diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f4ad7734..dfbc7a4f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ Cargo.lock
 *.iml
 .vscode/
 info.log
+log/
+
diff --git a/src/config/mod.rs b/src/config/mod.rs
index 6760bb72..d2bd74a6 100644
--- a/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ pub fn init_config_with_err_handler(
     log::set_boxed_logger(Box::new(logger)).map(|()| handle)
 }
 
-/// Initializes the global logger as a log4rs logger using the provided raw config.
+/// Create a log4rs logger using the provided raw config.
 ///
-/// This will return errors if the appenders configuration is malformed or if we fail to set the global logger.
+/// This will return errors if the appenders configuration is malformed.
 #[cfg(feature = "config_parsing")]
-pub fn init_raw_config(config: RawConfig) -> Result<(), InitError> {
+pub fn create_raw_config(config: RawConfig) -> Result<crate::Logger, InitError> {
     let (appenders, errors) = config.appenders_lossy(&Deserializers::default());
     if !errors.is_empty() {
         return Err(InitError::Deserializing(errors));
@@ -63,7 +63,15 @@ pub fn init_raw_config(config: RawConfig) -> Result<(), InitError> {
         .loggers(config.loggers())
         .build(config.root())?;
 
-    let logger = crate::Logger::new(config);
+    Ok(crate::Logger::new(config))
+}
+
+/// Initializes the global logger as a log4rs logger using the provided raw config.
+///
+/// This will return errors if the appenders configuration is malformed or if we fail to set the global logger.
+#[cfg(feature = "config_parsing")]
+pub fn init_raw_config(config: RawConfig) -> Result<(), InitError> {
+    let logger = create_raw_config(config)?;
     log::set_max_level(logger.max_log_level());
     log::set_boxed_logger(Box::new(logger))?;
     Ok(())
diff --git a/src/config/raw.rs b/src/config/raw.rs
index e3f9a596..cd1d951f 100644
--- a/src/config/raw.rs
+++ b/src/config/raw.rs
@@ -524,6 +524,7 @@ loggers:
         let config_str = sample_file[config_start..config_end].trim();
 
         let config = ::serde_yaml::from_str::<RawConfig>(config_str);
-        assert!(config.is_ok())
+        assert!(config.is_ok());
+        assert!(config::create_raw_config(config.unwrap()).is_ok());
     }
 }