diff --git a/test/nonlinear/newton/test_newton.cc b/test/nonlinear/newton/test_newton.cc
index 2ce88a9f33751bcc53573eda2f65250c681ad991..59879ac6233cb1c92866ac0198f65b739f036048 100644
--- a/test/nonlinear/newton/test_newton.cc
+++ b/test/nonlinear/newton/test_newton.cc
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <dune/istl/bvector.hh>
 
 #include <dumux/common/initialize.hh>
+#include <dumux/common/parameters.hh>
 #include <dumux/nonlinear/newtonsolver.hh>
 
 /*
@@ -85,6 +86,9 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     // maybe initialize MPI and/or multithreading backend
     Dumux::initialize(argc, argv);
 
+    // initialize parameters
+    Dumux::Parameters::init(argc, argv);
+
     // use the Newton solver to find a solution to a scalar equation
     using Assembler = MockScalarAssembler;
     using LinearSolver = MockScalarLinearSolver;