diff --git a/test/main.cpp b/test/main.cpp
index 0e0bce39..19c3dd69 100644
--- a/test/main.cpp
+++ b/test/main.cpp
@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@
 class TypesenseTestEnvironment : public testing::Environment {
 public:
     virtual void SetUp() {
-        auto log_worker = g3::LogWorker::createLogWorker();
-        auto sink_handle = log_worker->addSink(std2::make_unique<ConsoleLoggingSink>(),
-                                               &ConsoleLoggingSink::ReceiveLogMessage);
-        g3::initializeLogging(log_worker.get());
+
     }
 
     virtual void TearDown() {
diff --git a/test/store_test.cpp b/test/store_test.cpp
index 618cd3fe..7e96e9ce 100644
--- a/test/store_test.cpp
+++ b/test/store_test.cpp
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ TEST(StoreTest, GetUpdatesSince) {
     Store replica_store(replica_store_path);
     rocksdb::DB* replica_db = replica_store._get_db_unsafe();
 
+    updates_op = primary_store.get_updates_since(0, 10);
+
     for(const std::string & update: *updates_op.get()) {
         // Do Base64 encoding and decoding as we would in the API layer
         const std::string update_encoded = StringUtils::base64_encode(update);
@@ -72,14 +74,14 @@ TEST(StoreTest, GetUpdatesSince) {
         replica_db->Write(rocksdb::WriteOptions(), &write_batch);
     }
 
+    delete updates_op.get();
+
     std::string value;
     for(auto i=1; i<=3; i++) {
         replica_store.get(std::string("foo")+std::to_string(i), value);
         ASSERT_EQ(std::string("bar")+std::to_string(i), value);
     }
 
-    delete updates_op.get();
-
     // Ensure that updates are limited to max_updates argument
     updates_op = primary_store.get_updates_since(0, 10);
     ASSERT_EQ(3, updates_op.get()->size());
@@ -127,5 +129,5 @@ TEST(StoreTest, GetUpdateSinceInvalidIterator) {
     Option<std::vector<std::string>*> updates_op = primary_store.get_updates_since(2, 10);
     ASSERT_FALSE(updates_op.ok());
     ASSERT_EQ("Invalid iterator. Master's latest sequence number is 4 but updates are requested from sequence number 2. "
-              "The master's WAL entries might have expired (they are kept only for 24 hours).", updates_op.error());
+                      "The master's WAL entries might have expired (they are kept only for 24 hours).", updates_op.error());
 }
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