diff --git a/src/core/zowe/core_for_zowe_sdk/logger.py b/src/core/zowe/core_for_zowe_sdk/logger.py
index c0e2b005..c239e9bd 100644
--- a/src/core/zowe/core_for_zowe_sdk/logger.py
+++ b/src/core/zowe/core_for_zowe_sdk/logger.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class Log:
     file_handler.setFormatter(
         logging.Formatter("[%(asctime)s] [%(levelname)s] [%(name)s] - %(message)s", "%m/%d/%Y %I:%M:%S %p")
     )
-    console_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+    console_handler: logging.StreamHandler = logging.StreamHandler()
 
     file_output: bool = True
     console_output: bool = True