diff --git a/src/Core/Logger/Factory/SyslogLogger.php b/src/Core/Logger/Factory/SyslogLogger.php
index 3856258626..7b1712344b 100644
--- a/src/Core/Logger/Factory/SyslogLogger.php
+++ b/src/Core/Logger/Factory/SyslogLogger.php
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ namespace Friendica\Core\Logger\Factory;
 
 use Friendica\Core\Config\Capability\IManageConfigValues;
 use Friendica\Core\Logger\Exception\LoggerException;
+use Friendica\Core\Logger\Exception\LogLevelException;
 use Friendica\Core\Logger\Type\SyslogLogger as SyslogLoggerClass;
 use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
-use Psr\Log\LogLevel;
 
 /**
  * The logger factory for the SyslogLogger instance
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ class SyslogLogger extends AbstractLoggerTypeFactory
 		$logFacility = $config->get('system', 'syslog_facility') ?? SyslogLoggerClass::DEFAULT_FACILITY;
 		$loglevel    = SyslogLogger::mapLegacyConfigDebugLevel($config->get('system', 'loglevel'));
 
-		if (!array_key_exists($loglevel, SyslogLoggerClass::logLevels)) {
+		if (array_key_exists($loglevel, SyslogLoggerClass::logLevels)) {
 			$loglevel = SyslogLoggerClass::logLevels[$loglevel];
 		} else {
-			$loglevel = SyslogLoggerClass::logLevels[LogLevel::NOTICE];
+			throw new LogLevelException(sprintf('The level "%s" is not valid.', $loglevel));
 		}
 
 		return new SyslogLoggerClass($this->channel, $this->introspection, $loglevel, $logOpts, $logFacility);
diff --git a/tests/functional/DependencyCheckTest.php b/tests/functional/DependencyCheckTest.php
index 89b8f79a54..4488fe5868 100644
--- a/tests/functional/DependencyCheckTest.php
+++ b/tests/functional/DependencyCheckTest.php
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class DependencyCheckTest extends FixtureTest
 		$config->set('system', 'dlogfile', $this->root->url() . '/friendica.log');
 
 		/** @var LoggerInterface $logger */
-		$logger = $this->dice->create('$devLogger', [['$channel' => 'dev']]);
+		$logger = $this->dice->create('$devLogger', ['dev']);
 
 		self::assertInstanceOf(LoggerInterface::class, $logger);
 	}
diff --git a/tests/src/Core/Logger/SyslogLoggerFactoryWrapper.php b/tests/src/Core/Logger/SyslogLoggerFactoryWrapper.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30aaa44770
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/src/Core/Logger/SyslogLoggerFactoryWrapper.php
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @copyright Copyright (C) 2010-2023, the Friendica project
+ *
+ * @license GNU AGPL version 3 or any later version
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+namespace Friendica\Test\src\Core\Logger;
+
+use Friendica\Core\Config\Capability\IManageConfigValues;
+use Friendica\Core\Logger\Exception\LogLevelException;
+use Friendica\Core\Logger\Factory\SyslogLogger;
+use Friendica\Core\Logger\Type\SyslogLogger as SyslogLoggerClass;
+use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
+use Psr\Log\LogLevel;
+
+class SyslogLoggerFactoryWrapper extends SyslogLogger
+{
+	public function create(IManageConfigValues $config): LoggerInterface
+	{
+		$logOpts     = $config->get('system', 'syslog_flags')    ?? SyslogLoggerClass::DEFAULT_FLAGS;
+		$logFacility = $config->get('system', 'syslog_facility') ?? SyslogLoggerClass::DEFAULT_FACILITY;
+		$loglevel    = SyslogLogger::mapLegacyConfigDebugLevel($config->get('system', 'loglevel'));
+
+		if (array_key_exists($loglevel, SyslogLoggerClass::logLevels)) {
+			$loglevel = SyslogLoggerClass::logLevels[$loglevel];
+		} else {
+			throw new LogLevelException(sprintf('The level "%s" is not valid.', $loglevel));
+		}
+
+		return new SyslogLoggerWrapper($this->channel, $this->introspection, $loglevel, $logOpts, $logFacility);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/src/Core/Logger/SyslogLoggerTest.php b/tests/src/Core/Logger/SyslogLoggerTest.php
index 53ace79c08..c22aecc10b 100644
--- a/tests/src/Core/Logger/SyslogLoggerTest.php
+++ b/tests/src/Core/Logger/SyslogLoggerTest.php
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
 
 namespace Friendica\Test\src\Core\Logger;
 
