diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/measurements/exporter/TestMeasurementsExporter.java b/core/src/test/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/measurements/exporter/TestMeasurementsExporter.java
index 2b33aec39948c022db54bfeb67c80fe0290cd3e1..1d852bb6a23cbffdfb9128a74a9ec9b16701b083 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/measurements/exporter/TestMeasurementsExporter.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/measurements/exporter/TestMeasurementsExporter.java
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ import static org.testng.AssertJUnit.assertTrue;
 public class TestMeasurementsExporter {
     @Test
     public void testJSONArrayMeasurementsExporter() throws IOException {
-        Measurements mm = new Measurements(new Properties());
+        Properties props = new Properties();
+        props.put(Measurements.MEASUREMENT_TYPE_PROPERTY, "histogram");
+        Measurements mm = new Measurements(props);
         ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
         JSONArrayMeasurementsExporter export = new JSONArrayMeasurementsExporter(out);