diff --git a/internal/repository/job_test.go b/internal/repository/job_test.go
index 98b6fe2..6370581 100644
--- a/internal/repository/job_test.go
+++ b/internal/repository/job_test.go
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-backend/pkg/log"
 	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
 )
 
 func init() {
+	log.Init("info", true)
 	Connect("sqlite3", "../../test/test.db")
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/archive/fsBackend_test.go b/pkg/archive/fsBackend_test.go
index 962aa23..1dadd5b 100644
--- a/pkg/archive/fsBackend_test.go
+++ b/pkg/archive/fsBackend_test.go
@@ -10,9 +10,14 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-backend/pkg/log"
 	"github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-backend/pkg/schema"
 )
 
+func init() {
+	log.Init("info", true)
+}
+
 func TestInitEmptyPath(t *testing.T) {
 	var fsa FsArchive
 	err := fsa.Init(json.RawMessage("{\"kind\":\"../../test/archive\"}"))
diff --git a/test/integration_test.go b/test/integration_test.go
index 1fbd5f6..3eb523c 100644
--- a/test/integration_test.go
+++ b/test/integration_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-backend/internal/metricdata"
 	"github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-backend/internal/repository"
 	"github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-backend/pkg/archive"
+	"github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-backend/pkg/log"
 	"github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-backend/pkg/schema"
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 
@@ -245,6 +246,7 @@ func setup(t *testing.T) *api.RestApi {
 		]
 	}`
 
+	log.Init("info", true)
 	tmpdir := t.TempDir()
 	jobarchive := filepath.Join(tmpdir, "job-archive")
 	if err := os.Mkdir(jobarchive, 0777); err != nil {