diff --git a/include/common/tglobal.h b/include/common/tglobal.h
index f03943e1053dd1cc8834afa6fa0823ce62443c7e..5022cb7be80773460f42844af10cc17290de658b 100644
--- a/include/common/tglobal.h
+++ b/include/common/tglobal.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #include "tarray.h"
 #include "tdef.h"
+#include "tconfig.h"
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ void    taosCfgDynamicOptions(const char *option, const char *value);
 void    taosAddDataDir(int32_t index, char *v1, int32_t level, int32_t primary);
 
 struct SConfig *taosGetCfg();
+int32_t taosAddClientLogCfg(SConfig *pCfg);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/source/common/src/tglobal.c b/source/common/src/tglobal.c
index 0bc1fa09f519ea49af319a8ab4a80afe5966766c..df4433e6e41c87b28761711b185c4919b663cfcf 100644
--- a/source/common/src/tglobal.c
+++ b/source/common/src/tglobal.c
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ static int32_t taosLoadCfg(SConfig *pCfg, const char *inputCfgDir, const char *e
   return 0;
 }
 
-static int32_t taosAddClientLogCfg(SConfig *pCfg) {
+int32_t taosAddClientLogCfg(SConfig *pCfg) {
   if (cfgAddDir(pCfg, "configDir", configDir, 1) != 0) return -1;
   if (cfgAddDir(pCfg, "scriptDir", configDir, 1) != 0) return -1;
   if (cfgAddDir(pCfg, "logDir", tsLogDir, 1) != 0) return -1;
diff --git a/tools/shell/src/shellEngine.c b/tools/shell/src/shellEngine.c
index 0e611f379410245a041002bf27bc7b11b9557f46..b89d517ad3e4396d1472e0b0a6a8a7d2333ab7c5 100644
--- a/tools/shell/src/shellEngine.c
+++ b/tools/shell/src/shellEngine.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "tglobal.h"
 #include "ttypes.h"
 #include "tutil.h"
+#include "tconfig.h"
 
 #include <regex.h>
 #include <wordexp.h>
@@ -90,6 +91,11 @@ TAOS *shellInit(SShellArguments *_args) {
     _args->user = TSDB_DEFAULT_USER;
   }
 
+  SConfig *pCfg = cfgInit();
+  if (NULL == pCfg) return NULL;
+
+  if (0 != taosAddClientLogCfg(pCfg)) return NULL;
+
   // Connect to the database.
   TAOS *con = NULL;
   if (_args->auth == NULL) {
diff --git a/tools/taos-tools b/tools/taos-tools
index 33cdfe4f90a209f105c1b6091439798a9cde1e93..bf6c766986c61ff4fc80421fdea682a8fd4b5b32 160000
--- a/tools/taos-tools
+++ b/tools/taos-tools
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 33cdfe4f90a209f105c1b6091439798a9cde1e93
+Subproject commit bf6c766986c61ff4fc80421fdea682a8fd4b5b32