diff --git a/src/runtime2/runtime.rs b/src/runtime2/runtime.rs
index d8ea8d5960331c5e15062ebc667a7840f6991bfe..f3c46ebbe11ba125623ae42974df250a3e758ddc 100644
--- a/src/runtime2/runtime.rs
+++ b/src/runtime2/runtime.rs
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ pub struct Runtime {
 }
 
 impl Runtime {
-    pub fn new(num_threads: u32, protocol_description: ProtocolDescription) -> Runtime {
+    // TODO: debug_logging should be removed at some point
+    pub fn new(num_threads: u32, debug_logging: bool, protocol_description: ProtocolDescription) -> Runtime {
         assert!(num_threads > 0, "need a thread to perform work");
         let runtime_inner = Arc::new(RuntimeInner {
             protocol: protocol_description,
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ impl Runtime {
         };
 
         for thread_index in 0..num_threads {
-            let mut scheduler = Scheduler::new(runtime.inner.clone(), thread_index);
+            let mut scheduler = Scheduler::new(runtime.inner.clone(), thread_index, debug_logging);
             let thread_handle = std::thread::spawn(move || {
                 scheduler.run();
             });