diff --git a/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/DummyChatProvider.cs b/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/DummyChatProvider.cs
index 7020863bdf..8ecce8d2fa 100644
--- a/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/DummyChatProvider.cs
+++ b/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/DummyChatProvider.cs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Tests.Live
 
 		ulong channelIdAllocator;
 
-		static ILoggerFactory CreateLoggerFactoryForLogger(ILogger logger, out Mock<ILoggerFactory> mockLoggerFactory)
+		public static ILoggerFactory CreateLoggerFactoryForLogger(ILogger logger, out Mock<ILoggerFactory> mockLoggerFactory)
 		{
 			mockLoggerFactory = new Mock<ILoggerFactory>();
 			mockLoggerFactory.Setup(x => x.CreateLogger(It.IsAny<string>())).Returns(() =>
diff --git a/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/Instance/WatchdogTest.cs b/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/Instance/WatchdogTest.cs
index 78b287a641..8ed4bf6850 100644
--- a/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/Instance/WatchdogTest.cs
+++ b/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/Instance/WatchdogTest.cs
@@ -869,13 +869,19 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Tests.Live.Instance
 			return ddProc != null;
 		}
 
+		static readonly ILoggerFactory loggerFactory = LoggerFactory.Create(builder =>
+		{
+			builder.AddConsole();
+			builder.SetMinimumLevel(LogLevel.Trace);
+		});
+
 		public static readonly TopicClient TopicClient = new(new SocketParameters
 		{
 			SendTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30),
 			ReceiveTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30),
 			ConnectTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30),
 			DisconnectTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30)
-		});
+		}, new Logger<TopicClient>(DummyChatProvider.CreateLoggerFactoryForLogger(loggerFactory.CreateLogger("WatchdogTest.TopicClient"), out var mockLoggerFactory)));
 
 		public async Task<DreamDaemonResponse> TellWorldToReboot(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
 		{