diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/BaseCommand.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/BaseCommand.ts
index dfaf277ee1858..1ef136b209e3b 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/BaseCommand.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/BaseCommand.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import type { INodeTypes } from 'n8n-workflow';
 import { LoggerProxy, ErrorReporterProxy as ErrorReporter, sleep } from 'n8n-workflow';
 import type { IUserSettings } from 'n8n-core';
 import { BinaryDataManager, UserSettings } from 'n8n-core';
-import type { Logger } from '@/Logger';
 import { getLogger } from '@/Logger';
 import config from '@/config';
 import * as Db from '@/Db';
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ export const UM_FIX_INSTRUCTION =
 	'Please fix the database by running ./packages/cli/bin/n8n user-management:reset';
 
 export abstract class BaseCommand extends Command {
-	protected logger: Logger;
+	protected logger = LoggerProxy.init(getLogger());
 
 	protected externalHooks: IExternalHooksClass;
 
@@ -34,9 +33,6 @@ export abstract class BaseCommand extends Command {
 	protected userSettings: IUserSettings;
 
 	async init(): Promise<void> {
-		this.logger = getLogger();
-		LoggerProxy.init(this.logger);
-
 		await initErrorHandling();
 
 		// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/db/revert.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/db/revert.ts
index 8e1ec167c21ca..56de3b566372a 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/db/revert.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/db/revert.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { Command, flags } from '@oclif/command';
 import type { DataSourceOptions as ConnectionOptions } from 'typeorm';
 import { DataSource as Connection } from 'typeorm';
 import { LoggerProxy } from 'n8n-workflow';
-import type { Logger } from '@/Logger';
 import { getLogger } from '@/Logger';
 import { getConnectionOptions } from '@/Db';
 import config from '@/config';
@@ -16,14 +15,11 @@ export class DbRevertMigrationCommand extends Command {
 		help: flags.help({ char: 'h' }),
 	};
 
-	private logger: Logger;
+	protected logger = LoggerProxy.init(getLogger());
 
 	private connection: Connection;
 
 	async init() {
-		this.logger = getLogger();
-		LoggerProxy.init(this.logger);
-
 		this.parse(DbRevertMigrationCommand);
 	}
 
diff --git a/packages/workflow/src/LoggerProxy.ts b/packages/workflow/src/LoggerProxy.ts
index c056013ddb71e..57cf6419c96b6 100644
--- a/packages/workflow/src/LoggerProxy.ts
+++ b/packages/workflow/src/LoggerProxy.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ import type { ILogger, LogTypes } from './Interfaces';
 
 let logger: ILogger | undefined;
 
-export function init(loggerInstance: ILogger) {
+export function init<L extends ILogger>(loggerInstance: L) {
 	logger = loggerInstance;
+	return loggerInstance;
 }
 
 export function getInstance(): ILogger {