diff --git a/RELEASES.md b/RELEASES.md
index ec99f981c3d6..763871962526 100644
--- a/RELEASES.md
+++ b/RELEASES.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ None
 - Fixed composite bar requests (#1923), thanks @faysou
 - Fixed average price calculation for `ValueBarAggregator` (#1927), thanks @faysou
 - Fixed breaking protobuf issue by pinning `protobuf` and `grpcio` for dYdX (#1929), thanks @davidsblom
+- Fixed edge case where exceptions raised in `BacktestNode` prior to engine init would not produce logs, thanks for reporting @faysou
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/nautilus_trader/backtest/node.py b/nautilus_trader/backtest/node.py
index 91a6a046061e..256717dc962c 100644
--- a/nautilus_trader/backtest/node.py
+++ b/nautilus_trader/backtest/node.py
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 from nautilus_trader.backtest.results import BacktestResult
 from nautilus_trader.common.component import Logger
 from nautilus_trader.common.component import LogGuard
+from nautilus_trader.common.component import init_logging
+from nautilus_trader.common.component import is_logging_initialized
 from nautilus_trader.common.config import ActorFactory
 from nautilus_trader.common.config import InvalidConfiguration
 from nautilus_trader.core import nautilus_pyo3
@@ -159,6 +161,9 @@ def run(self) -> list[BacktestResult]:
                 )
                 results.append(result)
             except Exception as e:
+                if not is_logging_initialized:
+                    init_logging()
+
                 # Broad catch all prevents a single backtest run from halting
                 # the execution of the other backtests (such as a zero balance exception).
                 Logger(type(self).__name__).error(f"Error running backtest: {e}")