diff --git a/log/mod.ts b/log/mod.ts
index 4032937a2568..983e82401542 100644
--- a/log/mod.ts
+++ b/log/mod.ts
@@ -127,4 +127,4 @@ export async function setup(config: LogConfig): Promise<void> {
   }
 }
 
-setup(DEFAULT_CONFIG);
+await setup(DEFAULT_CONFIG);
diff --git a/log/mod_test.ts b/log/mod_test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ceedcc85862a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/log/mod_test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// Copyright 2018-2020 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
+const { test } = Deno;
+import { Logger } from "./logger.ts";
+import { assert } from "../testing/asserts.ts";
+import { getLogger } from "./mod.ts";
+
+let logger: Logger | null = null;
+try {
+  // Need to initialize it here
+  // otherwise it will be already initialized on Deno.test
+  logger = getLogger();
+} catch {}
+
+test("logger is initialized", function (): void {
+  assert(logger instanceof Logger);
+});