diff --git a/tests/utils/common.go b/tests/utils/common.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bef91e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/utils/common.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+// Package utils Common Logger initialization
+package utils
+
+import (
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v3/pkg/log"
+)
+
+var logger log.Logger
+
+func init() {
+	// Setup this package so that it's log level can be modified at run time
+	var err error
+	logger, err = log.AddPackage(log.JSON, log.ErrorLevel, log.Fields{"pkg": "utils"})
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/utils/test_utils.go b/tests/utils/test_utils.go
index 655e942..3aaf89b 100644
--- a/tests/utils/test_utils.go
+++ b/tests/utils/test_utils.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-package core
+package utils
 
 import (
 	"context"
@@ -455,19 +455,19 @@
 func StopSimulatedEnv(composePath string) error {
 	err := stopSimulatedOLTAndONUAdapters(composePath)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorw("unable-to-stop-simulated-olt-onu-adapters", log.Fields{"error": err})
+		logger.Errorw("unable-to-stop-simulated-olt-onu-adapters", log.Fields{"error": err})
 	}
 	err = stopCore(composePath)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorw("unable-to-stop-core", log.Fields{"error": err})
+		logger.Errorw("unable-to-stop-core", log.Fields{"error": err})
 	}
 	err = stopKafka(composePath)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorw("unable-to-stop-kafka", log.Fields{"error": err})
+		logger.Errorw("unable-to-stop-kafka", log.Fields{"error": err})
 	}
 	err = stopEtcd(composePath)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorw("unable-to-stop-etcd", log.Fields{"error": err})
+		logger.Errorw("unable-to-stop-etcd", log.Fields{"error": err})
 	}
 	return nil
 }