diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/LoggingConfigUtil.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/LoggingConfigUtil.java
index a98c241..cf274af 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/LoggingConfigUtil.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/LoggingConfigUtil.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     }
 
     public static void defaultIfMissing(String logger, Level defaultLvl) {
-        final Configuration loggingConfig = LoggerContext.getContext().getConfiguration();
+        final Configuration loggingConfig = LoggerContext.getContext(false).getConfiguration();
         final LoggerConfig loggerConfig = loggingConfig.getLoggers().get(logger);
         if (loggerConfig != null) {
             LOGGER.info("{} log level is {}", logger, loggerConfig.getLevel());