diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Logging/DebugDiagnosticsLogger.cs b/src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Logging/DebugDiagnosticsLogger.cs
similarity index 77%
rename from src/Umbraco.Core/Logging/DebugDiagnosticsLogger.cs
rename to src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Logging/DebugDiagnosticsLogger.cs
index d1bde55306..552daba713 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Logging/DebugDiagnosticsLogger.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Logging/DebugDiagnosticsLogger.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Logging
     /// </summary>
     public class DebugDiagnosticsLogger : ILogger
     {
+        private readonly IMessageTemplates _messageTemplates;
+
+        public DebugDiagnosticsLogger(IMessageTemplates messageTemplates)
+        {
+            _messageTemplates = messageTemplates;
+        }
+
         public bool IsEnabled(Type reporting, LogLevel level)
             => true;
 
@@ -31,7 +38,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Logging
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public void Fatal(Type reporting, Exception exception, string messageTemplate, params object[] propertyValues)
         {
-            System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(MessageTemplates.Render(messageTemplate, propertyValues) + Environment.NewLine + exception, reporting.FullName);
+            System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(_messageTemplates.Render(messageTemplate, propertyValues) + Environment.NewLine + exception, reporting.FullName);
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
@@ -61,7 +68,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Logging
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public void Error(Type reporting, Exception exception, string messageTemplate, params object[] propertyValues)
         {
-            System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(MessageTemplates.Render(messageTemplate, propertyValues) + Environment.NewLine + exception, reporting.FullName);
+            System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(_messageTemplates.Render(messageTemplate, propertyValues) + Environment.NewLine + exception, reporting.FullName);
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
@@ -79,7 +86,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Logging
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public void Warn(Type reporting, string message, params object[] propertyValues)
         {
-            System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(MessageTemplates.Render(message, propertyValues), reporting.FullName);
+            System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(_messageTemplates.Render(message, propertyValues), reporting.FullName);
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
@@ -91,7 +98,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Logging
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public void Warn(Type reporting, Exception exception, string message, params object[] propertyValues)
         {
-            System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(MessageTemplates.Render(message + Environment.NewLine + exception, propertyValues), reporting.FullName);
+            System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(_messageTemplates.Render(message + Environment.NewLine + exception, propertyValues), reporting.FullName);
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
@@ -103,7 +110,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Logging
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public void Info(Type reporting, string messageTemplate, params object[] propertyValues)
         {
-            System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(MessageTemplates.Render(messageTemplate, propertyValues), reporting.FullName);
+            System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(_messageTemplates.Render(messageTemplate, propertyValues), reporting.FullName);
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
@@ -115,7 +122,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Logging
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public void Debug(Type reporting, string messageTemplate, params object[] propertyValues)
         {
-            System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(MessageTemplates.Render(messageTemplate, propertyValues), reporting.FullName);
+            System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(_messageTemplates.Render(messageTemplate, propertyValues), reporting.FullName);
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
@@ -127,7 +134,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Logging
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public void Verbose(Type reporting, string messageTemplate, params object[] propertyValues)
         {
-            System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(MessageTemplates.Render(messageTemplate, propertyValues), reporting.FullName);
+            System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(_messageTemplates.Render(messageTemplate, propertyValues), reporting.FullName);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Logging/IMessageTemplates.cs b/src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Logging/IMessageTemplates.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..60aa1035ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Logging/IMessageTemplates.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+namespace Umbraco.Core.Logging
+{
+    public interface IMessageTemplates
+    {
+        string Render(string messageTemplate, params object[] args);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Logging/LogProfiler.cs b/src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Logging/LogProfiler.cs
similarity index 97%
rename from src/Umbraco.Core/Logging/LogProfiler.cs
rename to src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Logging/LogProfiler.cs
index 74dae545b4..294f92dad3 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Logging/LogProfiler.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Logging/LogProfiler.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Logging
     /// <summary>
     /// Implements <see cref="IProfiler"/> by writing profiling results to an <see cref="ILogger"/>.
     /// </summary>
-    internal class LogProfiler : IProfiler
+    public class LogProfiler : IProfiler
     {
         private readonly ILogger _logger;
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Logging/LoggingTaskExtension.cs b/src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Logging/LoggingTaskExtension.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/Umbraco.Core/Logging/LoggingTaskExtension.cs
rename to src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Logging/LoggingTaskExtension.cs
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Logging/VoidProfiler.cs b/src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Logging/VoidProfiler.cs
similarity index 92%
rename from src/Umbraco.Core/Logging/VoidProfiler.cs
rename to src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Logging/VoidProfiler.cs
index 24eb8e81c3..51bec521a3 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Logging/VoidProfiler.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Logging/VoidProfiler.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Umbraco.Core.Logging
 {
-    internal class VoidProfiler : IProfiler
+    public class VoidProfiler : IProfiler
     {
         private readonly VoidDisposable _disposable = new VoidDisposable();
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Composing/Current.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Composing/Current.cs
index f12bf0dd63..ed64347816 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Composing/Current.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Composing/Current.cs
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Composing
 
