diff --git a/devtools/decodemsg.c b/devtools/decodemsg.c
index d5bc708abfce..2a5d05c7efe9 100644
--- a/devtools/decodemsg.c
+++ b/devtools/decodemsg.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <ccan/err/err.h>
 #include <ccan/opt/opt.h>
 #include <ccan/tal/grab_file/grab_file.h>
+#include <common/setup.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <wire/onion_printgen.h>
 #include <wire/peer_printgen.h>
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	bool (*printwire)(const u8 *msg) = printpeer_wire_message;
 	bool ok = true;
 
+	common_setup(argv[0]);
 	setup_locale();
 
 	opt_register_noarg("--onion", opt_set_onionprint, &printwire,
diff --git a/devtools/route.c b/devtools/route.c
index ebf809301a72..30a87a26796a 100644
--- a/devtools/route.c
+++ b/devtools/route.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <common/dijkstra.h>
 #include <common/gossmap.h>
 #include <common/route.h>
+#include <common/setup.h>
 #include <common/type_to_string.h>
 #include <devtools/clean_topo.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
@@ -70,6 +71,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	bool clean_topology = false;
 	size_t num_channel_updates_rejected;
 
+	common_setup(argv[0]);
+
 	opt_register_noarg("--clean-topology", opt_set_bool, &clean_topology,
 			   "Clean up topology before run");
 	opt_register_noarg("-h|--help", opt_usage_and_exit,