diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 98eef848d..2f6c756c9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## UNRELEASED
 
+FEATURES
+
+* Context now has access to the application-configured logger
+
 BREAKING CHANGES
 
 * types/rational now extends big.Rat
@@ -27,7 +31,6 @@ FEATURES:
   * Create genesis transactions with `gaiad init gen-tx` 
   * New genesis account keys are automatically added to the client keybase (introduce `--client-home` flag)
   * Initialize with genesis txs using `--gen-txs` flag
-* Context now has access to the application-configured logger
 
 BREAKING CHANGES
 
diff --git a/examples/democoin/x/cool/keeper_test.go b/examples/democoin/x/cool/keeper_test.go
index 9aca3cc2a..d497dee69 100644
--- a/examples/democoin/x/cool/keeper_test.go
+++ b/examples/democoin/x/cool/keeper_test.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func TestCoolKeeper(t *testing.T) {
 	auth.RegisterBaseAccount(cdc)
 
 	am := auth.NewAccountMapper(cdc, capKey, &auth.BaseAccount{})
-	ctx := sdk.NewContext(ms, abci.Header{}, false, nil)
+	ctx := sdk.NewContext(ms, abci.Header{}, false, nil, nil)
 	ck := bank.NewKeeper(am)
 	keeper := NewKeeper(capKey, ck, DefaultCodespace)
 
diff --git a/types/context_test.go b/types/context_test.go
index d813516f0..ec5faab44 100644
--- a/types/context_test.go
+++ b/types/context_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	dbm "github.com/tendermint/tmlibs/db"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tmlibs/log"
@@ -13,6 +14,33 @@ import (
 	abci "github.com/tendermint/abci/types"
 )
 
+type MockLogger struct {
+	logs *[]string
+}
+
+func NewMockLogger() MockLogger {
+	logs := make([]string, 0)
+	return MockLogger{
+		&logs,
+	}
+}
+
+func (l MockLogger) Debug(msg string, kvs ...interface{}) {
+	*l.logs = append(*l.logs, msg)
+}
+
+func (l MockLogger) Info(msg string, kvs ...interface{}) {
+	*l.logs = append(*l.logs, msg)
+}
+
+func (l MockLogger) Error(msg string, kvs ...interface{}) {
+	*l.logs = append(*l.logs, msg)
+}
+
+func (l MockLogger) With(kvs ...interface{}) log.Logger {
+	panic("not implemented")
+}
+
 func TestContextGetOpShouldNeverPanic(t *testing.T) {
 	var ms types.MultiStore
 	ctx := types.NewContext(ms, abci.Header{}, false, nil, log.NewNopLogger())
@@ -64,7 +92,10 @@ func TestCacheContext(t *testing.T) {
 func TestLogContext(t *testing.T) {
 	key := types.NewKVStoreKey(t.Name())
 	ctx := defaultContext(key)
+	logger := NewMockLogger()
+	ctx = ctx.WithLogger(logger)
 	ctx.Logger().Debug("debug")
 	ctx.Logger().Info("info")
 	ctx.Logger().Error("error")
+	require.Equal(t, *logger.logs, []string{"debug", "info", "error"})
 }