diff --git a/manifests/db/sync.pp b/manifests/db/sync.pp
index ff160f5..346093b 100644
--- a/manifests/db/sync.pp
+++ b/manifests/db/sync.pp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class vitrage::db::sync(
     refreshonly => true,
     try_sleep   => 5,
     tries       => 10,
+    logoutput   => on_failure,
     subscribe   => [
       Anchor['vitrage::install::end'],
       Anchor['vitrage::config::end'],
diff --git a/spec/classes/vitrage_db_sync_spec.rb b/spec/classes/vitrage_db_sync_spec.rb
index 5b5ae42..82da93e 100644
--- a/spec/classes/vitrage_db_sync_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/vitrage_db_sync_spec.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ describe 'vitrage::db::sync' do
         :refreshonly => 'true',
         :try_sleep   => 5,
         :tries       => 10,
+        :logoutput   => 'on_failure',
         :subscribe   => ['Anchor[vitrage::install::end]',
                          'Anchor[vitrage::config::end]',
                          'Anchor[vitrage::dbsync::begin]'],
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ describe 'vitrage::db::sync' do
           :refreshonly => 'true',
           :try_sleep   => 5,
           :tries       => 10,
+          :logoutput   => 'on_failure',
           :subscribe   => ['Anchor[vitrage::install::end]',
                          'Anchor[vitrage::config::end]',
                          'Anchor[vitrage::dbsync::begin]'],