diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KobaltLogger.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KobaltLogger.kt
index 67d31496..e2bd89de 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KobaltLogger.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KobaltLogger.kt
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ fun Any.error(text: CharSequence, e: Throwable? = null) {
 
 object KobaltLogger {
     var LOG_LEVEL: Int = 1
-    
+
     val isQuiet: Boolean get() = (LOG_LEVEL == Constants.LOG_QUIET_LEVEL)
 
     val logger: Logger get() =
@@ -60,6 +60,14 @@ object KobaltLogger {
         } else {
             Logger(false)
         }
+
+    fun setLogLevel(args: Args) {
+        LOG_LEVEL = when {
+            args.log < Constants.LOG_QUIET_LEVEL -> Constants.LOG_DEFAULT_LEVEL
+            args.log > Constants.LOG_MAX_LEVEL -> Constants.LOG_MAX_LEVEL
+            else -> args.log
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 class Logger(val dev: Boolean) {
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/Main.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/Main.kt
index 1cfa9902..19b85404 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/Main.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/Main.kt
@@ -55,11 +55,7 @@ class Main @Inject constructor(
             val args = Args()
             val result = JCommander(args)
             result.parse(*argv)
-            KobaltLogger.LOG_LEVEL = if (args.log < Constants.LOG_QUIET_LEVEL) {
-                Constants.LOG_DEFAULT_LEVEL
-            } else if (args.log > Constants.LOG_MAX_LEVEL) {
-                Constants.LOG_MAX_LEVEL
-            } else args.log
+            KobaltLogger.setLogLevel(args)
             return Main.RunInfo(result, args)
         }
 
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/BaseTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/BaseTest.kt
index 51bbcf5e..3930f318 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/BaseTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/BaseTest.kt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import com.beust.kobalt.internal.KobaltPluginXml
 import com.beust.kobalt.internal.PluginInfo
 import com.beust.kobalt.internal.build.SingleFileBuildSources
 import com.beust.kobalt.misc.KFiles
+import com.beust.kobalt.misc.KobaltLogger
 import com.beust.kobalt.misc.log
 import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass
 import org.testng.annotations.Guice
@@ -121,6 +122,9 @@ open class BaseTest(val compilerFactory: BuildFileCompiler.IFactory? = null) {
         val main = Kobalt.INJECTOR.getInstance(Main::class.java)
         val args = Args()
         val jc = JCommander(args).apply { parse(*commandLine) }
+
+        KobaltLogger.setLogLevel(args)
+
         args.buildFile = KFiles.fixSlashes(project.file.absolutePath) + "/kobalt/src/Build.kt"
         val result = Main.launchMain(main, jc, args, arrayOf("assemble"))
         return LaunchProjectResult(project, result)
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/KotlinCompilerVersionTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/KotlinCompilerVersionTest.kt
index cc61c156..21eb6edc 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/KotlinCompilerVersionTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/KotlinCompilerVersionTest.kt
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ class KotlinCompilerVersionTest : BaseTest() {
                         """
                             kotlinCompiler {
                                 version = "1.2.60"
-                                args("-jvm-target", "1.8")
                             }
                             assemble{ jar{} }
                             """
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ class KotlinCompilerVersionTest : BaseTest() {
                 )
         )
 
-        val result = launchProject(projectInfo, arrayOf("assemble"))
+        val result = launchProject(projectInfo, arrayOf("assemble", "--log", "2"))
 
         val project = result.projectDescription
         val jarFile = File(KFiles.joinDir(project.file.absolutePath, "kobaltBuild/libs", project.name + "-"
@@ -49,10 +48,11 @@ class KotlinCompilerVersionTest : BaseTest() {
                             assemble{ jar{} }
                             """
                 ),
-                listOf(ProjectFile("src/main/kotlin/A.kt", "val a = \"foo\"")))
+                listOf(ProjectFile("src/main/kotlin/A.kt", "val a = \"foo\""))
+        )
 
-        val result = launchProject(projectInfo, arrayOf("assemble"))
+        val result = launchProject(projectInfo, arrayOf("assemble", "--log", "2"))
 
-        assertThat(result).isEqualTo(1)
+        assertThat(result.result).isEqualTo(1)
     }
 }