diff --git a/packages/core/src/v3/zodMessageHandler.ts b/packages/core/src/v3/zodMessageHandler.ts
index 3814a9159..4627cb29d 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/v3/zodMessageHandler.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/v3/zodMessageHandler.ts
@@ -103,7 +103,10 @@ export class ZodMessageHandler<TMessageCatalog extends ZodMessageCatalogSchema>
 
     for (const eventName of Object.keys(this.#schema)) {
       emitter.on(eventName, async (message: any, callback?: any): Promise<void> => {
-        log.info(`handling ${eventName}`, message);
+        log.info(`handling ${eventName}`, {
+          payload: message,
+          hasCallback: !!callback,
+        });
 
         let ack;
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/v3/zodSocket.ts b/packages/core/src/v3/zodSocket.ts
index 02b1f5172..51e267bad 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/v3/zodSocket.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/v3/zodSocket.ts
@@ -148,7 +148,10 @@ export class ZodSocketMessageHandler<TRPCCatalog extends ZodSocketMessageCatalog
 
     for (const eventName of Object.keys(this.#handlers)) {
       emitter.on(eventName, async (message: any, callback?: any): Promise<void> => {
-        log.info(`handling ${eventName}`, { message, hasCallback: !!callback });
+        log.info(`handling ${eventName}`, {
+          payload: message,
+          hasCallback: !!callback,
+        });
 
         let ack;