diff --git a/lib/tempest b/lib/tempest
index 6c6833721e..aaa7281a98 100644
--- a/lib/tempest
+++ b/lib/tempest
@@ -199,6 +199,8 @@ function configure_tempest() {
     # Oslo
     iniset $TEMPEST_CONF DEFAULT lock_path $TEMPEST_STATE_PATH
     mkdir -p $TEMPEST_STATE_PATH
+    iniset $TEMPEST_CONF DEFAULT use_stderr False
+    iniset $TEMPEST_CONF DEFAULT log_file tempest.log
 
     # Timeouts
     iniset $TEMPEST_CONF compute build_timeout $BUILD_TIMEOUT