-use Friendica\Core\Logger\Exception\LoggerArgumentException;
-use Friendica\Core\Logger\Exception\LoggerException;
 use Friendica\Core\Logger\Exception\LogLevelException;
 use Friendica\Core\Logger\Type\SyslogLogger;
 use Psr\Log\LogLevel;
@@ -58,7 +56,10 @@ class SyslogLoggerTest extends AbstractLoggerTest
 	 */
 	protected function getInstance($level = LogLevel::DEBUG)
 	{
-		$this->logger = new SyslogLoggerWrapper('test', $this->config, $this->introspection, $level);
+		$this->config->shouldReceive('get')->with('system', 'loglevel')->andReturn($level);
+
+		$loggerFactory = new SyslogLoggerFactoryWrapper($this->introspection, 'test');
+		$this->logger = $loggerFactory->create($this->config);
 
 		return $this->logger;
 	}
@@ -71,8 +72,8 @@ class SyslogLoggerTest extends AbstractLoggerTest
 	{
 		$this->expectException(LogLevelException::class);
 		$this->expectExceptionMessageMatches("/The level \".*\" is not valid./");
-		
-		$logger = new SyslogLoggerWrapper('test', $this->config, $this->introspection, 'NOPE');
+
+		$logger = $this->getInstance('NOPE');
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ class SyslogLoggerTest extends AbstractLoggerTest
 		$this->expectException(LogLevelException::class);
 		$this->expectExceptionMessageMatches("/The level \".*\" is not valid./");
 
-		$logger = new SyslogLoggerWrapper('test', $this->config, $this->introspection);
+		$logger = $this->getInstance();
 
 		$logger->log('NOPE', 'a test');
 	}
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ class SyslogLoggerTest extends AbstractLoggerTest
 	 */
 	public function testClose()
 	{
-		$logger = new SyslogLoggerWrapper('test', $this->config, $this->introspection);
+		$logger = $this->getInstance();
 		$logger->emergency('test');
 		$logger->close();
 		// Reopened itself
diff --git a/tests/src/Core/Logger/SyslogLoggerWrapper.php b/tests/src/Core/Logger/SyslogLoggerWrapper.php
index 9fd16706a8..1e0c4535f9 100644
--- a/tests/src/Core/Logger/SyslogLoggerWrapper.php
+++ b/tests/src/Core/Logger/SyslogLoggerWrapper.php
@@ -21,10 +21,8 @@
 
 namespace Friendica\Test\src\Core\Logger;
 
-use Friendica\Core\Config\Capability\IManageConfigValues;
+use Friendica\Core\Logger\Capabilities\IHaveCallIntrospections;
 use Friendica\Core\Logger\Type\SyslogLogger;
-use Friendica\Core\Logger\Util\Introspection;
-use Psr\Log\LogLevel;
 
 /**
  * Wraps the SyslogLogger for replacing the syslog call with a string field.
@@ -33,9 +31,9 @@ class SyslogLoggerWrapper extends SyslogLogger
 {
 	private $content;
 
-	public function __construct($channel, IManageConfigValues $config, Introspection $introspection, $level = LogLevel::NOTICE)
+	public function __construct(string $channel, IHaveCallIntrospections $introspection, string $logLevel, string $logOptions, string $logFacility)
 	{
-		parent::__construct($channel, $config, $introspection, $level);
+		parent::__construct($channel, $introspection, $logLevel, $logOptions, $logFacility);
 
 		$this->content = '';
 	}