diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index eda388c9f..87181c157 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: "Run the Backend tests without Plugins"
       install:
         - *install_libreoffice
+        - *set_loglevel_warn
         - "bin/installDeps.sh"
         - "cd src && npm install && cd -"
       script:
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ jobs:
         - "cd src && npm run test-container"
     - name: "Load test Etherpad without Plugins"
       install:
+        - *set_loglevel_warn
         - "bin/installDeps.sh"
         - "cd src && npm install && cd -"
         - "npm install -g etherpad-load-test"
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: "Run the Backend tests with Plugins"
       install:
         - *install_libreoffice
+        - *set_loglevel_warn
         - "bin/installDeps.sh"
         - *install_plugins
         - "cd src && npm install && cd -"
@@ -106,6 +109,7 @@ jobs:
         - "cd src && npm run test-container"
     - name: "Load test Etherpad with Plugins"
       install:
+        - *set_loglevel_warn
         - "bin/installDeps.sh"
         - *install_plugins
         - "cd src && npm install && cd -"
diff --git a/tests/frontend/travis/runnerBackend.sh b/tests/frontend/travis/runnerBackend.sh
index ff92667d3..12ab8523a 100755
--- a/tests/frontend/travis/runnerBackend.sh
+++ b/tests/frontend/travis/runnerBackend.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ sed 's/\"points\": 10/\"points\": 1000/g' settings.json.rateLimit > settings.jso
 # This is possible because the "install" section of .travis.yml already contains
 # a call to bin/installDeps.sh
 echo "Running Etherpad directly, assuming bin/installDeps.sh has already been run"
-node node_modules/ep_etherpad-lite/node/server.js "${@}" > /dev/null &
+node node_modules/ep_etherpad-lite/node/server.js "${@}" &
 
 echo "Now I will try for 15 seconds to connect to Etherpad on http://localhost:9001"
 
diff --git a/tests/frontend/travis/runnerLoadTest.sh b/tests/frontend/travis/runnerLoadTest.sh
index 3f7b6d9ac..2ede86a23 100755
--- a/tests/frontend/travis/runnerLoadTest.sh
+++ b/tests/frontend/travis/runnerLoadTest.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ sed 's/\"loadTest\": false,/\"loadTest\": true,/g' settings.json.points > settin
 # a call to bin/installDeps.sh
 echo "Running Etherpad directly, assuming bin/installDeps.sh has already been run"
 
-node node_modules/ep_etherpad-lite/node/server.js "${@}" > /dev/null &
+node node_modules/ep_etherpad-lite/node/server.js "${@}" &
 
 echo "Now I will try for 15 seconds to connect to Etherpad on http://localhost:9001"