diff --git a/fairmq/test/pub-sub/runTestPub.cxx b/fairmq/test/pub-sub/runTestPub.cxx
index 4057a2b6..5c884147 100644
--- a/fairmq/test/pub-sub/runTestPub.cxx
+++ b/fairmq/test/pub-sub/runTestPub.cxx
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ int main(int /*argc*/, char** /*argv*/)
     testPub.CatchSignals();
     testPub.SetTransport("zeromq");
 
+    reinit_logger(false);
+
     testPub.SetProperty(FairMQTestPub::Id, "testPub");
 
     FairMQChannel controlChannel("pull", "bind", "tcp://127.0.0.1:5555");
diff --git a/fairmq/test/pub-sub/runTestSub.cxx b/fairmq/test/pub-sub/runTestSub.cxx
index acf622c3..bad5bc07 100644
--- a/fairmq/test/pub-sub/runTestSub.cxx
+++ b/fairmq/test/pub-sub/runTestSub.cxx
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ int main(int /*argc*/, char** /*argv*/)
     testSub.CatchSignals();
     testSub.SetTransport("zeromq");
 
+    reinit_logger(false);
+
     testSub.SetProperty(FairMQTestSub::Id, "testSub_" + std::to_string(getpid()));
 
     FairMQChannel controlChannel("push", "connect", "tcp://127.0.0.1:5555");
diff --git a/fairmq/test/push-pull/runTestPull.cxx b/fairmq/test/push-pull/runTestPull.cxx
index 0b102569..f0dcbb49 100644
--- a/fairmq/test/push-pull/runTestPull.cxx
+++ b/fairmq/test/push-pull/runTestPull.cxx
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ int main(int /*argc*/, char** /*argv*/)
     testPull.CatchSignals();
     testPull.SetTransport("zeromq");
 
+    reinit_logger(false);
+
     testPull.SetProperty(FairMQTestPull::Id, "testPull");
 
     FairMQChannel pullChannel("pull", "connect", "tcp://127.0.0.1:5557");
diff --git a/fairmq/test/push-pull/runTestPush.cxx b/fairmq/test/push-pull/runTestPush.cxx
index 8077f56e..f9f356e7 100644
--- a/fairmq/test/push-pull/runTestPush.cxx
+++ b/fairmq/test/push-pull/runTestPush.cxx
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ int main(int /*argc*/, char** /*argv*/)
     testPush.CatchSignals();
     testPush.SetTransport("zeromq");
 
+    reinit_logger(false);
+
     testPush.SetProperty(FairMQTestPush::Id, "testPush");
 
     FairMQChannel pushChannel("push", "bind", "tcp://127.0.0.1:5557");
diff --git a/fairmq/test/req-rep/runTestRep.cxx b/fairmq/test/req-rep/runTestRep.cxx
index 67bba532..0a2a677d 100644
--- a/fairmq/test/req-rep/runTestRep.cxx
+++ b/fairmq/test/req-rep/runTestRep.cxx
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ int main(int /*argc*/, char** /*argv*/)
     testRep.CatchSignals();
     testRep.SetTransport("zeromq");
 
+    reinit_logger(false);
+
     testRep.SetProperty(FairMQTestRep::Id, "testRep");
 
     FairMQChannel repChannel("rep", "bind", "tcp://127.0.0.1:5558");
diff --git a/fairmq/test/req-rep/runTestReq.cxx b/fairmq/test/req-rep/runTestReq.cxx
index 6c56346c..fa194447 100644
--- a/fairmq/test/req-rep/runTestReq.cxx
+++ b/fairmq/test/req-rep/runTestReq.cxx
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ int main(int /*argc*/, char** /*argv*/)
     testReq.CatchSignals();
     testReq.SetTransport("zeromq");
 
+    reinit_logger(false);
+
     testReq.SetProperty(FairMQTestReq::Id, "testReq" + std::to_string(getpid()));
 
     FairMQChannel reqChannel("req", "connect", "tcp://127.0.0.1:5558");
diff --git a/fairmq/test/runTransferTimeoutTest.cxx b/fairmq/test/runTransferTimeoutTest.cxx
index 49862bd8..72dda219 100644
--- a/fairmq/test/runTransferTimeoutTest.cxx
+++ b/fairmq/test/runTransferTimeoutTest.cxx
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ int main(int /*argc*/, char** /*argv*/)
     timeoutTester.CatchSignals();
     timeoutTester.SetTransport("zeromq");
 
+    reinit_logger(false);
+
     timeoutTester.SetProperty(TransferTimeoutTester::Id, "timeoutTester");
 
     FairMQChannel dataOutChannel;