diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index e34d9b959..6395c60fd 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ func TestConsensusConfig() *ConsensusConfig {
 	config.TimeoutCommit = 10
 	config.SkipTimeoutCommit = true
 	config.PeerGossipSleepDuration = 5
-	config.PeerQueryMaj23SleepDuration = 50
+	config.PeerQueryMaj23SleepDuration = 250
 	return config
 }
 
diff --git a/consensus/byzantine_test.go b/consensus/byzantine_test.go
index 2f5f3f76c..38df1ecc1 100644
--- a/consensus/byzantine_test.go
+++ b/consensus/byzantine_test.go
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ func TestByzantine(t *testing.T) {
 	css := randConsensusNet(N, "consensus_byzantine_test", newMockTickerFunc(false), newCounter)
 
 	// give the byzantine validator a normal ticker
-	css[0].SetTimeoutTicker(NewTimeoutTicker())
+	ticker := NewTimeoutTicker()
+	ticker.SetLogger(css[0].Logger)
+	css[0].SetTimeoutTicker(ticker)
 
 	switches := make([]*p2p.Switch, N)
 	p2pLogger := logger.With("module", "p2p")
diff --git a/consensus/common_test.go b/consensus/common_test.go
index 40a320e42..c27b50c4f 100644
--- a/consensus/common_test.go
+++ b/consensus/common_test.go
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ func newConsensusStateWithConfigAndBlockStore(thisConfig *cfg.Config, state sm.S
 	stateDB := dbm.NewMemDB()
 	blockExec := sm.NewBlockExecutor(stateDB, log.TestingLogger(), proxyAppConnCon, mempool, evpool)
 	cs := NewConsensusState(thisConfig.Consensus, state, blockExec, blockStore, mempool, evpool)
-	cs.SetLogger(log.TestingLogger())
+	cs.SetLogger(log.TestingLogger().With("module", "consensus"))
 	cs.SetPrivValidator(pv)
 
 	eventBus := types.NewEventBus()
@@ -285,14 +285,6 @@ func loadPrivValidator(config *cfg.Config) *types.PrivValidatorFS {
 	return privValidator
 }
 
-func fixedConsensusStateDummy(config *cfg.Config, logger log.Logger) *ConsensusState {
-	state, _ := sm.MakeGenesisStateFromFile(config.GenesisFile())
-	privValidator := loadPrivValidator(config)
-	cs := newConsensusState(state, privValidator, dummy.NewDummyApplication())
-	cs.SetLogger(logger)
-	return cs
-}
-
 func randConsensusState(nValidators int) (*ConsensusState, []*validatorStub) {
 	// Get State
 	state, privVals := randGenesisState(nValidators, false, 10)
@@ -300,7 +292,6 @@ func randConsensusState(nValidators int) (*ConsensusState, []*validatorStub) {
 	vss := make([]*validatorStub, nValidators)
 
 	cs := newConsensusState(state, privVals[0], counter.NewCounterApplication(true))
-	cs.SetLogger(log.TestingLogger())
 
 	for i := 0; i < nValidators; i++ {
 		vss[i] = NewValidatorStub(privVals[i], i)
@@ -346,7 +337,7 @@ func consensusLogger() log.Logger {
 			}
 		}
 		return term.FgBgColor{}
-	})
+	}).With("module", "consensus")
 }
 
 func randConsensusNet(nValidators int, testName string, tickerFunc func() TimeoutTicker, appFunc func() abci.Application, configOpts ...func(*cfg.Config)) []*ConsensusState {
@@ -366,8 +357,8 @@ func randConsensusNet(nValidators int, testName string, tickerFunc func() Timeou
 		app.InitChain(abci.RequestInitChain{Validators: vals})
 
 		css[i] = newConsensusStateWithConfig(thisConfig, state, privVals[i], app)
-		css[i].SetLogger(logger.With("validator", i))
 		css[i].SetTimeoutTicker(tickerFunc())
+		css[i].SetLogger(logger.With("validator", i, "module", "consensus"))
 	}
 	return css
 }
@@ -395,8 +386,8 @@ func randConsensusNetWithPeers(nValidators, nPeers int, testName string, tickerF
 		app.InitChain(abci.RequestInitChain{Validators: vals})
 
 		css[i] = newConsensusStateWithConfig(thisConfig, state, privVal, app)
-		css[i].SetLogger(logger.With("validator", i))
 		css[i].SetTimeoutTicker(tickerFunc())
+		css[i].SetLogger(logger.With("validator", i, "module", "consensus"))
 	}
 	return css
 }
diff --git a/consensus/reactor_test.go b/consensus/reactor_test.go
index c1e2a4621..0fb8ecd6b 100644
--- a/consensus/reactor_test.go
+++ b/consensus/reactor_test.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func startConsensusNet(t *testing.T, css []*ConsensusState, N int) ([]*Consensus
 		/*logger, err := tmflags.ParseLogLevel("consensus:info,*:error", logger, "info")
 		if err != nil {	t.Fatal(err)}*/
 		reactors[i] = NewConsensusReactor(css[i], true) // so we dont start the consensus states
-		reactors[i].SetLogger(css[i].Logger.With("validator", "i", "module", "consensus"))
+		reactors[i].SetLogger(css[i].Logger)
 
 		// eventBus is already started with the cs
 		eventBuses[i] = css[i].eventBus