diff --git a/contrib/epee/include/storages/portable_storage_from_bin.h b/contrib/epee/include/storages/portable_storage_from_bin.h
index d8a8a4a492b..b0af022f51b 100644
--- a/contrib/epee/include/storages/portable_storage_from_bin.h
+++ b/contrib/epee/include/storages/portable_storage_from_bin.h
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 #include "portable_storage_base.h"
 #include "portable_storage_bin_utils.h"
 
+#undef MONERO_DEFAULT_LOG_CATEGORY
+#define MONERO_DEFAULT_LOG_CATEGORY "serialization"
+
 #ifdef EPEE_PORTABLE_STORAGE_RECURSION_LIMIT
 #define EPEE_PORTABLE_STORAGE_RECURSION_LIMIT_INTERNAL EPEE_PORTABLE_STORAGE_RECURSION_LIMIT
 #else 
diff --git a/contrib/epee/include/storages/portable_storage_from_json.h b/contrib/epee/include/storages/portable_storage_from_json.h
index 95507328da4..60acfccb841 100644
--- a/contrib/epee/include/storages/portable_storage_from_json.h
+++ b/contrib/epee/include/storages/portable_storage_from_json.h
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
 #include "parserse_base_utils.h"
 #include "file_io_utils.h"
 
+#undef MONERO_DEFAULT_LOG_CATEGORY
+#define MONERO_DEFAULT_LOG_CATEGORY "serialization"
+
 #define EPEE_JSON_RECURSION_LIMIT_INTERNAL 100
 
 namespace epee