diff --git a/pyglossary/core.py b/pyglossary/core.py
index 02bcced54..a7cc2b325 100644
--- a/pyglossary/core.py
+++ b/pyglossary/core.py
@@ -11,13 +11,9 @@
 	isfile,
 	join,
 )
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from . import logger
-from .logger import TRACE
-
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-	import logging
+from .logger import TRACE, trace
 
 
 def exc_note(e: Exception, note: str) -> Exception:
@@ -60,18 +56,9 @@ def exc_note(e: Exception, note: str) -> Exception:
 
 homePage = "https://github.com/ilius/pyglossary"
 
-
 noColor = False
 
 
-def trace(log: logging.Logger, msg: str) -> None:
-	func = getattr(log, "trace", None)
-	if func is None:
-		log.error(f"Logger {log} has no 'trace' method")
-		return
-	func(msg)
-
-
 def checkCreateConfDir() -> None:
 	if not isdir(confDir):
 		if exists(confDir):  # file, or anything other than directory
diff --git a/pyglossary/logger.py b/pyglossary/logger.py
index 0a705597c..91b78a8e5 100644
--- a/pyglossary/logger.py
+++ b/pyglossary/logger.py
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@
 logging.addLevelName(TRACE, "TRACE")
 
 
+def trace(log: logging.Logger, msg: str) -> None:
+	func = getattr(log, "trace", None)
+	if func is None:
+		log.error(f"Logger {log} has no 'trace' method")
+		return
+	func(msg)
+
+
 class _Formatter(logging.Formatter):
 	def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs) -> None:  # noqa: ANN002, ANN003
 		logging.Formatter.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/pyglossary/plugins/appledict_bin/key_data.py b/pyglossary/plugins/appledict_bin/key_data.py
index a48e1ce0c..7f1a359cc 100644
--- a/pyglossary/plugins/appledict_bin/key_data.py
+++ b/pyglossary/plugins/appledict_bin/key_data.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import typing
 
 if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from collections.abc import Sequence
+	from collections.abc import Sequence
 
 __all__ = ["KeyData", "RawKeyData"]