diff --git a/spring-modulith-runtime/src/main/java/org/springframework/modulith/runtime/autoconfigure/SpringModulithRuntimeAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-modulith-runtime/src/main/java/org/springframework/modulith/runtime/autoconfigure/SpringModulithRuntimeAutoConfiguration.java
index f7706350..10f64174 100644
--- a/spring-modulith-runtime/src/main/java/org/springframework/modulith/runtime/autoconfigure/SpringModulithRuntimeAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-modulith-runtime/src/main/java/org/springframework/modulith/runtime/autoconfigure/SpringModulithRuntimeAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 package org.springframework.modulith.runtime.autoconfigure;
 
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
@@ -31,6 +30,8 @@ import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Role;
+import org.springframework.core.task.AsyncTaskExecutor;
+import org.springframework.core.task.SimpleAsyncTaskExecutor;
 import org.springframework.modulith.ApplicationModuleInitializer;
 import org.springframework.modulith.core.ApplicationModule;
 import org.springframework.modulith.core.ApplicationModules;
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 class SpringModulithRuntimeAutoConfiguration {
 
 	private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SpringModulithRuntimeAutoConfiguration.class);
+	private final AsyncTaskExecutor executor = new SimpleAsyncTaskExecutor();
 
 	@Bean
 	@Role(BeanDefinition.ROLE_INFRASTRUCTURE)
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ class SpringModulithRuntimeAutoConfiguration {
 	ApplicationModulesRuntime modulesRuntime(ApplicationRuntime runtime) {
 
 		var mainClass = runtime.getMainApplicationClass();
-		var modules = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(1)
+		var modules = executor
 				.submit(() -> ApplicationModulesBootstrap.initializeApplicationModules(mainClass));
 
 		return new ApplicationModulesRuntime(toSupplier(modules), runtime);
diff --git a/spring-modulith-runtime/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/spring-modulith-runtime/src/main/resources/logback.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0f35da97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-modulith-runtime/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<configuration>
+	
+	<include resource="org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/defaults.xml"/>
+	<include resource="org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/console-appender.xml" />
+	
+	<root level="INFO">
+		<appender-ref ref="CONSOLE" />
+	</root>
+	
+	<logger name="org.springframework.modulith" level="DEBUG"/>
+	<logger name="example" level="INFO" />
+	
+</configuration>
diff --git a/spring-modulith-runtime/src/test/java/org/springframework/modulith/runtime/autoconfigure/SpringModulithRuntimeAutoConfigurationIntegrationTests.java b/spring-modulith-runtime/src/test/java/org/springframework/modulith/runtime/autoconfigure/SpringModulithRuntimeAutoConfigurationIntegrationTests.java
index 54968590..e1b3537a 100644
--- a/spring-modulith-runtime/src/test/java/org/springframework/modulith/runtime/autoconfigure/SpringModulithRuntimeAutoConfigurationIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-modulith-runtime/src/test/java/org/springframework/modulith/runtime/autoconfigure/SpringModulithRuntimeAutoConfigurationIntegrationTests.java
@@ -18,30 +18,34 @@ package org.springframework.modulith.runtime.autoconfigure;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigurations;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
-import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
-import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.runner.ApplicationContextRunner;
 import org.springframework.modulith.runtime.ApplicationModulesRuntime;
 import org.springframework.modulith.runtime.ApplicationRuntime;
 
 /**
- * Integration thest for {@link SpringModulithRuntimeAutoConfiguration}.
+ * Integration test for {@link SpringModulithRuntimeAutoConfiguration}.
  *
  * @author Oliver Drotbohm
  */
-@SpringBootTest
 class SpringModulithRuntimeAutoConfigurationIntegrationTests {
 
 	@SpringBootApplication
 	static class SampleApp {}
 
-	@Autowired ApplicationContext context;
-
 	@Test // GH-87
 	void bootstrapRegistersRuntimeInstances() {
 
-		assertThat(context.getBean(ApplicationRuntime.class)).isNotNull();
-		assertThat(context.getBean(ApplicationModulesRuntime.class)).isNotNull();
+		new ApplicationContextRunner()
+				.withUserConfiguration(SampleApp.class)
+				.withConfiguration(AutoConfigurations.of(SpringModulithRuntimeAutoConfiguration.class))
+				.run(context -> {
+
+					assertThat(context.getBean(ApplicationRuntime.class)).isNotNull();
+					assertThat(context.getBean(ApplicationModulesRuntime.class)).isNotNull();
+
+					context.close();
+				});
 	}
 }