diff --git a/srsenb/src/enb.cc b/srsenb/src/enb.cc
index f8130ba3e..0d4db990b 100644
--- a/srsenb/src/enb.cc
+++ b/srsenb/src/enb.cc
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ int enb::init(const all_args_t& args_)
       ret = SRSRAN_ERROR;
     }
   }
-  std::unique_ptr<srsenb::ric_client> tmp_ric_client = std::unique_ptr<srsenb::ric_client>(new srsenb::ric_client());
+  std::unique_ptr<srsenb::ric_client> tmp_ric_client =
+      std::unique_ptr<srsenb::ric_client>(new srsenb::ric_client(srslog::fetch_basic_logger("RIC", log_sink, false)));
   if (tmp_ric_client == nullptr) {
     srsran::console("Error creating RIC client instance.\n");
     return SRSRAN_ERROR;
diff --git a/srsgnb/hdr/stack/ric/ric_client.h b/srsgnb/hdr/stack/ric/ric_client.h
index a0ac9e731..c5ea078c7 100644
--- a/srsgnb/hdr/stack/ric/ric_client.h
+++ b/srsgnb/hdr/stack/ric/ric_client.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace srsenb {
 class ric_client : public srsran::thread
 {
 public:
-  ric_client();
+  ric_client(srslog::basic_logger&  logger);
   bool init();
   void stop();
   void run_thread();
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ private:
   srsran::unique_socket ric_socket;
   struct sockaddr_in    ric_addr = {}; // RIC address
   bool                  running  = false;
+  srslog::basic_logger& logger;
 };
 } // namespace srsenb
 
diff --git a/srsgnb/src/stack/ric/ric_client.cc b/srsgnb/src/stack/ric/ric_client.cc
index 6e150551e..754a69a5e 100644
--- a/srsgnb/src/stack/ric/ric_client.cc
+++ b/srsgnb/src/stack/ric/ric_client.cc
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include "stdint.h"
 
 using namespace srsenb;
-ric_client::ric_client() : thread("RIC_CLIENT_THREAD") {}
+ric_client::ric_client(srslog::basic_logger& logger) : logger(logger), thread("RIC_CLIENT_THREAD") {}
 bool ric_client::init()
 {
   printf("RIC_CLIENT: Init\n");