diff --git a/stormpy/src/core/core.cpp b/stormpy/src/core/core.cpp
index efbf508de..73f95873b 100644
--- a/stormpy/src/core/core.cpp
+++ b/stormpy/src/core/core.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ void define_core(py::module& m) {
     // Init
     m.def("set_up", [](std::string const& args) {
             storm::utility::setUp();
+            storm::settings::initializeAll("StoRM-Py", "stormpy");
             storm::settings::SettingsManager::manager().setFromString(args);
         }, "Initialize Storm", py::arg("arguments"));
 }
diff --git a/stormpy/tests/core/test_core.py b/stormpy/tests/core/test_core.py
index d711e12be..421df1808 100644
--- a/stormpy/tests/core/test_core.py
+++ b/stormpy/tests/core/test_core.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import stormpy
 
 class TestCore:
     def test_init(self):
-        stormpy.set_up("")
+        import stormpy
     
     def test_pycarl(self):
+        import stormpy
         import pycarl
         import pycarl.formula
         import pycarl.parse