diff --git a/ckanext/harvest/plugin.py b/ckanext/harvest/plugin.py
index 951c78b..d14174f 100644
--- a/ckanext/harvest/plugin.py
+++ b/ckanext/harvest/plugin.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from ckan.plugins import IConfigurable, IActions, IAuthFunctions
 from ckanext.harvest.model import setup as model_setup
 
 log = getLogger(__name__)
+assert not log.disabled
 
 class Harvest(SingletonPlugin):
 
diff --git a/ckanext/harvest/queue.py b/ckanext/harvest/queue.py
index 002f49e..817a9ad 100644
--- a/ckanext/harvest/queue.py
+++ b/ckanext/harvest/queue.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from ckanext.harvest.model import HarvestJob, HarvestObject,HarvestGatherError
 from ckanext.harvest.interfaces import IHarvester
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+assert not log.disabled
 
 __all__ = ['get_gather_publisher', 'get_gather_consumer', \
            'get_fetch_publisher', 'get_fetch_consumer']