diff --git a/nano/lib/logging.hpp b/nano/lib/logging.hpp
index 4aa6178e10..4f219a1745 100644
--- a/nano/lib/logging.hpp
+++ b/nano/lib/logging.hpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include <nano/lib/logging_enums.hpp>
 #include <nano/lib/object_stream.hpp>
+#include <nano/lib/object_stream_ostream.hpp>
 #include <nano/lib/tomlconfig.hpp>
 
 #include <initializer_list>
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ class logger final
 		if constexpr (is_tracing_enabled ())
 		{
 			auto logger = get_logger (type, detail);
-			logger.trace ("<{}> {}", to_string (detail), nano::object_stream_formatter{ global_tracing_config, std::forward<Args> (args)... });
+			logger.trace ("{}", nano::object_streamed_args (global_tracing_config, nano::log::arg{ "event", detail }, std::forward<Args> (args)...));
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/nano/lib/object_stream.hpp b/nano/lib/object_stream.hpp
index dba0084f8c..69a2626735 100644
--- a/nano/lib/object_stream.hpp
+++ b/nano/lib/object_stream.hpp
@@ -363,38 +363,6 @@ inline void nano::root_object_stream::write_range (Container const & container)
 	});
 }
 
-/**
- * Wraps {name,value} args and provides a `<< (std::ostream &, ...)` operator that writes the arguments to the stream in a lazy manner.
- */
-template <class... Args>
-struct object_stream_formatter
-{
-	object_stream_config const & config;
-	std::tuple<Args...> args;
-
-	explicit object_stream_formatter (object_stream_config const & config, Args &&... args) :
-		config{ config },
-		args{ std::forward<Args> (args)... }
-	{
-	}
-
-	friend std::ostream & operator<< (std::ostream & os, object_stream_formatter<Args...> const & self)
-	{
-		nano::object_stream obs{ os, self.config };
-		std::apply ([&obs] (auto &&... args) {
-			((obs.write (args.name, args.value)), ...);
-		},
-		self.args);
-		return os;
-	}
-
-	// Needed for fmt formatting, uses the ostream operator under the hood
-	friend auto format_as (object_stream_formatter<Args...> const & val)
-	{
-		return fmt::streamed (val);
-	}
-};
-
 /*
  * Writers
  */
diff --git a/nano/lib/object_stream_ostream.hpp b/nano/lib/object_stream_ostream.hpp
index da42d81d65..4fbd79e642 100644
--- a/nano/lib/object_stream_ostream.hpp
+++ b/nano/lib/object_stream_ostream.hpp
@@ -40,4 +40,42 @@ auto format_as (Value const & value)
 {
 	return fmt::streamed (value);
 }
+
+/**
+ * Wraps {name,value} args and provides `<<(std::ostream &, ...)` and fmt format operator that writes the arguments to the stream in a lazy manner.
+ */
+template <class... Args>
+struct object_stream_args_formatter
+{
+	nano::object_stream_config const & config;
+	std::tuple<Args...> args;
+
+	explicit object_stream_args_formatter (nano::object_stream_config const & config, Args &&... args) :
+		config{ config },
+		args{ std::forward<Args> (args)... }
+	{
+	}
+
+	friend std::ostream & operator<< (std::ostream & os, object_stream_args_formatter<Args...> const & self)
+	{
+		nano::object_stream obs{ os, self.config };
+		std::apply ([&obs] (auto &&... args) {
+			((obs.write (args.name, args.value)), ...);
+		},
+		self.args);
+		return os;
+	}
+
+	// Needed for fmt formatting, uses the ostream operator under the hood
+	friend auto format_as (object_stream_args_formatter<Args...> const & val)
+	{
+		return fmt::streamed (val);
+	}
+};
+
+template <class... Args>
+auto object_streamed_args (nano::object_stream_config const & config, Args &&... args)
+{
+	return object_stream_args_formatter<Args...>{ config, std::forward<Args> (args)... };
+}
 }
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