diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/create_drop_database_propagation.out b/src/test/regress/expected/create_drop_database_propagation.out
index c5ab0e2df..3cd59dc75 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/create_drop_database_propagation.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/create_drop_database_propagation.out
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ select 1 from citus_add_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
         1
 (1 row)
 
+SET citus.log_remote_commands = true;
+set citus.grep_remote_commands = '%CREATE DATABASE%';
 SELECT result from run_command_on_all_nodes(
   $$
   SELECT jsonb_agg(to_jsonb(q2.*)) FROM (
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/create_drop_database_propagation.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/create_drop_database_propagation.sql
index 157c70b28..09386c9b4 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/create_drop_database_propagation.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/create_drop_database_propagation.sql
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@ SELECT result from run_command_on_all_nodes(
 
 drop database mydatabase;
 
-
-
 SELECT result from run_command_on_all_nodes(
   $$
   SELECT jsonb_agg(to_jsonb(q2.*)) FROM (
@@ -103,6 +101,9 @@ SELECT result from run_command_on_all_nodes(
 
 select 1 from citus_add_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
 
+SET citus.log_remote_commands = true;
+set citus.grep_remote_commands = '%CREATE DATABASE%';
+
 SELECT result from run_command_on_all_nodes(
   $$
   SELECT jsonb_agg(to_jsonb(q2.*)) FROM (