diff --git a/spec/betfair_api_ng_rails/api/connection_spec.rb b/spec/betfair_api_ng_rails/api/connection_spec.rb
index d93e719c6cc331a18d96be9629e295679d945f1a..39376476cd063653745129c74ef137e0e4281a5a 100644
--- a/spec/betfair_api_ng_rails/api/connection_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/betfair_api_ng_rails/api/connection_spec.rb
@@ -4,22 +4,22 @@ describe BetfairApiNgRails::Api::Connection do
   let(:acc_name) { 'user001' }
   let(:asm) { double(:account_session_manager) }
   let(:account) { BetfairApiNgRails::Account.new(acc_name, 'pass', 'nfl43n7fg834', 'crt', 'key') }
+  let(:logger)   { double(:logger) }
   subject(:connection) { described_class.new(acc_name) }
 
   before do
     allow(BetfairApiNgRails).to receive(:account_session_manager).and_return asm
+    BetfairApiNgRails.log = logger
+    allow(logger).to receive(:write)
   end
 
   describe "#request" do
     let(:provider) { double(:provider) }
     let(:parser)   { double(:parser, process: true) }
     let(:response) { double(:response, result: "") }
-    let(:logger)   { double(:logger) }
 
     before(:each) do
       expect(subject).to receive(:init_parser).and_return parser
-      BetfairApiNgRails.log = logger
-      allow(logger).to receive(:write)
     end
 
     it "calls provider's fetch method" do
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ describe BetfairApiNgRails::Api::Connection do
     describe '#account' do
       context 'when it is found' do
         it 'returns this one' do
-          expect(BetfairApiNgRails).to receive_message_chain(:account_manager, :get).and_return double
+          expect(BetfairApiNgRails).to receive_message_chain(:account_manager, :get).and_return double(:acc, username: :user001)
           connection.send :account
         end
       end
diff --git a/spec/betfair_api_ng_rails/api/request_method_spec.rb b/spec/betfair_api_ng_rails/api/request_method_spec.rb
index dc8612a097246f97de0535368c139c70562d86aa..fac1c45584a056e10f89482fe6e079ade3d54d1e 100644
--- a/spec/betfair_api_ng_rails/api/request_method_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/betfair_api_ng_rails/api/request_method_spec.rb
@@ -2,9 +2,15 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe BetfairApiNgRails::Api::RequestMethod do
   let(:method_name) { 'someMethod' }
+  let(:logger)   { double(:logger) }
 
   subject(:method) { described_class.new(method_name) }
 
+  before do
+    BetfairApiNgRails.log = logger
+    allow(logger).to receive(:write)
+  end
+
   context 'has attributes' do
     its(:name) { is_expected.to eq(method_name) }
   end
diff --git a/spec/betfair_api_ng_rails/api/request_methods_spec.rb b/spec/betfair_api_ng_rails/api/request_methods_spec.rb
index d88094df78e78bcd86aa1d5aa4bcb9893c2ed940..209c6b34e13b5c3297aa24485721b1d65ea47862 100644
--- a/spec/betfair_api_ng_rails/api/request_methods_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/betfair_api_ng_rails/api/request_methods_spec.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 require 'betfair_api_ng_rails/api/constants'
 
 describe BetfairApiNgRails::Api::RequestMethods do
-  before { BetfairApiNgRails.config.locale = :en }
+  let(:logger)   { double(:logger) }
+  before do
+    BetfairApiNgRails.config.locale = :en
+    BetfairApiNgRails.log = logger
+    allow(logger).to receive(:write)
+  end
 
   BetfairApiNgRails::Api::Constants::SIMPLE_LISTING_FILTERED.each do |method|
     describe "##{method}" do