pretty-stdout').RenovateStream;
 const configSerializer = require('./config-serializer');
 
+let bunyanLogger;
 let meta = {};
 
 function initLogger() {
   const prettyStdOut = new PrettyStdout();
   prettyStdOut.pipe(process.stdout);
 
-  const bunyanLogger = bunyan.createLogger({
+  bunyanLogger = bunyan.createLogger({
     name: 'renovate',
     serializers: {
       config: configSerializer,
@@ -49,7 +50,9 @@ function initLogger() {
     };
   });
 
-  global.logger.addStream = bunyanLogger.addStream;
+  global.logger.addStream = stream => {
+    bunyanLogger.addStream(stream);
+  };
   global.logger.levels = (stream, level) => {
     bunyanLogger.levels(stream, level);
   };
diff --git a/lib/workers/dep-type/index.js b/lib/workers/dep-type/index.js
index 2a1fccc75548f0d94261fdf1d50308e3fde3d7ff..6707d3d852cbca7670be6e0688df6bd668035bd0 100644
--- a/lib/workers/dep-type/index.js
+++ b/lib/workers/dep-type/index.js
@@ -100,11 +100,5 @@ function getDepConfig(depTypeConfig, dep) {
       }
     });
   }
-  logger.setMeta({
-    repository: depConfig.repository,
-    packageFile: depConfig.packageFile,
-    depType: depConfig.depType,
-    dependency: depConfig.depName,
-  });
   return configParser.filterConfig(depConfig, 'package');
 }
diff --git a/test/logger/index.spec.js b/test/logger/index.spec.js
index 757a4e1f1001623ec6f0c62a2209c5fa25f0db4b..38e3d9584e25d5663442904dd31c8aadc94d8bef 100644
--- a/test/logger/index.spec.js
+++ b/test/logger/index.spec.js
@@ -22,4 +22,11 @@ describe('logger', () => {
   it('sets meta', () => {
     global.logger.setMeta({ some: 'meta', and: 'more' });
   });
+  it('adds stream', () => {
+    global.logger.addStream({
+      name: 'logfile',
+      path: 'fatal.log',
+      level: 'fatal',
+    });
+  });
 });