diff --git a/__tests__/ordCdsrc.test.js b/__tests__/ordCdsrc.test.js
index 53b8f80..dbf2e0e 100644
--- a/__tests__/ordCdsrc.test.js
+++ b/__tests__/ordCdsrc.test.js
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
+const cds = require("@sap/cds");
 const ord = require("../lib/ord");
 const path = require("path");
 
 // Mock the @sap/cds module
 jest.mock("@sap/cds", () => {
-    const { join } = require("path");
+    const path = require("path");
     let originalCds = jest.requireActual("@sap/cds");
-    originalCds.root = join(__dirname, "bookshop");
+    originalCds.root = path.join(__dirname, "bookshop");
     return originalCds;
 });
 
@@ -13,7 +14,6 @@ jest.mock("../lib/date", () => ({
     getRFC3339Date: jest.fn(() => "2024-11-04T14:33:25+01:00")
 }));
 
-const cds = require("@sap/cds");
 
 describe("Tests for default ORD document when .cdsrc.json is present", () => {
     let csn;
diff --git a/__tests__/ordPackageJson.test.js b/__tests__/ordPackageJson.test.js
index 32d5fa0..0b0558d 100644
--- a/__tests__/ordPackageJson.test.js
+++ b/__tests__/ordPackageJson.test.js
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
+const cds = require("@sap/cds");
 const ord = require("../lib/ord");
-const { join } = require("path");
+const path = require("path");
+
 
 // Mock the @sap/cds module
 jest.mock("@sap/cds", () => {
-    const { join } = require("path");
+    const path = require("path");
     let originalCds = jest.requireActual("@sap/cds");
-    originalCds.root = join(__dirname, "bookshop");
+    originalCds.root = path.join(__dirname, "bookshop");
     return originalCds;
 });
 
@@ -13,14 +15,12 @@ jest.mock("../lib/date", () => ({
     getRFC3339Date: jest.fn(() => "2024-11-04T14:33:25+01:00")
 }));
 
-const cds = require("@sap/cds");
-
 describe("Tests for default ORD document when .cdsrc.json is not present", () => {
     let csn;
 
     beforeAll(async () => {
         cds.env["ord"] = "";
-        csn = await cds.load(join(__dirname, "bookshop", "srv"));
+        csn = await cds.load(path.join(__dirname, "bookshop", "srv"));
 
     });
 
diff --git a/__tests__/unittest/extendOrdWithCustom.test.js b/__tests__/unittest/extendOrdWithCustom.test.js
index d293f4e..94d6dfd 100644
--- a/__tests__/unittest/extendOrdWithCustom.test.js
+++ b/__tests__/unittest/extendOrdWithCustom.test.js
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ describe('extendOrdWithCustom', () => {
             const ordContent = {};
             const warningSpy = jest.spyOn(console, 'warn');
             prepareTestEnvironment({ namespace: "sap.sample" }, appConfig, 'testCustomORDContentFileThrowErrors.json');
-            const result = extendCustomORDContentIfExists(appConfig, ordContent);
+            const result = extendCustomORDContentIfExists(appConfig, ordContent, cds.log());
 
             expect(warningSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
             expect(warningSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Mocked warning');
diff --git a/lib/extendOrdWithCustom.js b/lib/extendOrdWithCustom.js
index 969028e..981d5c2 100644
--- a/lib/extendOrdWithCustom.js
+++ b/lib/extendOrdWithCustom.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-const { root, log } = require("@sap/cds");
-const { join } = require("path");
-const _ = require('lodash');
 const { CONTENT_MERGE_KEY } = require('./constants');
+const cds = require("@sap/cds");
+const path = require("path");
+const _ = require('lodash');
+
 
 
 function cleanNullProperties(obj) {
@@ -28,12 +29,12 @@ function patchGeneratedOrdResources(destinationObj, sourceObj) {
     return cleanNullProperties(Object.values(destObj));
 }
 
-function compareAndHandleCustomORDContentWithExistingContent(ordContent, customORDContent) {
+function compareAndHandleCustomORDContentWithExistingContent(ordContent, customORDContent, logger) {
     const clonedOrdContent = structuredClone(ordContent);
     for (const key in customORDContent) {
         const propertyType = typeof customORDContent[key];
         if (propertyType !== 'object' && propertyType !== 'array') {
-            log('ord-plugin').warn('Found ord top level primitive ord property in customOrdFile:', key, ', please define it in .cdsrc.json.');
+            logger.warn('Found ord top level primitive ord property in customOrdFile:', key, ', please define it in .cdsrc.json.');
             continue;
         }
         if (key in ordContent) {
@@ -47,17 +48,17 @@ function compareAndHandleCustomORDContentWithExistingContent(ordContent, customO
 
 function getCustomORDContent(appConfig) {
     if (appConfig.env?.customOrdContentFile) {
-        const customORDContent = require(join(root, appConfig.env.customOrdContentFile));
+        const customORDContent = require(path.join(cds.root, appConfig.env.customOrdContentFile));
         return customORDContent;
     }
     return {};
 }
 
-function extendCustomORDContentIfExists(appConfig, ordContent) {
+function extendCustomORDContentIfExists(appConfig, ordContent, logger) {
     const customORDContent = getCustomORDContent(appConfig);
 
     if (customORDContent) {
-        ordContent = compareAndHandleCustomORDContentWithExistingContent(ordContent, customORDContent);
+        ordContent = compareAndHandleCustomORDContentWithExistingContent(ordContent, customORDContent, logger);
     }
     return ordContent;
 }
diff --git a/lib/ord.js b/lib/ord.js
index 5f5dd34..9fe8f0d 100644
--- a/lib/ord.js
+++ b/lib/ord.js
@@ -5,15 +5,16 @@ const {
     createEventResourceTemplate,
     createGroupsTemplateForService
 } = require('./templates');
-const cds = require("@sap/cds");
-const defaults = require("./defaults");
 const { extendCustomORDContentIfExists } = require('./extendOrdWithCustom');
 const { getRFC3339Date } = require('./date');
 const _ = require("lodash");
-const { join } = require("path");
+const cds = require("@sap/cds");
+const defaults = require("./defaults");
+const logger = cds.log('ord-plugin');
+const path = require("path");
 
 const initializeAppConfig = (csn) => {
-    let packageJsonPath = join(cds.root, 'package.json')
+    let packageJsonPath = path.join(cds.root, 'package.json')
     let packageJson;
     if (cds.utils.exists(packageJsonPath)) {
         packageJson = require(packageJsonPath);
@@ -166,7 +167,7 @@ module.exports = (csn) => {
         ordDocument.eventResources = eventResources;
     }
 
-    ordDocument = extendCustomORDContentIfExists(appConfig, ordDocument);
+    ordDocument = extendCustomORDContentIfExists(appConfig, ordDocument, logger);
 
     return ordDocument;
 };