diff --git a/MinVer.Lib/NullLogger.cs b/MinVer.Lib/NullLogger.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..37cd2365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MinVer.Lib/NullLogger.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+namespace MinVer.Lib
+{
+    internal class NullLogger : ILogger
+    {
+        public bool IsTraceEnabled => false;
+
+        public bool IsDebugEnabled => false;
+
+        public void Debug(string message) { }
+
+        public void Info(string message) { }
+
+        public void Trace(string message) { }
+
+        public void Warn(int code, string message) { }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/MinVer.Lib/Versioner.cs b/MinVer.Lib/Versioner.cs
index a4982fb7..9ddbf6a4 100644
--- a/MinVer.Lib/Versioner.cs
+++ b/MinVer.Lib/Versioner.cs
@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@ public static class Versioner
     {
         public static Version GetVersion(string repoOrWorkDir, string tagPrefix, MajorMinor minMajorMinor, string buildMeta, VersionPart autoIncrement, string defaultPreReleasePhase, ILogger log)
         {
-            if (log == null)
-            {
-                throw new System.ArgumentNullException(nameof(log));
-            }
+            log = log ?? new NullLogger();
 
             defaultPreReleasePhase = string.IsNullOrEmpty(defaultPreReleasePhase)
                 ? "alpha"