diff --git a/nanoq_test.go b/nanoq_test.go
index 4c34af7..2860b77 100644
--- a/nanoq_test.go
+++ b/nanoq_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package nanoq_test
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ func TestProcessor_Run(t *testing.T) {
 	db, mock, _ := sqlmock.New()
 	defer db.Close()
 	client := nanoq.NewClient(sqlx.NewDb(db, "sqlmock"))
-	processor := nanoq.NewProcessor(client, slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(io.Discard, nil)))
+	processor := nanoq.NewProcessor(client, newLogger(io.Discard))
 	retryPolicyCalled := 0
 	processor.RetryPolicy(func(t nanoq.Task) time.Duration {
 		retryPolicyCalled++
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@ func TestProcessor_Run_RetriesExhausted(t *testing.T) {
 	db, mock, _ := sqlmock.New()
 	defer db.Close()
 	client := nanoq.NewClient(sqlx.NewDb(db, "sqlmock"))
-	processor := nanoq.NewProcessor(client, slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(io.Discard, nil)))
+	processor := nanoq.NewProcessor(client, newLogger(io.Discard))
 	processor.Handle("my-type", func(ctx context.Context, task nanoq.Task) error {
 		return errors.New("temporary error")
 	})
@@ -285,7 +286,7 @@ func TestProcessor_Run_SkipRetry(t *testing.T) {
 	db, mock, _ := sqlmock.New()
 	defer db.Close()
 	client := nanoq.NewClient(sqlx.NewDb(db, "sqlmock"))
-	processor := nanoq.NewProcessor(client, slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(io.Discard, nil)))
+	processor := nanoq.NewProcessor(client, newLogger(io.Discard))
 	processor.Handle("my-type", func(ctx context.Context, task nanoq.Task) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("something terrible happened: %w", nanoq.ErrSkipRetry)
 	})
@@ -333,7 +334,7 @@ func TestProcessor_Run_Panic(t *testing.T) {
 	db, mock, _ := sqlmock.New()
 	defer db.Close()
 	client := nanoq.NewClient(sqlx.NewDb(db, "sqlmock"))
-	processor := nanoq.NewProcessor(client, slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(io.Discard, nil)))
+	processor := nanoq.NewProcessor(client, newLogger(io.Discard))
 	processor.Handle("my-type", func(ctx context.Context, task nanoq.Task) error {
 		panic(errors.New("oh no"))
 	})
@@ -381,7 +382,7 @@ func TestProcessor_Run_NoHandler(t *testing.T) {
 	db, mock, _ := sqlmock.New()
 	defer db.Close()
 	client := nanoq.NewClient(sqlx.NewDb(db, "sqlmock"))
-	processor := nanoq.NewProcessor(client, slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(io.Discard, nil)))
+	processor := nanoq.NewProcessor(client, newLogger(io.Discard))
 	errorHandlerCalled := 0
 	processor.OnError(func(ctx context.Context, task nanoq.Task, err error) {
 		if !errors.Is(err, nanoq.ErrSkipRetry) || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "no handler found for task type my-type") {
@@ -429,7 +430,7 @@ func TestProcessor_Run_Middleware(t *testing.T) {
 	db, mock, _ := sqlmock.New()
 	defer db.Close()
 	client := nanoq.NewClient(sqlx.NewDb(db, "sqlmock"))
-	processor := nanoq.NewProcessor(client, slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(io.Discard, nil)))
+	processor := nanoq.NewProcessor(client, newLogger(io.Discard))
 	processor.Use(func(next nanoq.Handler) nanoq.Handler {
 		return func(ctx context.Context, t nanoq.Task) error {
 			middlewareValue := ctx.Value(contextKey("middleware"))
@@ -523,7 +524,8 @@ func TestProcessor_Run_Cancel(t *testing.T) {
 	db, mock, _ := sqlmock.New()
 	defer db.Close()
 	client := nanoq.NewClient(sqlx.NewDb(db, "sqlmock"))
-	processor := nanoq.NewProcessor(client, slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(io.Discard, nil)))
+	logOutput := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	processor := nanoq.NewProcessor(client, newLogger(logOutput))
 	processor.Handle("my-type", func(ctx context.Context, task nanoq.Task) error {
 		for {
 			select {
@@ -561,13 +563,23 @@ func TestProcessor_Run_Cancel(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}
+
+	wantLog := strings.Join([]string{
+		`level=INFO msg="Starting processor" concurrency=1`,
+		`level=INFO msg="Shutting down processor" timeout=1ms`,
+		`level=ERROR msg="Could not process task" error="task 01HQJHTZCAT5WDCGVTWJ640VMM canceled: shutdown timeout reached"`,
+	}, "\n")
+	gotLog := strings.TrimSpace(logOutput.String())
+	if wantLog != gotLog {
+		t.Errorf("log output does not match. \nExpected:\n%v \nActual:\n%v", wantLog, gotLog)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestProcessor_Run_Timeout(t *testing.T) {
 	db, mock, _ := sqlmock.New()
 	defer db.Close()
 	client := nanoq.NewClient(sqlx.NewDb(db, "sqlmock"))
-	processor := nanoq.NewProcessor(client, slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(io.Discard, nil)))
+	processor := nanoq.NewProcessor(client, newLogger(io.Discard))
 	processor.Handle("my-type", func(ctx context.Context, task nanoq.Task) error {
 		for {
 			select {
@@ -617,3 +629,14 @@ func TestProcessor_Run_Timeout(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("erorr handler called %v times instead of %v", errorHandlerCalled, 1)
 	}
 }
+
+func newLogger(w io.Writer) *slog.Logger {
+	return slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(w, &slog.HandlerOptions{
+		ReplaceAttr: func(_ []string, a slog.Attr) slog.Attr {
+			if a.Key == slog.TimeKey {
+				return slog.Attr{}
+			}
+			return a
+		},
+	}))
+}