diff --git a/src/test/java/org/dstadler/commons/logging/jdk/LoggerFactoryTest.java b/src/test/java/org/dstadler/commons/logging/jdk/LoggerFactoryTest.java
index 8fd74680..a3a1e6f5 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/dstadler/commons/logging/jdk/LoggerFactoryTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/dstadler/commons/logging/jdk/LoggerFactoryTest.java
@@ -32,28 +32,33 @@ public void testMake() {
 
 	@Test
 	public void testInitLogging() throws IOException {
-		Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(new ClassLoader() {
-			@Override
-			public URL getResource(String name) {
-				return null;
-			}
-		});
-
-		try {
-			LoggerFactory.initLogging();
-			fail("Should throw Exception, seems we found a resource: " + Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResource("logging.properties"));
-		} catch (IOException e) {
-			// expected if we do not have a logging.properties here
-			assertNotNull(e);
-		}
-
-		try (URLClassLoader cl = new URLClassLoader(new URL[] {new File("src/test/resources").toURI().toURL()},
-				Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader())) {
-			Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(cl);
-
-			// now it should work
-			LoggerFactory.initLogging();
-		}
+        ClassLoader prev = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
+        try {
+            Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(new ClassLoader() {
+                @Override
+                public URL getResource(String name) {
+                    return null;
+                }
+            });
+
+            try {
+                LoggerFactory.initLogging();
+                fail("Should throw Exception, seems we found a resource: " + Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResource("logging.properties"));
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                // expected if we do not have a logging.properties here
+                assertNotNull(e);
+            }
+
+            try (URLClassLoader cl = new URLClassLoader(new URL[] {new File("src/test/resources").toURI().toURL()}, prev)) {
+                Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(cl);
+
+                // now it should work
+                LoggerFactory.initLogging();
+            }
+		} finally {
+            // restore the previous class loader
+            Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(prev);
+        }
 	}
 
 	// helper method to get coverage of the unused constructor
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/dstadler/commons/svn/SVNCommandsTest.java b/src/test/java/org/dstadler/commons/svn/SVNCommandsTest.java
index 7620a023..f71682fd 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/dstadler/commons/svn/SVNCommandsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/dstadler/commons/svn/SVNCommandsTest.java
@@ -48,15 +48,11 @@ public class SVNCommandsTest {
 
 	// use static-block to initialize "static final" members
     static {
-		assertNotNull(Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResource("logging.properties"),
-				"Should have logging.properties, but had none with Classloader: " +
-								Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader());
-
-		try {
-			LoggerFactory.initLogging();
-		} catch (IOException e) {
-			throw new RuntimeException(e);
-		}
+        try {
+            LoggerFactory.initLogging();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
 
 		repoDir = createLocalSVNRepository();