         public static ILogger Logger
             => _logger ?? (_logger = _factory?.TryGetInstance<ILogger>()
-                                     ?? new DebugDiagnosticsLogger());
+                                     ?? new DebugDiagnosticsLogger(new MessageTemplates()));
 
         public static IProfiler Profiler
             => _profiler ?? (_profiler = _factory?.TryGetInstance<IProfiler>()
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Logging/MessageTemplates.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Logging/MessageTemplates.cs
index 47de1230ff..887aa1402d 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Logging/MessageTemplates.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Logging/MessageTemplates.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Logging
     /// <summary>
     /// Provides tools to support message templates.
     /// </summary>
-    public static class MessageTemplates
+    public class MessageTemplates : IMessageTemplates
     {
         // Umbraco now uses Message Templates (https://messagetemplates.org/) for logging, which means
         // we cannot plainly use string.Format() to format them. There is a work-in-progress C# lib,
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Logging
 
         private static readonly Lazy<global::Serilog.ILogger> MinimalLogger = new Lazy<global::Serilog.ILogger>(() => new LoggerConfiguration().CreateLogger());
 
-        public static string Render(string messageTemplate, params object[] args)
+        public string Render(string messageTemplate, params object[] args)
         {
             // by default, unless initialized otherwise, Log.Logger is SilentLogger which cannot bind message
             // templates. Log.Logger is set to a true Logger when initializing Umbraco's logger, but in case
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
index d41240c586..25de78105f 100755
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
@@ -572,13 +572,9 @@
     <Compile Include="IO\SystemDirectories.cs" />
     <Compile Include="IO\SystemFiles.cs" />
     <Compile Include="IO\ViewHelper.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Logging\DebugDiagnosticsLogger.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Logging\Serilog\SerilogLogger.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Logging\LoggingTaskExtension.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Logging\LogProfiler.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Logging\OwinLogger.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Logging\OwinLoggerFactory.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Logging\VoidProfiler.cs" />
     <Compile Include="MainDom.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Manifest\ManifestParser.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Manifest\ValueValidatorConverter.cs" />
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests.Benchmarks/BulkInsertBenchmarks.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests.Benchmarks/BulkInsertBenchmarks.cs
index d6dc1f8c73..dc260c4a3b 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests.Benchmarks/BulkInsertBenchmarks.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests.Benchmarks/BulkInsertBenchmarks.cs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Benchmarks
         [GlobalSetup]
         public void Setup()
         {
-            var logger = new DebugDiagnosticsLogger();
+            var logger = new DebugDiagnosticsLogger(new MessageTemplates());
             var path = TestHelper.CurrentAssemblyDirectory;
 
             SetupSqlCe(path, logger);
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Composing/TypeFinderTests.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Composing/TypeFinderTests.cs
index ca622e9288..5511c5cba3 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Composing/TypeFinderTests.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Composing/TypeFinderTests.cs
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Composing
 
         private static IProfilingLogger GetTestProfilingLogger()
         {
-            var logger = new DebugDiagnosticsLogger();
+            var logger = new DebugDiagnosticsLogger(new MessageTemplates());
             var profiler = new TestProfiler();
             return new ProfilingLogger(logger, profiler);
         }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Migrations/AdvancedMigrationTests.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Migrations/AdvancedMigrationTests.cs
index c13d141fa5..01c93a40ec 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Migrations/AdvancedMigrationTests.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Migrations/AdvancedMigrationTests.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Migrations
         [Test]
         public void CreateTableOfTDto()
         {
-            var logger = new DebugDiagnosticsLogger();
+            var logger = new DebugDiagnosticsLogger(new MessageTemplates());
 
             var builder = Mock.Of<IMigrationBuilder>();
             Mock.Get(builder)
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Migrations
         [Test]
         public void DeleteKeysAndIndexesOfTDto()
         {
-            var logger = new DebugDiagnosticsLogger();
+            var logger = new DebugDiagnosticsLogger(new MessageTemplates());
 
