diff --git a/chainstate/monitor.go b/chainstate/monitor.go
index cc2b827d..cc09f188 100644
--- a/chainstate/monitor.go
+++ b/chainstate/monitor.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package chainstate
 
 import (
 	"context"
+
 	"github.com/BuxOrg/bux/logging"
 	"github.com/BuxOrg/bux/utils"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
diff --git a/chainstate/transaction.go b/chainstate/transaction.go
index 1f2978b3..63ddf680 100644
--- a/chainstate/transaction.go
+++ b/chainstate/transaction.go
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/tonicpow/go-minercraft/v2"
-
 	"github.com/BuxOrg/bux/utils"
+	"github.com/tonicpow/go-minercraft/v2"
 )
 
 // query will try ALL providers in order and return the first "valid" response based on requirements
diff --git a/chainstate/transaction_info.go b/chainstate/transaction_info.go
index c34ef646..4ef37d81 100644
--- a/chainstate/transaction_info.go
+++ b/chainstate/transaction_info.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ type TransactionInfo struct {
 	MerkleProof   *bc.MerkleProof `json:"merkle_proof,omitempty"`  // mAPI 1.5 ONLY. Should be also supported by Arc in future
 }
 
-// Validate validates TransactionInfo by checking if it contains
+// Valid validates TransactionInfo by checking if it contains
 // BlockHash and MerkleProof (from mAPI) or MerklePath (from Arc)
 func (t *TransactionInfo) Valid() bool {
 	return !(t.BlockHash == "" || t.MerkleProof == nil || t.MerkleProof.TxOrID == "" || len(t.MerkleProof.Nodes) == 0)
diff --git a/client_options.go b/client_options.go
index a064e3ed..f8932b71 100644
--- a/client_options.go
+++ b/client_options.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/mrz1836/go-cache"
 	"github.com/mrz1836/go-cachestore"
 	"github.com/mrz1836/go-datastore"
-	zLogger "github.com/mrz1836/go-logger"
 	"github.com/newrelic/go-agent/v3/newrelic"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 	"github.com/tonicpow/go-minercraft/v2"
@@ -36,6 +35,8 @@ type ClientOps func(c *clientOptions)
 //
 // Useful for starting with the default and then modifying as needed
 func defaultClientOptions() *clientOptions {
+	defaultLogger := logging.GetDefaultLogger()
+	datastoreLogger := logging.CreateGormLoggerAdapter(defaultLogger, "datastore")
 	// Set the default options
 	return &clientOptions{
 		// Incoming Transaction Checker (lookup external tx via miner for validity)
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ func defaultClientOptions() *clientOptions {
 		// Blank Datastore config
 		dataStore: &dataStoreOptions{
 			ClientInterface: nil,
-			options:         []datastore.ClientOps{datastore.WithLogger(&datastore.DatabaseLogWrapper{GormLoggerInterface: zLogger.NewGormLogger(false, 4)})},
+			options:         []datastore.ClientOps{datastore.WithLogger(&datastore.DatabaseLogWrapper{GormLoggerInterface: datastoreLogger})},
 		},
 
 		// Default http client
@@ -286,8 +287,8 @@ func WithLogger(customLogger *zerolog.Logger) ClientOps {
 			// Enable the logger on all external services
 			datastoreLogger := logging.CreateGormLoggerAdapter(customLogger, "datastore")
 			cachestoreLogger := logging.CreateGormLoggerAdapter(customLogger, "cachestore")
-			c.dataStore.options = append(c.dataStore.options, datastore.WithLogger(&datastore.DatabaseLogWrapper{GormLoggerInterface: &datastoreLogger}))
-			c.cacheStore.options = append(c.cacheStore.options, cachestore.WithLogger(&cachestoreLogger))
+			c.dataStore.options = append(c.dataStore.options, datastore.WithLogger(&datastore.DatabaseLogWrapper{GormLoggerInterface: datastoreLogger}))
+			c.cacheStore.options = append(c.cacheStore.options, cachestore.WithLogger(cachestoreLogger))
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cron_job_definitions.go b/cron_job_definitions.go
index b9959378..f900b102 100644
--- a/cron_job_definitions.go
+++ b/cron_job_definitions.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/mrz1836/go-datastore"
-	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 )
 
 // taskCleanupDraftTransactions will clean up all old expired draft transactions
diff --git a/taskmanager/cron_jobs.go b/taskmanager/cron_jobs.go
index f3396b64..b6a3af67 100644
--- a/taskmanager/cron_jobs.go
+++ b/taskmanager/cron_jobs.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func (tm *Client) CronJobsInit(target interface{}, cronJobsMap CronJobs) (err er
 			Handler: func() error {
 				if taskErr := handler(ctx, target); taskErr != nil {
 					if tm.options.logger != nil {
-						tm.options.logger.Error(ctx, "error running %v task: %v", name, taskErr.Error())
+						tm.options.logger.Error().Msgf("error running %v task: %v", name, taskErr.Error())
 					}
 				}
 				return nil