diff --git a/src/metabase/util.clj b/src/metabase/util.clj
index dc04fe2bc59c00a899bdaa75b005998e22f7677a..4a38df75b1097185f6932a335497ebb4222482fc 100644
--- a/src/metabase/util.clj
+++ b/src/metabase/util.clj
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
                       [coerce :as coerce]
                       [format :as time])
             colorize.core
-            [metabase.config :as config])
+            [metabase.config :as config]
+            metabase.logger)             ; make sure this is loaded since we use clojure.tools.logging here
   (:import clojure.lang.Keyword
            (java.net Socket
                      InetSocketAddress