diff --git a/apps/files/appinfo/filesync.php b/apps/files/appinfo/filesync.php
index c1fe444cec7..47fc6fb4de6 100644
--- a/apps/files/appinfo/filesync.php
+++ b/apps/files/appinfo/filesync.php
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
  * The final URL will look like http://.../remote.php/filesync/oc_chunked/path/to/file
  */
 
-// only need filesystem apps
-$RUNTIME_APPTYPES=array('filesystem','authentication');
+// load needed apps
+$RUNTIME_APPTYPES=array('filesystem','authentication','logging');
 OC_App::loadApps($RUNTIME_APPTYPES);
 if(!OC_User::isLoggedIn()) {
         if(!isset($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'])) {
diff --git a/apps/files/appinfo/remote.php b/apps/files/appinfo/remote.php
index a84216b61b7..a3c78d62b21 100644
--- a/apps/files/appinfo/remote.php
+++ b/apps/files/appinfo/remote.php
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
  * License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  *
  */
-// only need filesystem apps
-$RUNTIME_APPTYPES=array('filesystem','authentication');
+// load needed apps
+$RUNTIME_APPTYPES=array('filesystem','authentication','logging');
 OC_App::loadApps($RUNTIME_APPTYPES);
 
 // Backends