diff --git a/test/bin/run-tests-ubuntu.sh b/test/bin/run-tests-ubuntu.sh
index b5c029bfe5197d8b6554a47a723a3e803b4dd590..6bdfe918e5d31787fe854b053f968397d1bf3aab 100755
--- a/test/bin/run-tests-ubuntu.sh
+++ b/test/bin/run-tests-ubuntu.sh
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ trap clean_up EXIT
 API_BASE_URL="http://localhost:8081/api"
 SCITRAN_PERSISTENT_DB_PORT=${SCITRAN_PERSISTENT_DB_PORT:-"9001"}
 SCITRAN_PERSISTENT_DB_URI=${SCITRAN_PERSISTENT_DB_URI:-"mongodb://localhost:$SCITRAN_PERSISTENT_DB_PORT/scitran"}
+SCITRAN_PERSISTENT_DB_LOG_URI=${SCITRAN_PERSISTENT_DB_LOG_URI:-"mongodb://localhost:$SCITRAN_PERSISTENT_DB_PORT/logs"}
 SCITRAN_PERSISTENT_PATH=`mktemp -d`
 SCITRAN_PERSISTENT_DATA_PATH="$SCITRAN_PERSISTENT_PATH/data"
 SCITRAN_CORE_DRONE_SECRET=${SCITRAN_CORE_DRONE_SECRET:-$( openssl rand -base64 32 )}