diff --git a/polkadot/Cargo.lock b/polkadot/Cargo.lock
index 57f6aa9599..2d6d1155eb 100644
--- a/polkadot/Cargo.lock
+++ b/polkadot/Cargo.lock
@@ -4713,6 +4713,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "sc-client-db",
  "sc-executor",
  "sc-service",
+ "sc-tracing",
  "sp-api",
  "sp-core",
  "sp-runtime",
diff --git a/polkadot/cli/Cargo.toml b/polkadot/cli/Cargo.toml
index 9ee9dc8312..05574d0bc1 100644
--- a/polkadot/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/polkadot/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ sp-runtime = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/substrate", branch = "master
 sc-client-api = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/substrate", branch = "master" }
 sc-client-db = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/substrate", branch = "master" }
 sc-executor = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/substrate", branch = "master" }
+sc-tracing = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/substrate", branch = "master" }
 service = { package = "polkadot-service", path = "../service", default-features = false, optional = true }
 service-new = { package = "polkadot-service-new", path = "../node/service", default-features = false, optional = true }
 
diff --git a/polkadot/cli/src/command.rs b/polkadot/cli/src/command.rs
index 5ea0319c83..45c2e5e679 100644
--- a/polkadot/cli/src/command.rs
+++ b/polkadot/cli/src/command.rs
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ pub fn run() -> Result<()> {
 			})
 		},
 		Some(Subcommand::ValidationWorker(cmd)) => {
-			sc_cli::init_logger("");
+			sc_cli::init_logger("", sc_tracing::TracingReceiver::Log, None);
 
 			if cfg!(feature = "browser") {
 				Err(sc_cli::Error::Input("Cannot run validation worker in browser".into()))