diff --git a/packages/node/src/lib/log.ts b/packages/node/src/lib/log.ts
index e5fa96212..bbdc46fd1 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/lib/log.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/lib/log.ts
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ import config from '../config';
 import { constructPayload } from './construct-payload';
 import { getProjectBaseUrl } from './get-project-base-url';
 import isRequest from './is-request';
+import { logger } from './logger';
 import { metricsAPICall } from './metrics-log';
 import { patchRequest } from './patch-request';
 import { patchResponse } from './patch-response';
-import { logger } from './logger';
 
 let queue: OutgoingLogBody[] = [];
 function doSend(readmeApiKey: string, options: Options) {
diff --git a/packages/node/src/lib/logger.ts b/packages/node/src/lib/logger.ts
index 2b3cff9a3..ab63f8cca 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/lib/logger.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/lib/logger.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,14 @@
 interface Log {
-    message: string;
     args?: Record<string, unknown>;
+    message: string;
 }
 
 type ErrorLog = Log & { err: Error }
 
-function formatMessage(
-    level: 'TRACE' | 'DEBUG' | 'ERROR',
-    message: string
-) {
-    return [`${level} ${new Date().toISOString()} [readmeio] ${message}`]
-}
-
 export interface Logger {
-    trace(log: Log): void;
     debug(log: Log): void;
     error(log: ErrorLog): void;
+    trace(log: Log): void;
 }
 
 class DefaultLogger implements Logger {
@@ -28,8 +21,16 @@ class DefaultLogger implements Logger {
         return DefaultLogger.instance;
     }
 
+    // eslint-disable-next-line class-methods-use-this
+    private formatMessage(
+        level: 'DEBUG' | 'ERROR' | 'TRACE',
+        message: string
+    ) {
+        return [`${level} ${new Date().toISOString()} [readmeio] ${message}`]
+    }
+
     trace({ message, args }: Log) {
-        const params: unknown[] = formatMessage('TRACE', message)
+        const params: unknown[] = this.formatMessage('TRACE', message)
         if (args) {
             params.push('\nArguments:', args)
         }
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ class DefaultLogger implements Logger {
     }
 
     debug({ message, args }: Log) {
-        const params: unknown[] = formatMessage('DEBUG', message)
+        const params: unknown[] = this.formatMessage('DEBUG', message)
         if (args) {
             params.push('\nArguments:', args)
         }
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ class DefaultLogger implements Logger {
     }
 
     error({ message, args, err }: ErrorLog) {
-        const params: unknown[] = formatMessage('ERROR', message)
+        const params: unknown[] = this.formatMessage('ERROR', message)
         if (args) {
             params.push('\nArguments:', args)
         }
diff --git a/packages/node/src/lib/metrics-log.ts b/packages/node/src/lib/metrics-log.ts
index 1701d1665..0a292577b 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/lib/metrics-log.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/lib/metrics-log.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import timeoutSignal from 'timeout-signal';
 import pkg from '../../package.json';
 import config from '../config';
 
+import { logger } from './logger';
+
 export interface GroupingObject {
   /**
    * API Key used to make the request. Note that this is different from the `readmeAPIKey`