             var builder = Mock.Of<IMigrationBuilder>();
             Mock.Get(builder)
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Migrations
         [Test]
         public void CreateKeysAndIndexesOfTDto()
         {
-            var logger = new DebugDiagnosticsLogger();
+            var logger = new DebugDiagnosticsLogger(new MessageTemplates());
 
             var builder = Mock.Of<IMigrationBuilder>();
             Mock.Get(builder)
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Migrations
         [Test]
         public void CreateKeysAndIndexes()
         {
-            var logger = new DebugDiagnosticsLogger();
+            var logger = new DebugDiagnosticsLogger(new MessageTemplates());
 
             var builder = Mock.Of<IMigrationBuilder>();
             Mock.Get(builder)
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Migrations
         [Test]
         public void CreateColumn()
         {
-            var logger = new DebugDiagnosticsLogger();
+            var logger = new DebugDiagnosticsLogger(new MessageTemplates());
 
             var builder = Mock.Of<IMigrationBuilder>();
             Mock.Get(builder)
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Models/ContentTests.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Models/ContentTests.cs
index 3116087669..8dded05eab 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Models/ContentTests.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Models/ContentTests.cs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Models
             var mediaTypeService = Mock.Of<IMediaTypeService>();
             var memberTypeService = Mock.Of<IMemberTypeService>();
             Composition.Register(_ => ServiceContext.CreatePartial(dataTypeService: dataTypeService, contentTypeBaseServiceProvider: new ContentTypeBaseServiceProvider(_contentTypeService, mediaTypeService, memberTypeService)));
-            
+
         }
 
         [Test]
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Models
 
         private static IProfilingLogger GetTestProfilingLogger()
         {
-            var logger = new DebugDiagnosticsLogger();
+            var logger = new DebugDiagnosticsLogger(new MessageTemplates());
             var profiler = new TestProfiler();
             return new ProfilingLogger(logger, profiler);
         }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Models/ContentTypeTests.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Models/ContentTypeTests.cs
index 9c3b976bf3..74229dd5d6 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Models/ContentTypeTests.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Models/ContentTypeTests.cs
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Models
 
         private static IProfilingLogger GetTestProfilingLogger()
         {
-            var logger = new DebugDiagnosticsLogger();
+            var logger = new DebugDiagnosticsLogger(new MessageTemplates());
             var profiler = new TestProfiler();
             return new ProfilingLogger(logger, profiler);
         }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Persistence/NPocoTests/NPocoBulkInsertTests.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Persistence/NPocoTests/NPocoBulkInsertTests.cs
index 2a6c1f4e12..85b07d4828 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Persistence/NPocoTests/NPocoBulkInsertTests.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Persistence/NPocoTests/NPocoBulkInsertTests.cs
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Persistence.NPocoTests
             // create the db
             // prob not what we want, this is not a real database, but hey, the test is ignored anyways
             // we'll fix this when we have proper testing infrastructure
-            var dbSqlServer = TestObjects.GetUmbracoSqlServerDatabase(new DebugDiagnosticsLogger());
+            var dbSqlServer = TestObjects.GetUmbracoSqlServerDatabase(new DebugDiagnosticsLogger(new MessageTemplates()));
 
             //drop the table
             dbSqlServer.Execute("DROP TABLE [umbracoServer]");
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Runtimes/CoreRuntimeTests.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Runtimes/CoreRuntimeTests.cs
index 5850153100..7cf3c008f1 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Runtimes/CoreRuntimeTests.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Runtimes/CoreRuntimeTests.cs
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Runtimes
         // test runtime
         public class TestRuntime : CoreRuntime
         {
-            protected override ILogger GetLogger() => new DebugDiagnosticsLogger();
+            protected override ILogger GetLogger() => new DebugDiagnosticsLogger(new MessageTemplates());
             protected override IProfiler GetProfiler() => new TestProfiler();
 
             // must override the database factory
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Runtimes/StandaloneTests.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Runtimes/StandaloneTests.cs
index d0258a100f..fdeb743b6c 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Runtimes/StandaloneTests.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Runtimes/StandaloneTests.cs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Runtimes
             // FIXME: we need a better management of settings here (and, true config files?)
 
