diff --git a/modules/nextflow/src/main/groovy/nextflow/cli/CmdRun.groovy b/modules/nextflow/src/main/groovy/nextflow/cli/CmdRun.groovy
index d096e678e6..3df90bc561 100644
--- a/modules/nextflow/src/main/groovy/nextflow/cli/CmdRun.groovy
+++ b/modules/nextflow/src/main/groovy/nextflow/cli/CmdRun.groovy
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import groovy.json.JsonSlurper
 import groovy.transform.CompileStatic
 import groovy.transform.Memoized
 import groovy.util.logging.Slf4j
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
 import groovyx.gpars.GParsConfig
 import nextflow.BuildInfo
 import nextflow.NF
@@ -355,7 +356,8 @@ class CmdRun extends CmdBase implements HubOptions {
 
         final isTowerEnabled = config.navigate('tower.enabled') as Boolean
         final isDataEnabled = config.navigate("lineage.enabled") as Boolean
-        if( isTowerEnabled || isDataEnabled || log.isTraceEnabled() )
+
+        if( isTowerEnabled || isDataEnabled || LoggerFactory.getLogger(nextflow.config.ConfigBuilder).isTraceEnabled() )
             runner.session.resolvedConfig = ConfigBuilder.resolveConfig(scriptFile.parent, this)
         // note config files are collected during the build process
         // this line should be after `ConfigBuilder#build`
diff --git a/plugins/nf-google/src/test/nextflow/cloud/google/batch/logging/BatchLoggingTest.groovy b/plugins/nf-google/src/test/nextflow/cloud/google/batch/logging/BatchLoggingTest.groovy
index 271f2b86ec..4da7f85f2c 100644
--- a/plugins/nf-google/src/test/nextflow/cloud/google/batch/logging/BatchLoggingTest.groovy
+++ b/plugins/nf-google/src/test/nextflow/cloud/google/batch/logging/BatchLoggingTest.groovy
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import spock.lang.Timeout
 @Slf4j
 class BatchLoggingTest extends Specification {
 
+    @Requires({System.getenv('GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS')})
     def 'should parse stdout and stderr' () {
         given:
         def OUT_ENTRY1 = LogEntry.newBuilder(StringPayload.of('No user sessions are running outdated binaries.\n')).setSeverity(Severity.INFO).build()