diff --git a/test/stress_tests.py b/test/stress_tests.py
index 91c458059..af5aaee45 100644
--- a/test/stress_tests.py
+++ b/test/stress_tests.py
@@ -157,7 +157,8 @@ class ReconstructionTests(unittest.TestCase):
     ray.worker._init(address_info=address_info, start_ray_local=True,
                      num_workers=self.num_local_schedulers,
                      num_local_schedulers=self.num_local_schedulers,
-                     num_cpus=[1] * self.num_local_schedulers)
+                     num_cpus=[1] * self.num_local_schedulers,
+                     driver_mode=ray.SILENT_MODE)
 
   def tearDown(self):
     self.assertTrue(ray.services.all_processes_alive())