             // create the very basic and essential things we need
-            var logger = new ConsoleLogger();
+            var logger = new ConsoleLogger(new MessageTemplates());
             var profiler = new LogProfiler(logger);
             var profilingLogger = new ProfilingLogger(logger, profiler);
             var appCaches = new AppCaches(); // FIXME: has HttpRuntime stuff?
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Runtimes
             // - assigning the factory to Current.Factory
 
             // create the very basic and essential things we need
-            var logger = new ConsoleLogger();
+            var logger = new ConsoleLogger(new MessageTemplates());
             var profiler = Mock.Of<IProfiler>();
             var profilingLogger = new ProfilingLogger(logger, profiler);
             var appCaches = AppCaches.Disabled;
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Scheduling/BackgroundTaskRunnerTests.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Scheduling/BackgroundTaskRunnerTests.cs
index 3664717af7..27abca7cbd 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Scheduling/BackgroundTaskRunnerTests.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Scheduling/BackgroundTaskRunnerTests.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Scheduling
         [OneTimeSetUp]
         public void InitializeFixture()
         {
-            _logger = new DebugDiagnosticsLogger();
+            _logger = new DebugDiagnosticsLogger(new MessageTemplates());
         }
 
         [Test]
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Scheduling/BackgroundTaskRunnerTests2.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Scheduling/BackgroundTaskRunnerTests2.cs
index 8e886d7dc9..6a65f3afbc 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Scheduling/BackgroundTaskRunnerTests2.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Scheduling/BackgroundTaskRunnerTests2.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Scheduling
         [Timeout(4000)]
         public async Task ThreadResumeIssue()
         {
-            var logger = new DebugDiagnosticsLogger();
+            var logger = new DebugDiagnosticsLogger(new MessageTemplates());
             var runner = new BackgroundTaskRunner<IBackgroundTask>(new BackgroundTaskRunnerOptions { KeepAlive = true, LongRunning = true }, logger);
             var work = new ThreadResumeIssueWorkItem();
             runner.Add(work);
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Scheduling
         [Ignore("Only runs in the debugger.")]
         public async Task DebuggerInterferenceIssue()
         {
-            var logger = new DebugDiagnosticsLogger();
+            var logger = new DebugDiagnosticsLogger(new MessageTemplates());
             var runner = new BackgroundTaskRunner<IBackgroundTask>(new BackgroundTaskRunnerOptions { KeepAlive = true, LongRunning = true }, logger);
             var taskCompleted = false;
             runner.TaskCompleted += (sender, args) =>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Services/ContentServicePerformanceTest.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Services/ContentServicePerformanceTest.cs
index ef80672baf..ace45fe356 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Services/ContentServicePerformanceTest.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Services/ContentServicePerformanceTest.cs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Services
 
         private static IProfilingLogger GetTestProfilingLogger()
         {
-            var logger = new DebugDiagnosticsLogger();
+            var logger = new DebugDiagnosticsLogger(new MessageTemplates());
             var profiler = new TestProfiler();
             return new ProfilingLogger(logger, profiler);
         }
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Services
                 var tagRepo = new TagRepository((IScopeAccessor) provider, AppCaches.Disabled, Logger);
                 var commonRepository = new ContentTypeCommonRepository((IScopeAccessor)provider, tRepository, AppCaches);
                 var languageRepository = new LanguageRepository((IScopeAccessor)provider, AppCaches.Disabled, Logger);
-                var ctRepository = new ContentTypeRepository((IScopeAccessor) provider, AppCaches.Disabled, Logger, commonRepository, languageRepository);  
+                var ctRepository = new ContentTypeRepository((IScopeAccessor) provider, AppCaches.Disabled, Logger, commonRepository, languageRepository);
                 var repository = new DocumentRepository((IScopeAccessor) provider, AppCaches.Disabled, Logger, ctRepository, tRepository, tagRepo, languageRepository);
 
                 // Act
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Services/PerformanceTests.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Services/PerformanceTests.cs
index 9cf38e1789..0ac6eeb863 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Services/PerformanceTests.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Services/PerformanceTests.cs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Services
 
         private static IProfilingLogger GetTestProfilingLogger()
         {
-            var logger = new DebugDiagnosticsLogger();
+            var logger = new DebugDiagnosticsLogger(new MessageTemplates());
             var profiler = new TestProfiler();
             return new ProfilingLogger(logger, profiler);
         }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/TestHelpers/ConsoleLogger.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/TestHelpers/ConsoleLogger.cs
index a3e36db363..53d6078e4b 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/TestHelpers/ConsoleLogger.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/TestHelpers/ConsoleLogger.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.TestHelpers
 {
     public class ConsoleLogger : ILogger
     {
+        private readonly IMessageTemplates _messageTemplates;
+
+        public ConsoleLogger(IMessageTemplates messageTemplates)
+        {
+            _messageTemplates = messageTemplates;
+        }
+
         public bool IsEnabled(Type reporting, LogLevel level)
             => true;
 
