diff --git a/Tests/DistTestCore/Global.cs b/Tests/DistTestCore/Global.cs
index 4ba1374b..ddd7a5cc 100644
--- a/Tests/DistTestCore/Global.cs
+++ b/Tests/DistTestCore/Global.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using System.Reflection;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Reflection;
 using Core;
 using Logging;
 
@@ -33,7 +34,9 @@ namespace DistTestCore
         {
             try
             {
-                Stopwatch.Measure(log, "Global setup", () =>
+                Trace.Listeners.Add(new ConsoleTraceListener());
+
+                Logging.Stopwatch.Measure(log, "Global setup", () =>
                 {
                     globalEntryPoint.Announce();
                     globalEntryPoint.Tools.CreateWorkflow().DeleteNamespacesStartingWith(TestNamespacePrefix, wait: true);
@@ -55,6 +58,8 @@ namespace DistTestCore
                 deleteTrackedFiles: true,
                 waitTillDone: true
             );
+
+            Trace.Flush();
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Tests/DistTestCore/Logs/BaseTestLog.cs b/Tests/DistTestCore/Logs/BaseTestLog.cs
index e670e0c1..51775512 100644
--- a/Tests/DistTestCore/Logs/BaseTestLog.cs
+++ b/Tests/DistTestCore/Logs/BaseTestLog.cs
@@ -59,24 +59,8 @@ namespace DistTestCore.Logs
 
         protected static ILog CreateMainLog(string fullName, string name)
         {
-            ILog log = new FileLog(fullName);
-            log = ApplyConsoleOutput(log);
-            return log;
-        }
-
-        private static ILog ApplyConsoleOutput(ILog log)
-        {
-            // If we're running as a release test, we'll split the log output
-            // to the console as well.
-
-            var testType = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("TEST_TYPE");
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(testType) || testType.ToLowerInvariant() != "release-tests")
-            {
-                return log;
-            }
-
             return new LogSplitter(
-                log,
+                new FileLog(fullName),
                 new ConsoleLog()
             );
         }