diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/Logs/types.ts b/backend/src/plugins/Logs/types.ts
index 90de0d80..0ce8ad52 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/Logs/types.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/Logs/types.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const MAX_BATCH_TIME = 5000;
 // A bit of a workaround so we can pass LogType keys to z.enum()
 const logTypes = keys(LogType);
 const logTypeProps = logTypes.reduce((map, type) => {
-  map[type] = zMessageContent;
+  map[type] = zMessageContent.default(DefaultLogMessages[type] || "");
   return map;
 }, {} as Record<keyof typeof LogType, typeof zMessageContent>);
 const zLogFormats = z.strictObject(logTypeProps);
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export type TLogChannelMap = z.infer<typeof zLogChannelMap>;
 
 export const zLogsConfig = z.strictObject({
   channels: zLogChannelMap.default({}),
-  format: zLogFormats.default(DefaultLogMessages),
+  format: zLogFormats,
   // Legacy/deprecated, if below is false mentions wont actually ping. In case you really want the old behavior, set below to true
   ping_user: z.boolean().default(true),
   allow_user_mentions: z.boolean().default(false),