diff --git a/lib/core/test.js b/lib/core/test.js
index 34374701c..0ecbcd39f 100644
--- a/lib/core/test.js
+++ b/lib/core/test.js
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ var RunCode = require('./runCode.js');
 var TestLogger = require('./test_logger.js');
 
 var Test = function(options) {
-  this.options = _options || {};
+  this.options = options || {};
+  this.logger = new TestLogger({logLevel: this.options.logLevel || 'debug'});
   var simOptions = this.options.simulatorOptions || {};
 
   try {
@@ -39,11 +40,10 @@ var Test = function(options) {
 
 Test.prototype.deployAll = function(contractsConfig, cb) {
   var self = this;
-  var logger = new TestLogger({logLevel: this.options.logLevel || 'debug'});
 
   async.waterfall([
       function getConfig(callback) {
-        var config = new Config({env: 'test', logger: logger});
+        var config = new Config({env: 'test', logger: self.logger});
         config.loadConfigFiles({
           embarkConfig: self.options.embarkConfig || 'embark.json', 
           interceptLogs: false
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Test.prototype.deployAll = function(contractsConfig, cb) {
         var contractsManager = new ContractsManager({
           contractFiles:  config.contractsFiles,
           contractsConfig: config.contractsConfig,
-          logger: logger,
+          logger: self.logger,
           plugins: config.plugins
         });
         contractsManager.build(function() {
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Test.prototype.deployAll = function(contractsConfig, cb) {
         var deploy = new Deploy({
           web3: self.web3,
           contractsManager: contractsManager,
-          logger: logger,
+          logger: self.logger,
           chainConfig: false,
           env: 'test'
         });
@@ -89,11 +89,7 @@ Test.prototype.deployAll = function(contractsConfig, cb) {
       }
       self.web3.eth.defaultAccount = accounts[0];
       RunCode.doEval(result, self.web3); // jshint ignore:line
-      if (self.options.logging) {
-        cb(logger);
-      } else {
-        cb();
-      }
+      cb();
     });
   });
 };