diff --git a/packages/collector/test/tracing/logger/bunyan/app.js b/packages/collector/test/tracing/logger/bunyan/app.js
index 3a18371f6..6598d6214 100644
--- a/packages/collector/test/tracing/logger/bunyan/app.js
+++ b/packages/collector/test/tracing/logger/bunyan/app.js
@@ -13,17 +13,7 @@ process.on('SIGTERM', () => {
   process.exit(0);
 });
 
-const agentPort = process.env.AGENT_PORT;
-
-const instana = require('../../../..');
-instana({
-  agentPort,
-  level: 'warn',
-  tracing: {
-    enabled: process.env.TRACING_ENABLED !== 'false',
-    forceTransmissionStartingAt: 1
-  }
-});
+require('../../../..')();
 
 const fetch = require('node-fetch-v2');
 const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
@@ -35,6 +25,8 @@ const path = require('path');
 const bunyan = require('bunyan');
 const logger = bunyan.createLogger({ name: 'test-logger' });
 
+const agentPort = process.env.INSTANA_AGENT_PORT;
+
 const app = express();
 const logPrefix = `Bunyan (${process.pid}):\t`;
 
diff --git a/packages/collector/test/tracing/logger/bunyan/test.js b/packages/collector/test/tracing/logger/bunyan/test.js
index 548a7d87d..563cff52f 100644
--- a/packages/collector/test/tracing/logger/bunyan/test.js
+++ b/packages/collector/test/tracing/logger/bunyan/test.js
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ const testUtils = require('../../../../../core/test/test_util');
 const globalAgent = require('../../../globalAgent');
 const ProcessControls = require('../../../test_util/ProcessControls');
 
-// Skip for now. correct it later
-const mochaSuiteFn = supportedVersion(process.versions.node) ? describe.skip : describe.skip;
+const mochaSuiteFn = supportedVersion(process.versions.node) ? describe : describe.skip;
 
 mochaSuiteFn('tracing/logger/bunyan', function () {
   this.timeout(config.getTestTimeout());
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ mochaSuiteFn('tracing/logger/bunyan', function () {
       runTest('error-object-only', true, 'This is an error.', controls));
 
     it("must capture a nested error object's message", async () => {
-      await runTest('nested-error-object-only', true, 'This is a nested error.');
+      await runTest('nested-error-object-only', true, 'This is a nested error.', controls);
     });
 
     it('must serialize random object', () => runTest('error-random-object-only', true, '{"foo":"[Object]"}', controls));