diff --git a/utils/logger.go b/utils/logger.go
index 9b445672c..28e02b4ef 100644
--- a/utils/logger.go
+++ b/utils/logger.go
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ func init() {
 
 		var err error
 		//used for testing only, so we will ignore the error for now
-		if Logger, err = Newlogger(MetaSysLog, EmptyString); err != nil {
+		Logger, err = Newlogger(MetaSysLog, EmptyString)
+		if err != nil {
 			noSysLog = true
 			Logger, _ = Newlogger(MetaStdLog, EmptyString)
 		}
diff --git a/utils/logger_it_test.go b/utils/logger_it_test.go
index 120bab5c4..11299a5a9 100644
--- a/utils/logger_it_test.go
+++ b/utils/logger_it_test.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ var (
 		testNoticeLogger,
 		testInfoLogger,
 		testDebugLogger,
+		TestCloseLoggerSysLog,
 	}
 )
 
@@ -376,3 +377,17 @@ func testDebugLogger(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Expected %q, received %q", expected, rcv)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestCloseLoggerSysLog(t *testing.T) {
+	newLogger := &StdLogger{nodeID: EmptyString}
+	newWriter, err := syslog.New(0, "CGRates")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	x := newWriter
+
+	newLogger.SetSyslog(x)
+	if err := newLogger.Close(); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/utils/logger_test.go b/utils/logger_test.go
index 89ca1be6e..3296e5232 100644
--- a/utils/logger_test.go
+++ b/utils/logger_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"io"
 	"log"
-	syslog "log/syslog"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -31,11 +30,7 @@ import (
 func TestEmergLogger(t *testing.T) {
 	output := new(bytes.Buffer)
 	log.SetOutput(output)
-	loggertype := MetaSysLog
 	id := "id_emerg"
-	if _, err := Newlogger(loggertype, id); err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
-	}
 
 	newLogger := &StdLogger{nodeID: id}
 
@@ -59,11 +54,7 @@ func TestEmergLogger(t *testing.T) {
 func TestAlertLogger(t *testing.T) {
 	output := new(bytes.Buffer)
 	log.SetOutput(output)
-	loggertype := MetaSysLog
 	id := "id_alert"
-	if _, err := Newlogger(loggertype, id); err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
-	}
 
 	newLogger := &StdLogger{nodeID: id}
 
@@ -88,11 +79,7 @@ func TestCritLogger(t *testing.T) {
 	output := new(bytes.Buffer)
 	log.SetOutput(output)
 
-	loggertype := MetaSysLog
 	id := "id_crit"
-	if _, err := Newlogger(loggertype, id); err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
-	}
 
 	newLogger := &StdLogger{nodeID: id}
 
@@ -117,11 +104,7 @@ func TestErrorLogger(t *testing.T) {
 	output := new(bytes.Buffer)
 	log.SetOutput(output)
 
-	loggertype := MetaSysLog
 	id := "id_error"
-	if _, err := Newlogger(loggertype, id); err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
-	}
 
 	newLogger := &StdLogger{nodeID: id}
 
@@ -146,11 +129,7 @@ func TestWarningLogger(t *testing.T) {
 	output := new(bytes.Buffer)
 	log.SetOutput(output)
 
-	loggertype := MetaSysLog
 	id := "id_error"
-	if _, err := Newlogger(loggertype, id); err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
-	}
 
 	newLogger := &StdLogger{nodeID: id}
 
@@ -175,11 +154,7 @@ func TestNoticeLogger(t *testing.T) {
 	output := new(bytes.Buffer)
 	log.SetOutput(output)
 
-	loggertype := MetaSysLog
 	id := "id_notice"
-	if _, err := Newlogger(loggertype, id); err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
-	}
 
 	newLogger := &StdLogger{nodeID: id}
 
@@ -204,11 +179,7 @@ func TestInfoLogger(t *testing.T) {
 	output := new(bytes.Buffer)
 	log.SetOutput(output)
 
-	loggertype := MetaSysLog
 	id := "id_info"
-	if _, err := Newlogger(loggertype, id); err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
-	}
 
 	newLogger := &StdLogger{nodeID: id}
 
@@ -233,11 +204,7 @@ func TestDebugLogger(t *testing.T) {
 	output := new(bytes.Buffer)
 	log.SetOutput(output)
 
-	loggertype := MetaSysLog
 	id := "id_debug"
-	if _, err := Newlogger(loggertype, id); err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
-	}
 
 	newLogger, err := Newlogger(MetaStdLog, id)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -261,23 +228,11 @@ func TestDebugLogger(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestWriteLogger(t *testing.T) {
-	if noSysLog {
-		t.SkipNow()
-	}
 	log.SetOutput(os.Stderr)
 
-	loggertype := MetaSysLog
 	id := "id_write"
-	if _, err := Newlogger(loggertype, id); err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
-	}
 
-	newWriter, err := syslog.New(syslog.LOG_INFO|syslog.LOG_DAEMON, "CGRates id_write")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
-	}
 	newLogger := &StdLogger{nodeID: id}
-	newLogger.SetSyslog(newWriter)
 
 	if n, err := newLogger.Write([]byte(EmptyString)); err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
@@ -302,28 +257,6 @@ func TestCloseLoggerStdLog(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestCloseLoggerSysLog(t *testing.T) {
-	if noSysLog {
-		t.SkipNow()
-	}
-	log.SetOutput(io.Discard)
-
-	newLogger := &StdLogger{nodeID: EmptyString}
-	if err := newLogger.Close(); err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
-	}
-	newWriter, err := syslog.New(0, "CGRates")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
-	}
-	x := newWriter
-
-	newLogger.SetSyslog(x)
-	if err := newLogger.Close(); err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestLogStackLogger(t *testing.T) {
 	LogStack()
 }