diff --git a/core/modules/statistics/lib/Drupal/statistics/Tests/StatisticsLoggingTest.php b/core/modules/statistics/lib/Drupal/statistics/Tests/StatisticsLoggingTest.php
index 2fe19e2..6739ecd 100644
--- a/core/modules/statistics/lib/Drupal/statistics/Tests/StatisticsLoggingTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/statistics/lib/Drupal/statistics/Tests/StatisticsLoggingTest.php
@@ -103,6 +103,6 @@ function testLogging() {
     $this->client->post($stats_path, array(), $post)->send();
     $node_counter = statistics_get($this->node->id());
     $this->assertIdentical($node_counter['totalcount'], '3');
-
   }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/statistics/statistics.php b/core/modules/statistics/statistics.php
index ed132e8..15c8eca 100644
--- a/core/modules/statistics/statistics.php
+++ b/core/modules/statistics/statistics.php
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
 // Load the Drupal bootstrap.
 require_once dirname(dirname(__DIR__)) . '/vendor/autoload.php';
 require_once dirname(dirname(__DIR__)) . '/includes/bootstrap.inc';
-drupal_bootstrap(DRUPAL_BOOTSTRAP_VARIABLES);
+drupal_bootstrap(DRUPAL_BOOTSTRAP_KERNEL);
+require_once dirname(dirname(__DIR__)) . '/includes/cache.inc';
+require_once dirname(dirname(__DIR__)) . '/includes/database.inc';
 
 if (\Drupal::config('statistics.settings')->get('count_content_views')) {
   $nid = filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'nid', FILTER_VALIDATE_INT);