diff --git a/src/test/unit/logging.test.ts b/src/test/unit/logging.test.ts
index f3fb1bb68..11209145b 100644
--- a/src/test/unit/logging.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/unit/logging.test.ts
@@ -52,15 +52,14 @@ describe('Logger instances and transports tests', async () => {
     expect(OCEAN_NODE_LOGGER.hasDBTransport()).to.be.equal(false)
     const envAfter = await setupEnvironment(
       null,
-      buildEnvOverrideConfig(
-        [ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLES.LOG_DB, ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLES.DB_URL],
-        ['true', 'http://172.15.0.6:8108?apiKey=xyz']
-      )
+      buildEnvOverrideConfig([ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLES.LOG_DB], ['true'])
     )
     console.log('env after', envAfter)
     expect(USE_DB_TRANSPORT()).to.be.equal(true)
     // will build the DB transport layer
+    console.log('before config')
     const config = await getConfiguration(true)
+    console.log('after config: ', config)
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
     const DB = await new Database(config.dbConfig)
     console.log('after DB')
diff --git a/src/test/utils/hooks.ts b/src/test/utils/hooks.ts
index a808d63f2..1546947d9 100644
--- a/src/test/utils/hooks.ts
+++ b/src/test/utils/hooks.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export const mochaHooks = {
       if (initialVariable.originalValue !== currentEnvVariable.originalValue) {
         // reset it to the original
         CONFIG_LOGGER.debug(
-          `(Hook) Restoring environment variable: ${varName} \ncurrent:\n ${process.env[varName]} original:\n ' ${initialVariable.originalValue}`
+          `(Hook) Restoring environment variable: ${varName} \ncurrent:\n ${process.env[varName]} \noriginal:\n ${initialVariable.originalValue}`
         )
       }
     })
diff --git a/src/utils/logging/Logger.ts b/src/utils/logging/Logger.ts
index 11c6ce95e..d7dd72637 100644
--- a/src/utils/logging/Logger.ts
+++ b/src/utils/logging/Logger.ts
@@ -564,6 +564,7 @@ export function configureCustomDBTransport(
   }
   if (!logger.hasDBTransport()) {
     logger.addTransport(customDBTransport)
+    logger.logMessage('Adding DB transport to Logger: ' + logger.getModuleName())
   }
   return logger
 }