@@ -27,13 +34,13 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.TestHelpers
 
         public void Fatal(Type reporting, Exception exception, string messageTemplate, params object[] propertyValues)
         {
-            Console.WriteLine("FATAL {0} - {1}", reporting.Name, MessageTemplates.Render(messageTemplate, propertyValues));
+            Console.WriteLine("FATAL {0} - {1}", reporting.Name, _messageTemplates.Render(messageTemplate, propertyValues));
             Console.WriteLine(exception);
         }
 
         public void Fatal(Type reporting, string messageTemplate, params object[] propertyValues)
         {
-            Console.WriteLine("FATAL {0} - {1}", reporting.Name, MessageTemplates.Render(messageTemplate, propertyValues));
+            Console.WriteLine("FATAL {0} - {1}", reporting.Name, _messageTemplates.Render(messageTemplate, propertyValues));
         }
 
         public void Error(Type reporting, Exception exception, string message)
@@ -55,13 +62,13 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.TestHelpers
 
         public void Error(Type reporting, Exception exception, string messageTemplate, params object[] propertyValues)
         {
-            Console.WriteLine("ERROR {0} - {1}", reporting.Name, MessageTemplates.Render(messageTemplate, propertyValues));
+            Console.WriteLine("ERROR {0} - {1}", reporting.Name, _messageTemplates.Render(messageTemplate, propertyValues));
             Console.WriteLine(exception);
         }
 
         public void Error(Type reporting, string messageTemplate, params object[] propertyValues)
         {
-            Console.WriteLine("ERROR {0} - {1}", reporting.Name, MessageTemplates.Render(messageTemplate, propertyValues));
+            Console.WriteLine("ERROR {0} - {1}", reporting.Name, _messageTemplates.Render(messageTemplate, propertyValues));
         }
 
         public void Warn(Type reporting, string message)
@@ -71,7 +78,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.TestHelpers
 
         public void Warn(Type reporting, string message, params object[] propertyValues)
         {
-            Console.WriteLine("WARN {0} - {1}", reporting.Name, MessageTemplates.Render(message, propertyValues));
+            Console.WriteLine("WARN {0} - {1}", reporting.Name, _messageTemplates.Render(message, propertyValues));
         }
 
         public void Warn(Type reporting, Exception exception, string message)
@@ -82,13 +89,13 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.TestHelpers
 
         public void Warn(Type reporting, Exception exception, string message, params object[] propertyValues)
         {
-            Console.WriteLine("WARN {0} - {1}", reporting.Name, MessageTemplates.Render(message, propertyValues));
+            Console.WriteLine("WARN {0} - {1}", reporting.Name, _messageTemplates.Render(message, propertyValues));
             Console.WriteLine(exception);
         }
 
         public void Info(Type reporting, string messageTemplate, params object[] propertyValues)
         {
-            Console.WriteLine("INFO {0} - {1}", reporting.Name, MessageTemplates.Render(messageTemplate, propertyValues));
+            Console.WriteLine("INFO {0} - {1}", reporting.Name, _messageTemplates.Render(messageTemplate, propertyValues));
         }
 
         public void Info(Type reporting, string message)
@@ -103,7 +110,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.TestHelpers
 
         public void Debug(Type reporting, string messageTemplate, params object[] propertyValues)
         {
-            Console.WriteLine("DEBUG {0} - {1}", reporting.Name, MessageTemplates.Render(messageTemplate, propertyValues));
+            Console.WriteLine("DEBUG {0} - {1}", reporting.Name, _messageTemplates.Render(messageTemplate, propertyValues));
         }
 
         public void Verbose(Type reporting, string message)
@@ -113,7 +120,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.TestHelpers
 
         public void Verbose(Type reporting, string messageTemplate, params object[] propertyValues)
         {
-            Console.WriteLine("VERBOSE {0} - {1}", reporting.Name, MessageTemplates.Render(messageTemplate, propertyValues));
+            Console.WriteLine("VERBOSE {0} - {1}", reporting.Name, _messageTemplates.Render(messageTemplate, propertyValues));
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Testing/UmbracoTestBase.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Testing/UmbracoTestBase.cs
index 7e72a5aefb..2f86bddb3b 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Testing/UmbracoTestBase.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Testing/UmbracoTestBase.cs
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Testing
                     profiler = new LogProfiler(logger);
                     break;
                 case UmbracoTestOptions.Logger.Console:
-                    logger = new ConsoleLogger();
+                    logger = new ConsoleLogger(new MessageTemplates());
                     profiler = new LogProfiler(logger);
                     break;
                 default: