diff --git a/dune/dorie/test/test-scaling-adapters.cc b/dune/dorie/test/test-scaling-adapters.cc
index a3f0e0451da77f84a96cb1bf1e6fd139f80486cb..baa402f235f9404d2dcac4f7cd1747739412e85f 100644
--- a/dune/dorie/test/test-scaling-adapters.cc
+++ b/dune/dorie/test/test-scaling-adapters.cc
@@ -90,7 +90,9 @@ int main (int argc, char** argv)
 {
     try{
         // initialize MPI if needed
-        Dune::MPIHelper::instance(argc, argv);
+        auto& helper = Dune::MPIHelper::instance(argc, argv);
+        // build the logger
+        Dune::Dorie::create_base_logger(helper);
 
         // Read YAML file
         std::string filename;