diff --git a/impl/pkg/dht/logging.go b/impl/pkg/dht/logging.go
index df7b8b39..30093aab 100644
--- a/impl/pkg/dht/logging.go
+++ b/impl/pkg/dht/logging.go
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/anacrolix/log"
-	"github.com/goccy/go-json"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
 func init() {
+	logrus.SetFormatter(&logrus.JSONFormatter{})
 	log.Default.WithDefaultLevel(log.Debug)
 	log.Default.Handlers = []log.Handler{logrusHandler{}}
 }
@@ -19,26 +19,7 @@ type logrusHandler struct{}
 // It intentionally downgrades the log level to reduce verbosity.
 func (logrusHandler) Handle(record log.Record) {
 	entry := logrus.WithField("names", strings.Join(record.Names, "/"))
-	msg := strings.Replace(record.Msg.String(), "\n", "", -1)
-
-	// Check if the log message is a valid JSON string
-	var jsonMsg map[string]any
-	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(msg), &jsonMsg); err == nil {
-		// If the log message is a valid JSON string, escape backslashes and double quotes within the field values
-		for k, v := range jsonMsg {
-			if strVal, ok := v.(string); ok {
-				escaped := strings.Replace(strVal, "\\", "\\\\", -1)
-				escaped = strings.Replace(escaped, "\"", "\\\"", -1)
-				jsonMsg[k] = escaped
-			}
-		}
-		// Marshal the modified JSON message back to a string
-		escapedMsg, _ := json.Marshal(jsonMsg)
-		msg = string(escapedMsg)
-	} else {
-		// If the log message is not a valid JSON string, replace newline characters with empty strings
-		msg = strings.Replace(msg, "\n", "", -1)
-	}
+	msg := strings.Replace(record.Msg.String(), "\n", "\\n", -1)
 
 	switch record.Level {
 	case log.Debug: