diff --git a/ait/core/log.py b/ait/core/log.py
index 56672ee5..7bea5a87 100644
--- a/ait/core/log.py
+++ b/ait/core/log.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import socket
 import datetime
 import time
+from typing import Callable, Optional
 
 import logging
 import logging.handlers
@@ -38,6 +39,13 @@
 logging.addLevelName(COMMAND, "COMMAND")
 logging.addLevelName(PROGRAM, "PROGRAM")
 
+logger = None
+crit: Optional[Callable[[str], str]] = None
+debug: Optional[Callable[[str], str]] = None
+error: Optional[Callable[[str], str]] = None
+info: Optional[Callable[[str], str]] = None
+warn: Optional[Callable[[str], str]] = None
+
 
 class LogFormatter(logging.Formatter):
     """LogFormatter
@@ -312,14 +320,4 @@ def notice(*args, **kwargs):
     logger.log(NOTICE, *args, **kwargs)
 
 
-# These are "guaranteed" at runtime to be not-None. Marking this as
-# type `Any` addresses mypy issues where log calls are marked as
-# "None" being not callable.
-logger = None
-crit = None
-debug = None
-error = None
-info = None
-warn = None
-
 init()