diff --git a/packages/SwingSet/src/controller.js b/packages/SwingSet/src/controller.js
index 71cdcbf61c0..0a535601319 100644
--- a/packages/SwingSet/src/controller.js
+++ b/packages/SwingSet/src/controller.js
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ export async function makeSwingsetController(
  *   testTrackDecref?: unknown,
  *   snapstorePath?: string,
  *   warehousePolicy?: { maxVatsOnline?: number },
+ *   slogFile?: string,
  * }} runtimeOptions
  * @typedef { import('@agoric/swing-store-simple').KVStore } KVStore
  */
@@ -424,6 +425,7 @@ export async function buildVatController(
     slogCallbacks,
     snapstorePath,
     warehousePolicy,
+    slogFile,
   } = runtimeOptions;
   const actualRuntimeOptions = {
     verbose,
@@ -431,6 +433,7 @@ export async function buildVatController(
     slogCallbacks,
     snapstorePath,
     warehousePolicy,
+    slogFile,
   };
   const initializationOptions = { verbose, kernelBundles };
   let bootstrapResult;