diff --git a/bin/git-forgit b/bin/git-forgit
index 6a4ed7b..e2acdca 100755
--- a/bin/git-forgit
+++ b/bin/git-forgit
@@ -231,10 +231,22 @@ _forgit_log_enter() {
     "${FORGIT}" show "${sha}" "$@"
 }
 
+_forgit_git_log() {
+    local graph log_format
+    log_format=$1
+    shift
+    graph=()
+    [[ $_forgit_log_graph_enable == true ]] && graph=(--graph)
+    _forgit_log_git_opts=()
+    _forgit_parse_array _forgit_log_git_opts "$FORGIT_LOG_GIT_OPTS"
+    git log "${graph[@]}" --color=always --format="$log_format" "${_forgit_log_git_opts[@]}" "$@" |
+        _forgit_emojify
+}
+
 # git commit viewer
 _forgit_log() {
     _forgit_inside_work_tree || return 1
-    local opts graph quoted_files log_format
+    local opts quoted_files log_format
     quoted_files=$(_forgit_quote_files "$@")
     opts="
         $FORGIT_FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS
@@ -244,14 +256,8 @@ _forgit_log() {
         --preview=\"$FORGIT preview log_preview {} $quoted_files\"
         $FORGIT_LOG_FZF_OPTS
     "
-    graph=()
-    [[ $_forgit_log_graph_enable == true ]] && graph=(--graph)
     log_format=${FORGIT_GLO_FORMAT:-$_forgit_log_format}
-    _forgit_log_git_opts=()
-    _forgit_parse_array _forgit_log_git_opts "$FORGIT_LOG_GIT_OPTS"
-    git log "${graph[@]}" --color=always --format="$log_format" "${_forgit_log_git_opts[@]}" "$@" |
-        _forgit_emojify |
-        FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS="$opts" fzf
+    _forgit_git_log "$log_format" "$@" | FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS="$opts" fzf
     fzf_exit_code=$?
     # exit successfully on 130 (ctrl-c/esc)
     [[ $fzf_exit_code == 130 ]] && return 0
diff --git a/tests/log.test.sh b/tests/log.test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39f114a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/log.test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+function set_up_before_script() {
+    # disable log graph to remove the asterisk from the output
+    export FORGIT_LOG_GRAPH_ENABLE='false'
+
+    source bin/git-forgit
+
+    # ignore global git config files
+    export GIT_CONFIG_SYSTEM=/dev/null
+    export GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL=/dev/null
+
+    # create a new git repository in a temp directory
+    cd "$(bashunit::temp_dir)" || return 1
+    git init --quiet
+    git config user.email "test@example.com"
+    git config user.name "Test User"
+    # create an initial commit so we have a valid repo
+    git commit --allow-empty -qm "Initial commit"
+}
+
+function test_forgit_git_log() {
+    local output
+    # set log format to '%s' so we don't have to match the commit hash
+    output=$(_forgit_git_log '%s' 2>&1 | sed 's/^[0-9a-f] //')
+    assert_same "Initial commit" "$output"
+}