diff --git a/evennia/server/portal/portal.py b/evennia/server/portal/portal.py
index b8048185e2..fd23d2a938 100644
--- a/evennia/server/portal/portal.py
+++ b/evennia/server/portal/portal.py
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ application = service.Application("Portal")
 
 
 if ("--nodaemon" not in sys.argv
-        and not hasattr(settings, "_TEST_ENVIRONMENT") and settings._TEST_ENVIRONMENT):
+        and not (hasattr(settings, "_TEST_ENVIRONMENT") and settings._TEST_ENVIRONMENT)):
     # custom logging
     logfile = logger.WeeklyLogFile(
         os.path.basename(settings.PORTAL_LOG_FILE),
diff --git a/evennia/server/server.py b/evennia/server/server.py
index b20549503e..a9309b8418 100644
--- a/evennia/server/server.py
+++ b/evennia/server/server.py
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ except OperationalError:
 application = service.Application("Evennia")
 
 if ("--nodaemon" not in sys.argv
-        and not hasattr(settings, "_TEST_ENVIRONMENT") and settings._TEST_ENVIRONMENT):
+        and not (hasattr(settings, "_TEST_ENVIRONMENT") and settings._TEST_ENVIRONMENT)):
     # custom logging, but only if we are not running in interactive mode
     logfile = logger.WeeklyLogFile(
         os.path.basename(settings.SERVER_LOG_FILE),