diff --git a/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Run.hs b/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Run.hs
index 6765a4d052f..4ea7726f95b 100644
--- a/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Run.hs
+++ b/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Run.hs
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ import           Cardano.BM.Data.BackendKind (BackendKind (..))
 import           Cardano.BM.Data.LogItem (LOContent (..),
                      PrivacyAnnotation (..), mkLOMeta)
 import           Cardano.BM.Data.Tracer (ToLogObject (..),
-                     TracingVerbosity (..))
+                     TracingVerbosity (..), TracingFormatting (..),
+                     severityNotice, trTransformer)
 import           Cardano.BM.Data.Transformers (setHostname)
 import           Cardano.BM.Trace
 
@@ -205,7 +206,7 @@ handleSimpleNode p trace nodeTracers npm onKernel = do
     Left err   -> (putTextLn $ show err) >> exitFailure
     Right addr -> return addr
 
-  withShutdownHandler npm tracer $
+  withShutdownHandler npm trace $
    Node.run
     (consensusTracers nodeTracers)
     (protocolTracers nodeTracers)
@@ -332,9 +333,9 @@ handleSimpleNode p trace nodeTracers npm onKernel = do
 -- either deliberatly by the parent process or automatically because the parent
 -- process itself terminated, then we initiate a clean shutdown.
 --
-withShutdownHandler :: NodeProtocolMode -> Tracer IO String -> IO () -> IO ()
+withShutdownHandler :: NodeProtocolMode -> Trace IO Text -> IO () -> IO ()
 withShutdownHandler (RealProtocolMode NodeCLI{shutdownIPC = Just (Fd fd)})
-                    tracer action =
+                    trace action =
     Async.race_ (wrapUninterruptableIO waitForEOF) action
   where
     waitForEOF :: IO ()
@@ -342,12 +343,17 @@ withShutdownHandler (RealProtocolMode NodeCLI{shutdownIPC = Just (Fd fd)})
       hnd <- IO.fdToHandle fd
       r   <- try $ IO.hGetChar hnd
       case r of
-        Left e | IO.isEOFError e -> traceWith tracer "received shutdown request"
-               | otherwise       -> throwIO e
+        Left e
+          | IO.isEOFError e -> traceWith tracer "received shutdown request"
+          | otherwise       -> throwIO e
 
         Right _  ->
           throwIO $ IO.userError "--shutdown-ipc FD does not expect input"
 
+    tracer :: Tracer IO Text
+    tracer = trTransformer TextualRepresentation MaximalVerbosity
+                           (severityNotice trace)
+
 withShutdownHandler _ _ action = action
 
 -- | Windows blocking file IO calls like 'hGetChar' are not interruptable by