diff --git a/internal/logger/logger.go b/internal/logger/logger.go
index 215c597cd..00f8b503c 100644
--- a/internal/logger/logger.go
+++ b/internal/logger/logger.go
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ const (
 )
 
 var (
-	logger     *logging.Logger
+	// Initialized to a usable default so logging never nil-derefs before InitLogger
+	// runs — the "migrate" and "setting" CLI subcommands log without calling it.
+	logger     = logging.MustGetLogger("x-ui")
 	fileRotate *lumberjack.Logger // nil when file backend disabled
 
 	// logBuffer maintains recent log entries in memory for web UI retrieval;
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index c03063e40..b32ea43f3 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -484,6 +484,7 @@ func GetApiToken(getApiToken bool) {
 func migrateDb() {
 	inboundService := service.InboundService{}
 
+	logger.InitLogger(logging.INFO)
 	err := database.InitDB(config.GetDBPath())
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)