diff --git a/updater/testSrc/com/intellij/updater/UpdaterTestCase.java b/updater/testSrc/com/intellij/updater/UpdaterTestCase.java
index 9bde5c848507..82d7bbe860c7 100644
--- a/updater/testSrc/com/intellij/updater/UpdaterTestCase.java
+++ b/updater/testSrc/com/intellij/updater/UpdaterTestCase.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ public abstract class UpdaterTestCase {
 
   @Before
   public void setUp() throws Exception {
+    Runner.initLogger(System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir"));
     myTempDirFixture = IdeaTestFixtureFactory.getFixtureFactory().createTempDirTestFixture();
     myTempDirFixture.setUp();