diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 35ad149..0e257bf 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@
 
 RSpec.configure do |config|
 
-  config.before(:each) do
-
+  config.before(:all) do
+    # Set logging level to FATAL to prevent showing retry ERROR logs etc during test runs
+    EventQ.logger.level = Logger::FATAL
   end
 
   config.expect_with :rspec do |expectations|