diff --git a/tester/liblinphone_tester.c b/tester/liblinphone_tester.c
index 17503ac0a..45f91fbed 100644
--- a/tester/liblinphone_tester.c
+++ b/tester/liblinphone_tester.c
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
 #endif
 
 	liblinphone_tester_init(NULL);
+	linphone_core_set_log_level(ORTP_FATAL);
 
 	for(i = 1; i < argc; ++i) {
 		if (strcmp(argv[i], "--verbose") == 0) {
diff --git a/tester/presence_server_tester.c b/tester/presence_server_tester.c
index 25034f834..43c2cd326 100644
--- a/tester/presence_server_tester.c
+++ b/tester/presence_server_tester.c
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ static void long_term_presence_list(void) {
 	LinphoneFriend *f1, *f2;
 	LinphoneFriendList* friends;
 	LinphoneCoreManager *pauline = linphone_core_manager_new(transport_supported(LinphoneTransportTls) ? "pauline_rc" : "pauline_tcp_rc");
-	enable_publish(pauline, TRUE);
+	enable_publish(pauline, FALSE);
 	enable_deflate_content_encoding(pauline, FALSE);
 
 	friends = linphone_core_create_friend_list(pauline->lc);
diff --git a/tester/rcfiles/pauline_rc b/tester/rcfiles/pauline_rc
index f2f2c94d5..c5f1fed4d 100644
--- a/tester/rcfiles/pauline_rc
+++ b/tester/rcfiles/pauline_rc
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ realm=sip.example.org
 
 
 [proxy_0]
+realm=sip.example.org
 reg_proxy=sip2.linphone.org;transport=tls
 reg_route=sip2.linphone.org;transport=tls
 reg_identity=sip:pauline@sip.example.org
diff --git a/tester/rcfiles/pauline_tcp_rc b/tester/rcfiles/pauline_tcp_rc
index ff36234b1..5c6b183bd 100644
--- a/tester/rcfiles/pauline_tcp_rc
+++ b/tester/rcfiles/pauline_tcp_rc
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ realm=sip.example.org
 
 
 [proxy_0]
+realm=sip.example.org
 reg_proxy=sip2.linphone.org;transport=tcp
 reg_route=sip2.linphone.org;transport=tcp
 reg_identity=sip:pauline@sip.example.org
diff --git a/tester/tester.c b/tester/tester.c
index 5c5f8c97a..416cb7705 100644
--- a/tester/tester.c
+++ b/tester/tester.c
@@ -390,19 +390,26 @@ void linphone_core_manager_start(LinphoneCoreManager *mgr, int check_for_proxies
 		/*now that stun server resolution is done, we can start registering*/
 		linphone_core_set_network_reachable(mgr->lc, TRUE);
 	}
+
 }
 
 LinphoneCoreManager* linphone_core_manager_new( const char* rc_file) {
+	int old_log_level = ortp_get_log_level_mask(NULL);
 	LinphoneCoreManager *manager = ms_new0(LinphoneCoreManager, 1);
+	linphone_core_set_log_level(ORTP_ERROR);
 	linphone_core_manager_init(manager, rc_file);
 	linphone_core_manager_start(manager, TRUE);
+	linphone_core_set_log_level(old_log_level);
 	return manager;
 }
 
 LinphoneCoreManager* linphone_core_manager_new2(const char* rc_file, int check_for_proxies) {
+	int old_log_level = ortp_get_log_level_mask(NULL);
 	LinphoneCoreManager *manager = ms_new0(LinphoneCoreManager, 1);
+	linphone_core_set_log_level(ORTP_ERROR);
 	linphone_core_manager_init(manager, rc_file);
 	linphone_core_manager_start(manager, check_for_proxies);
+	linphone_core_set_log_level(old_log_level);
 	return manager;
 }
 
@@ -414,6 +421,8 @@ void linphone_core_manager_stop(LinphoneCoreManager *mgr){
 }
 
 void linphone_core_manager_uninit(LinphoneCoreManager *mgr) {
+	int old_log_level = ortp_get_log_level_mask(NULL);
+	linphone_core_set_log_level(ORTP_ERROR);
 	if (mgr->stat.last_received_chat_message) {
 		linphone_chat_message_unref(mgr->stat.last_received_chat_message);
 	}
@@ -423,7 +432,7 @@ void linphone_core_manager_uninit(LinphoneCoreManager *mgr) {
 		char *chatdb = ms_strdup(linphone_core_get_chat_database_path(mgr->lc));
 		if (!liblinphone_tester_keep_record_files && record_file){
 			if ((bc_get_number_of_failures()-mgr->number_of_bcunit_error_at_creation)>0) {
-				ms_message ("Test has failed, keeping recorded file [%s]",record_file);
+				ms_error("Test has failed, keeping recorded file [%s]",record_file);
 			} else {
 				unlink(record_file);
 			}
@@ -439,6 +448,7 @@ void linphone_core_manager_uninit(LinphoneCoreManager *mgr) {
 	}
 
 	manager_count--;
+	linphone_core_set_log_level(old_log_level);
 }
 
 void linphone_core_manager_wait_for_stun_resolution(LinphoneCoreManager *mgr) {