diff --git a/test/coverlet.msbuild.tasks.tests/.runsettings b/test/coverlet.msbuild.tasks.tests/.runsettings
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..867c32ec6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/coverlet.msbuild.tasks.tests/.runsettings
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<RunSettings>
+  <LoggerRunSettings>
+    <Loggers>
+      <Logger friendlyName="console" enabled="True">
+        <Configuration>
+          <Verbosity>detailed</Verbosity>
+        </Configuration>
+      </Logger>
+    </Loggers>
+  </LoggerRunSettings>
+</RunSettings>
diff --git a/test/coverlet.msbuild.tasks.tests/coverlet.msbuild.tasks.tests.csproj b/test/coverlet.msbuild.tasks.tests/coverlet.msbuild.tasks.tests.csproj
index c5e5881dc..96b0f05c3 100644
--- a/test/coverlet.msbuild.tasks.tests/coverlet.msbuild.tasks.tests.csproj
+++ b/test/coverlet.msbuild.tasks.tests/coverlet.msbuild.tasks.tests.csproj
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <IsTestProject>true</IsTestProject>
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
-
+    <RunSettingsFilePath>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory).runsettings</RunSettingsFilePath>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -39,8 +39,5 @@
     <None Update="TestAssets\InstrumenterState.ItemSpec.data1.xml">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </None>
-    <None Update="TestAssets\InstrumenterState.ItemSpec.data2.xml">
-      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
-    </None>
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>