diff --git a/src/util/Assert.cpp b/src/util/Assert.cpp
index 87165d607b..94f415951d 100644
--- a/src/util/Assert.cpp
+++ b/src/util/Assert.cpp
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ OnAssert::resetAction()
 void
 OnAssert::defaultAction(std::string_view message)
 {
-    if (LogServiceState::initialized()) {
+    if (LogServiceState::initialized() and LogServiceState::hasSinks()) {
         LOG(LogService::fatal()) << message;
     } else {
-        std::cerr << message;
+        std::cerr << message << std::endl;
     }
     std::exit(EXIT_FAILURE);  // std::abort does not flush gcovr output and causes uncovered lines
 }
diff --git a/src/util/log/Logger.cpp b/src/util/log/Logger.cpp
index 5a3c2f771c..28b6cab143 100644
--- a/src/util/log/Logger.cpp
+++ b/src/util/log/Logger.cpp
@@ -271,6 +271,12 @@ LogServiceState::initialized()
     return initialized_;
 }
 
+bool
+LogServiceState::hasSinks()
+{
+    return not sinks_.empty();
+}
+
 void
 LogServiceState::reset()
 {
diff --git a/src/util/log/Logger.hpp b/src/util/log/Logger.hpp
index 370625890a..9e7b61eb49 100644
--- a/src/util/log/Logger.hpp
+++ b/src/util/log/Logger.hpp
@@ -267,6 +267,14 @@ class LogServiceState {
     [[nodiscard]] static bool
     initialized();
 
+    /**
+     * @brief Whether the LogService has any sink. If there is no sink, logger will not log messages anywhere.
+     *
+     * @return true if the LogService has at least one sink
+     */
+    [[nodiscard]] static bool
+    hasSinks();
+
     /**
      * @brief Reset the logging service to uninitialized state.
      */