diff --git a/Lib/gftools/gfargparse.py b/Lib/gftools/gfargparse.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a6aaa34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/gftools/gfargparse.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import argparse as dflt_argparse
+from gftools.gflogging import setup_logging
+
+
+class GFArgumentParser(dflt_argparse.ArgumentParser):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.add_argument(
+            "--log-level",
+            choices=("DEBUG", "INFO", "WARNING", "ERROR", "CRITICAL"),
+            default="INFO",
+        )
+
+        self.add_argument(
+            "--show-tracebacks", "-st",
+            action="store_true",
+            help=(
+                "By default, exceptions will only print out error messages. "
+                "Tracebacks won't be included since the tool is intended for "
+                "type designers and not developers."
+            ),
+        )
+
+    def parse_args(self, args=None, namespace=None):
+        args, argv = self.parse_known_args(args, namespace)
+        if argv:
+            msg = ('unrecognized arguments: %s')
+            self.error(msg % ' '.join(argv))
+        import pdb; pdb.set_trace()
+        setup_logging("gftools.packager", args, "packager")
+        return args
diff --git a/Lib/gftools/logging.py b/Lib/gftools/gflogging.py
similarity index 100%
rename from Lib/gftools/logging.py
rename to Lib/gftools/gflogging.py
diff --git a/Lib/gftools/scripts/gen_stat.py b/Lib/gftools/scripts/gen_stat.py
index 5b70b1e0..b98cb3f2 100755
--- a/Lib/gftools/scripts/gen_stat.py
+++ b/Lib/gftools/scripts/gen_stat.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 from axisregistry import AxisRegistry
 from fontTools.ttLib import TTFont
 from gftools.stat import gen_stat_tables, gen_stat_tables_from_config
-import argparse
+from gftools.gfargparse import GFArgumentParser
 import yaml
 import os
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 
 
 def main(args=None):
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser = GFArgumentParser()
     parser.add_argument(
         "fonts", nargs="+", help="Variable TTF files which make up a family"
     )
diff --git a/Lib/gftools/scripts/manage_traffic_jam.py b/Lib/gftools/scripts/manage_traffic_jam.py
index 0d6bc3c2..9ba15bf2 100644
--- a/Lib/gftools/scripts/manage_traffic_jam.py
+++ b/Lib/gftools/scripts/manage_traffic_jam.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 import subprocess
 from rich.pretty import pprint
-from gftools.logging import setup_logging
+from gftools.gflogging import setup_logging
 from gftools.push.utils import branch_matches_google_fonts_main
 from gftools.push.servers import GFServers, Items
 from gftools.push.items import Family, FamilyMeta
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     STATUS_OPTION_IDS,
 )
 import os
-import argparse
+from gftools.gfargparse import GFArgumentParser
 from pathlib import Path
 import tempfile
 import json
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ def update_servers(self):
 
 
 def main(args=None):
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser = GFArgumentParser()
     parser.add_argument("fonts_repo", type=Path)
     parser.add_argument(
         "-f",
@@ -246,12 +246,6 @@ def main(args=None):
     parser.add_argument(
         "-s", "--server-data", default=(Path("~") / ".gf_server_data.json").expanduser()
     )
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "-l",
-        "--log-level",
-        choices=("DEBUG", "INFO", "WARNING", "ERROR", "CRITICAL"),
-        default="INFO",
-    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--update-servers-only",
         "-uso",
@@ -260,7 +254,6 @@ def main(args=None):
     )
     args = parser.parse_args(args)
 
-    setup_logging("manage_traffic_jam", args, __name__)
 
     branch_matches_google_fonts_main(args.fonts_repo)
 
diff --git a/Lib/gftools/scripts/packager.py b/Lib/gftools/scripts/packager.py
index 724ca2fe..ace9d23b 100755
--- a/Lib/gftools/scripts/packager.py
+++ b/Lib/gftools/scripts/packager.py
@@ -21,12 +21,13 @@
 """
 import argparse
 
+from gftools.gfargparse import GFArgumentParser
 from gftools import packager
-from gftools.logging import setup_logging
+from gftools.gflogging import setup_logging
 
 
 def main(args=None):
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser = GFArgumentParser()
     parser.add_argument(
         "family_name",
         type=str,
@@ -65,24 +66,10 @@ def main(args=None):
         help="Get assets from latest upstream release",
         action="store_true",
     )
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "--log-level",
-        choices=("DEBUG", "INFO", "WARNING", "ERROR", "CRITICAL"),
-        default="INFO",
-    )
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "--show-tracebacks",
-        action="store_true",
-        help=(
-            "By default, exceptions will only print out error messages. "
-            "Tracebacks won't be included since the tool is intended for "
-            "type designers and not developers."
-        ),
-    )
     parser.add_argument("-i", "--issue-number", help="Issue number to reference in PR")
     parser.add_argument("--skip-tags", action="store_true")
     args = parser.parse_args(args)
-    setup_logging("gftools.packager", args, __name__)
+    import pdb; pdb.set_trace()
     packager.make_package(**args.__dict__)