diff --git a/status_function/run_tests.sh b/status_function/run_tests.sh
index 7224757..06866d3 100755
--- a/status_function/run_tests.sh
+++ b/status_function/run_tests.sh
@@ -30,10 +30,6 @@ status=$((status+$?))
 
 # Run our unit tests with code coverage
 echo "Running unit tests..."
-export API_URL="http://some.api.url"
-export PRIVATE_KEY="-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----mykey1234-----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----"  # gitleaks:allow
-export AZURE_TENANT_ID="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
-export CENTRAL_LOGGING_CONNECTION_STRING="InstrumentationKey=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
 python -m coverage run \
   --omit=".venv/*,tests/*" \
   -m unittest discover \
diff --git a/status_function/status/__init__.py b/status_function/status/__init__.py
index 6f878f3..fc9aefa 100644
--- a/status_function/status/__init__.py
+++ b/status_function/status/__init__.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 from status import models, settings
 from status.auth import BearerAuth
-from status.logutils import set_log_handler
+from status.logutils import add_log_handler_once
 from status.wrapper import CredentialWrapper
 
 logging.basicConfig(
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
     datefmt="%d/%m/%Y %I:%M:%S %p",
 )
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-set_log_handler(__name__)
 
 # We should only need one set of credentials.
 CREDENTIALS = DefaultAzureCredential()
@@ -330,6 +329,7 @@ def main(mytimer: func.TimerRequest) -> None:
         format="%(asctime)s %(message)s",
         datefmt="%d/%m/%Y %I:%M:%S %p",
     )
+    add_log_handler_once(__name__)
     logger.warning("Status function starting.")
 
     if mytimer.past_due:
diff --git a/status_function/status/logutils.py b/status_function/status/logutils.py
index 13e228a..aed6e53 100644
--- a/status_function/status/logutils.py
+++ b/status_function/status/logutils.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def filter(self, record: logging.LogRecord) -> bool:
         return True
 
 
-def set_log_handler(name: str = "status") -> None:
+def add_log_handler_once(name: str = "status") -> None:
     """Add an Azure log handler to the logger with provided name.
 
     The log data is sent to the Azure Application Insights instance associated
@@ -47,16 +47,14 @@ def set_log_handler(name: str = "status") -> None:
 
     Args:
         name: The name of the logger instance to which we add the log handler.
-
-    Returns:
-        None
     """
     logger = logging.getLogger(name)
     log_settings = settings.get_settings()
     if log_settings.CENTRAL_LOGGING_CONNECTION_STRING:
         for handler in logger.handlers:
+            # Only allow one AzureLogHandler per logger
             if isinstance(handler, AzureLogHandler):
-                raise RuntimeError("AzureLogHandler already added to logger.")
+                return
 
         custom_dimensions = {"logger_name": f"logger_{name}"}
         handler = AzureLogHandler(
diff --git a/status_function/tests/test_function_app.py b/status_function/tests/test_function_app.py
index 340c8f2..edccbcd 100644
--- a/status_function/tests/test_function_app.py
+++ b/status_function/tests/test_function_app.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """Tests for status package."""
+import logging
 from datetime import datetime
 from types import SimpleNamespace
 from unittest import TestCase, main
@@ -613,10 +614,15 @@ def test_bearer_auth(self):
 
 class TestLoggingUtils(TestCase):
     def test_called_twice(self):
-        """Adding multiple loggers can cause large storage bills ££££."""
-        with self.assertRaises(RuntimeError):
-            status.logutils.set_log_handler("a")
-            status.logutils.set_log_handler("a")
+        """Adding multiple loggers could cause large storage bills."""
+        with patch("status.settings.get_settings") as mock_get_settings:
+            mock_get_settings.return_value.CENTRAL_LOGGING_CONNECTION_STRING = "my-str"
+
+            with patch("status.logutils.AzureLogHandler", new=MagicMock):
+                status.logutils.add_log_handler_once("a")
+                status.logutils.add_log_handler_once("a")
+        handlers = logging.getLogger("a").handlers
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(handlers))
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":