diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index c6c82cda8..8e497d8fd 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -104,6 +104,15 @@ subprojects {
     checkstyleTest.enabled = false
   }
 
+  test {
+    systemProperties['org.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLogLevel'] = 'warn'
+
+    testLogging {
+      showStandardStreams = true
+      exceptionFormat = 'full'
+    }
+  }
+
   signing {
     required {
       scmInfo.isRelease() && gradle.taskGraph.hasTask(tasks.uploadArchives)
diff --git a/metafacture-biblio/build.gradle b/metafacture-biblio/build.gradle
index 87bbff635..7faf64733 100644
--- a/metafacture-biblio/build.gradle
+++ b/metafacture-biblio/build.gradle
@@ -31,10 +31,3 @@ dependencies {
   testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
   testImplementation 'org.mockito:mockito-core:2.5.5'
 }
-
-test {
-  testLogging {
-    showStandardStreams = true
-    exceptionFormat = 'full'
-  }
-}
diff --git a/metafacture-flowcontrol/src/main/java/org/metafacture/flowcontrol/ObjectExceptionCatcher.java b/metafacture-flowcontrol/src/main/java/org/metafacture/flowcontrol/ObjectExceptionCatcher.java
index 9bf50f748..c9b2f0421 100644
--- a/metafacture-flowcontrol/src/main/java/org/metafacture/flowcontrol/ObjectExceptionCatcher.java
+++ b/metafacture-flowcontrol/src/main/java/org/metafacture/flowcontrol/ObjectExceptionCatcher.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ public final class ObjectExceptionCatcher<T> extends
 
     private String logPrefix;
     private boolean logStackTrace;
+    private boolean logExceptionMessage = true;
 
     /**
      * Creates an instance of {@link ObjectExceptionCatcher} without a log message
@@ -108,13 +109,19 @@ public boolean isLogStackTrace() {
         return logStackTrace;
     }
 
+    /*package-private*/ void setLogExceptionMessage(final boolean logExceptionMessage) {
+        this.logExceptionMessage = logExceptionMessage;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void process(final T obj) {
         try {
             getReceiver().process(obj);
         }
         catch (final Exception e) { // checkstyle-disable-line IllegalCatch
-            LOG.error("{}'{}' while processing object: {}", logPrefix, e.getMessage(), obj);
+            if (logExceptionMessage) {
+                LOG.error("{}'{}' while processing object: {}", logPrefix, e.getMessage(), obj);
+            }
 
             if (logStackTrace) {
                 final StringWriter stackTraceWriter = new StringWriter();
diff --git a/metafacture-flowcontrol/src/test/java/org/metafacture/flowcontrol/ObjectExceptionCatcherTest.java b/metafacture-flowcontrol/src/test/java/org/metafacture/flowcontrol/ObjectExceptionCatcherTest.java
index 48e016e3a..3dd3681a8 100644
--- a/metafacture-flowcontrol/src/test/java/org/metafacture/flowcontrol/ObjectExceptionCatcherTest.java
+++ b/metafacture-flowcontrol/src/test/java/org/metafacture/flowcontrol/ObjectExceptionCatcherTest.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ public void setup() {
                 .when(exceptionThrowingModule).process(anyString());
         exceptionCatcher = new ObjectExceptionCatcher<>();
         exceptionCatcher.setReceiver(exceptionThrowingModule);
+        exceptionCatcher.setLogExceptionMessage(false);
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/metafacture-json/build.gradle b/metafacture-json/build.gradle
index dd63d0eca..ea49dabfa 100644
--- a/metafacture-json/build.gradle
+++ b/metafacture-json/build.gradle
@@ -24,4 +24,5 @@ dependencies {
   implementation 'com.jayway.jsonpath:json-path:2.6.0'
   testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
   testImplementation 'org.mockito:mockito-core:2.5.5'
+  testRuntimeOnly 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:1.7.21'
 }
diff --git a/metafacture-mangling/build.gradle b/metafacture-mangling/build.gradle
index d77bc17d2..ed003d105 100644
--- a/metafacture-mangling/build.gradle
+++ b/metafacture-mangling/build.gradle
@@ -23,10 +23,3 @@ dependencies {
   testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
   testImplementation 'org.mockito:mockito-core:2.5.5'
 }
-
-test {
-  testLogging {
-    showStandardStreams = true
-    exceptionFormat = 'full'
-  }
-}
diff --git a/metafacture-triples/build.gradle b/metafacture-triples/build.gradle
index e8d5966c1..821d2e18a 100644
--- a/metafacture-triples/build.gradle
+++ b/metafacture-triples/build.gradle
@@ -24,10 +24,3 @@ dependencies {
   testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
   testImplementation 'org.mockito:mockito-core:2.5.5'
 }
-
-test {
-  testLogging {
-    showStandardStreams = true
-    exceptionFormat = 'full'
-  }
-}
diff --git a/metafacture-xml/build.gradle b/metafacture-xml/build.gradle
index 7949ccd4d..c91c82c8e 100644
--- a/metafacture-xml/build.gradle
+++ b/metafacture-xml/build.gradle
@@ -26,10 +26,3 @@ dependencies {
   testImplementation 'org.mockito:mockito-core:2.5.5'
   testRuntimeOnly 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:1.7.21'
 }
-
-test {
-  testLogging {
-    showStandardStreams = true
-    exceptionFormat = 'full'
-  }
-}
diff --git a/metafacture-yaml/build.gradle b/metafacture-yaml/build.gradle
index 097cdb676..293fa37c5 100644
--- a/metafacture-yaml/build.gradle
+++ b/metafacture-yaml/build.gradle
@@ -23,10 +23,3 @@ dependencies {
   testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
   testImplementation 'org.mockito:mockito-core:2.5.5'
 }
-
-test {
-  testLogging {
-    showStandardStreams = true
-    exceptionFormat = 'full'
-  }
-}
diff --git a/metamorph/build.gradle b/metamorph/build.gradle
index ed537f1a5..a14f783d3 100644
--- a/metamorph/build.gradle
+++ b/metamorph/build.gradle
@@ -39,10 +39,3 @@ sourceSets {
     output.resourcesDir = sourceSets.test.java.outputDir
   }
 }
-
-test {
-  testLogging {
-    showStandardStreams = true
-    exceptionFormat = 'full'
-  }
-}