diff --git a/help.go b/help.go
index b7f0dfc3..baea689e 100644
--- a/help.go
+++ b/help.go
@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ func (e *Executor) ListTasks(o ListOptions) (bool, error) {
 // Only tasks with a non-empty description are printed if allTasks is false.
 // Otherwise, all task names are printed.
 func (e *Executor) ListTaskNames(allTasks bool) {
+	// if called from cmd/task.go, e.Logger has not yet been initialized
+	if e.Logger == nil {
+		e.setupLogger()
+	}
 	// if called from cmd/task.go, e.Taskfile has not yet been parsed
 	if e.Taskfile == nil {
 		if err := e.readTaskfile(); err != nil {