diff --git a/openbis/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/server/dataaccess/db/DAOFactoryTest.java b/openbis/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/server/dataaccess/db/DAOFactoryTest.java
index ae79645eb6012217e108d7c5c416dbcd929f3cc3..30f3e98a1a6ec2a2508b4f893327bf0472ee0191 100644
--- a/openbis/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/server/dataaccess/db/DAOFactoryTest.java
+++ b/openbis/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/server/dataaccess/db/DAOFactoryTest.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.logging.BufferedAppender;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.spring.ExposablePropertyPlaceholderConfigurer;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.generic.shared.Constants;
+import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.util.LogRecordingUtils;
 
 //@Test(groups = "db")
 public class DAOFactoryTest extends AbstractDAOTest
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ public class DAOFactoryTest extends AbstractDAOTest
     @BeforeMethod
     public void setUpLogRecorder()
     {
-        logRecorder = new BufferedAppender(null, Level.INFO, ".*\\." + DAOFactory.class.getSimpleName());
+        logRecorder = LogRecordingUtils.createRecorder(null, Level.INFO, ".*\\." + DAOFactory.class.getSimpleName());
     }
 
     @Test(priority = -1, groups = "project-samples")
diff --git a/openbis/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/server/dataaccess/db/search/DefaultFullTextIndexerTest.java b/openbis/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/server/dataaccess/db/search/DefaultFullTextIndexerTest.java
index d6ea025fcffcbff54518f9713344396b78345162..74d82f19f2391fccb3f2833e130e0b3f3c52da4c 100644
--- a/openbis/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/server/dataaccess/db/search/DefaultFullTextIndexerTest.java
+++ b/openbis/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/server/dataaccess/db/search/DefaultFullTextIndexerTest.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.logging.BufferedAppender;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.generic.shared.dto.SamplePE;
+import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.util.LogRecordingUtils;
 
 /**
  * @author Franz-Josef Elmer
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ public class DefaultFullTextIndexerTest extends AssertJUnit
     @BeforeMethod
     public final void setUp()
     {
-        logRecorder = new BufferedAppender("%-5p %c - %m%n", Level.INFO);
+        logRecorder = LogRecordingUtils.createRecorder("%-5p %c - %m%n", Level.INFO);
         context = new Mockery();
         criteria = context.mock(Criteria.class);
         session = context.mock(FullTextSession.class);