diff --git a/src/scitex/logging/__init__.py b/src/scitex/logging/__init__.py
index fbc15b6b..4f214909 100755
--- a/src/scitex/logging/__init__.py
+++ b/src/scitex/logging/__init__.py
@@ -1,140 +1,21 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-"""SciTeX logging — delegates to scitex-logging."""
+"""SciTeX logging — thin compatibility shim for scitex-logging.
 
-from scitex_logging import (
-    CRITICAL,
-    DEBUG,
-    ERROR,
-    FAIL,
-    INFO,
-    SUCCESS,
-    WARNING,
-    AuthenticationError,
-    AxisError,
-    BibTeXEnrichmentError,
-    ConfigFileNotFoundError,
-    ConfigKeyError,
-    ConfigurationError,
-    DataError,
-    DataLossWarning,
-    DOIResolutionError,
-    DTypeError,
-    EnrichmentError,
-    FigureNotFoundError,
-    FileFormatError,
-    InvalidPathError,
-    IOError,
-    LoadError,
-    ModelError,
-    NNError,
-    PathError,
-    PathNotFoundError,
-    PDFDownloadError,
-    PDFExtractionError,
-    PerformanceWarning,
-    PlottingError,
-    SaveError,
-    ScholarError,
-    SciTeXDeprecationWarning,
-    SciTeXError,
-    SciTeXWarning,
-    SearchError,
-    ShapeError,
-    StatsError,
-    StyleWarning,
-    Tee,
-    TemplateError,
-    TemplateViolationError,
-    TestError,
-    TranslatorError,
-    UnitWarning,
-    check_file_exists,
-    check_path,
-    check_shape_compatibility,
-    configure,
-    enable_file_logging,
-    filterwarnings,
-    get_level,
-    get_log_path,
-    getLogger,
-    is_file_logging_enabled,
-    llm,
-    log_to_file,
-    resetwarnings,
-    set_level,
-    tee,
-    warn,
-    warn_data_loss,
-    warn_deprecated,
-    warn_performance,
-)
+Aliases ``scitex.logging`` to the standalone ``scitex_logging`` package via
+``sys.modules`` so ``scitex.logging is scitex_logging`` and every
+sub-namespace + symbol resolves identically.
 
-__all__ = [
-    "getLogger",
-    "DEBUG",
-    "INFO",
-    "WARNING",
-    "ERROR",
-    "CRITICAL",
-    "SUCCESS",
-    "FAIL",
-    "llm",
-    "configure",
-    "set_level",
-    "get_level",
-    "enable_file_logging",
-    "is_file_logging_enabled",
-    "get_log_path",
-    "Tee",
-    "tee",
-    "log_to_file",
-    "SciTeXWarning",
-    "UnitWarning",
-    "StyleWarning",
-    "SciTeXDeprecationWarning",
-    "PerformanceWarning",
-    "DataLossWarning",
-    "warn",
-    "filterwarnings",
-    "resetwarnings",
-    "warn_deprecated",
-    "warn_performance",
-    "warn_data_loss",
-    "SciTeXError",
-    "ConfigurationError",
-    "ConfigFileNotFoundError",
-    "ConfigKeyError",
-    "IOError",
-    "FileFormatError",
-    "SaveError",
-    "LoadError",
-    "ScholarError",
-    "SearchError",
-    "EnrichmentError",
-    "PDFDownloadError",
-    "DOIResolutionError",
-    "PDFExtractionError",
-    "BibTeXEnrichmentError",
-    "TranslatorError",
-    "AuthenticationError",
-    "PlottingError",
-    "FigureNotFoundError",
-    "AxisError",
-    "DataError",
-    "ShapeError",
-    "DTypeError",
-    "PathError",
-    "InvalidPathError",
-    "PathNotFoundError",
-    "TemplateError",
-    "TemplateViolationError",
-    "NNError",
-    "ModelError",
-    "StatsError",
-    "TestError",
-    "check_path",
-    "check_file_exists",
-    "check_shape_compatibility",
-]
+Install: ``pip install scitex-logging`` (already a core dep of ``scitex``).
+See: https://github.com/ywatanabe1989/scitex-logging
+"""
 
-# EOF
+import sys as _sys
+
+try:
+    import scitex_logging as _real
+except ImportError as _e:  # pragma: no cover
+    raise ImportError(
+        "scitex.logging requires the 'scitex-logging' package. "
+        "Install with: pip install scitex-logging"
+    ) from _e
+
+_sys.modules[__name__] = _real