diff --git a/src/batdetect2/api_v2.py b/src/batdetect2/api_v2.py
index d2c0a8f..e84b876 100644
--- a/src/batdetect2/api_v2.py
+++ b/src/batdetect2/api_v2.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
+from lightning.pytorch.loggers import Logger
 
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Literal
@@ -192,6 +193,7 @@ class BatDetect2API:
         train_config: TrainingConfig | None = None,
         logger_config: LoggerConfig | None = None,
         logging_callbacks: Sequence[LoggingCallback[TrainLoggingContext]] = (),
+        train_logger: Logger | None = None,
     ):
         """Train the current model on a set of annotations.
 
@@ -255,6 +257,7 @@ class BatDetect2API:
             audio_config=audio_config or self.audio_config,
             logger_config=logger_config or self.logging_config.train,
             logging_callbacks=logging_callbacks,
+            train_logger=train_logger,
         )
         self.model.eval()
         return self
diff --git a/src/batdetect2/train/train.py b/src/batdetect2/train/train.py
index ed3218b..0f4d8aa 100644
--- a/src/batdetect2/train/train.py
+++ b/src/batdetect2/train/train.py
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ def run_train(
     run_name: str | None = None,
     seed: int | None = None,
     logging_callbacks: Sequence[LoggingCallback[TrainLoggingContext]] = (),
+    train_logger: Logger | None = None,
 ):
     if seed is not None:
         seed_everything(seed)
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ def run_train(
         roi_mapper=roi_mapper,
     )
 
-    train_logger = build_logger(
+    train_logger = train_logger or build_logger(
         logger_config or CSVLoggerConfig(),
         log_dir=log_dir,
         experiment_name=experiment_name,