diff --git a/devices/test/clients/test_attr_wrapper.py b/devices/test/clients/test_attr_wrapper.py
index 8711d989a67730667c10aed91de7c9929c500fcb..d1fc8ca9ceb2a8a0405645a1946b47a8ffe6fd8a 100644
--- a/devices/test/clients/test_attr_wrapper.py
+++ b/devices/test/clients/test_attr_wrapper.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ str_image_val = [['1','1'],['1','1'],['1','1']]
 
 def dev_init(device):
     device.set_state(DevState.INIT)
-    device.test_client = test_client(device.Fault, device)
+    device.test_client = test_client(device.Fault)
     for i in device.attr_list():
         asyncio.run(i.async_set_comm_client(device.test_client))
     device.test_client.start()
diff --git a/devices/test/clients/test_client.py b/devices/test/clients/test_client.py
index 4cdcc980217785e7b7e4352bba205586fefe77d5..4f685a10c2589ccda955144952ead0fdf2676ae7 100644
--- a/devices/test/clients/test_client.py
+++ b/devices/test/clients/test_client.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class test_client(CommClient):
         """
 
         # as this is an example, just print the annotation
-        self.logger.debug("annotation: {}".format(annotation))
+        logger.debug("annotation: {}".format(annotation))
 
     def _setup_value_conversion(self, attribute):
         """