diff --git a/tester/tester.c b/tester/tester.c
index b046c065e..382155656 100644
--- a/tester/tester.c
+++ b/tester/tester.c
@@ -296,10 +296,13 @@ LinphoneCoreManager* linphone_core_manager_new2(const char* rc_file, int check_f
 
 	if( manager_count >= 2){
 		char hellopath[512];
+		char *recordpath = ms_strdup_printf("%s/record_for_lc_%p.wav",liblinphone_tester_writable_dir_prefix,mgr->lc);
 		ms_message("Manager for '%s' using files", rc_file ? rc_file : "--");
 		linphone_core_use_files(mgr->lc, TRUE);
 		snprintf(hellopath,sizeof(hellopath), "%s/sounds/hello8000.wav", liblinphone_tester_file_prefix);
 		linphone_core_set_play_file(mgr->lc,hellopath);
+		linphone_core_set_record_file(mgr->lc,recordpath);
+		ms_free(recordpath);
 	}
 
 	if (proxy_count){
@@ -334,10 +337,18 @@ void linphone_core_manager_stop(LinphoneCoreManager *mgr){
 }
 
 void linphone_core_manager_destroy(LinphoneCoreManager* mgr) {
+	if (linphone_core_get_record_file(mgr->lc)){
+		if (CU_get_number_of_failures()>0) {
+			ms_message ("Test has failed, keeping recorded file [%s]",linphone_core_get_record_file(mgr->lc));
+		} else {
+			unlink(linphone_core_get_record_file(mgr->lc));
+		}
+	}
 	if (mgr->lc) linphone_core_destroy(mgr->lc);
 	if (mgr->identity) linphone_address_destroy(mgr->identity);
 	if (mgr->stat.last_received_chat_message) linphone_chat_message_unref(mgr->stat.last_received_chat_message);
 	manager_count--;
+
 	ms_free(mgr);
 }