diff --git a/internal/federation/federatingdb/accept.go b/internal/federation/federatingdb/accept.go
index 3bd84849d..7ecf41ee4 100644
--- a/internal/federation/federatingdb/accept.go
+++ b/internal/federation/federatingdb/accept.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func (f *federatingDB) Accept(ctx context.Context, accept vocab.ActivityStreamsA
 		},
 	)
 
-	if l.Level >= logrus.DebugLevel {
+	if f.log.Level >= logrus.DebugLevel {
 		i, err := marshalItem(accept)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/internal/federation/federatingdb/announce.go b/internal/federation/federatingdb/announce.go
index e089f7e42..9a03ede92 100644
--- a/internal/federation/federatingdb/announce.go
+++ b/internal/federation/federatingdb/announce.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func (f *federatingDB) Announce(ctx context.Context, announce vocab.ActivityStre
 		},
 	)
 
-	if l.Level >= logrus.DebugLevel {
+	if f.log.Level >= logrus.DebugLevel {
 		i, err := marshalItem(announce)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/internal/federation/federatingdb/create.go b/internal/federation/federatingdb/create.go
index 474890c34..2a31108f2 100644
--- a/internal/federation/federatingdb/create.go
+++ b/internal/federation/federatingdb/create.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func (f *federatingDB) Create(ctx context.Context, asType vocab.Type) error {
 		},
 	)
 
-	if l.Level >= logrus.DebugLevel {
+	if f.log.Level >= logrus.DebugLevel {
 		i, err := marshalItem(asType)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/internal/federation/federatingdb/undo.go b/internal/federation/federatingdb/undo.go
index 9fcb6ce1a..082d76e60 100644
--- a/internal/federation/federatingdb/undo.go
+++ b/internal/federation/federatingdb/undo.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func (f *federatingDB) Undo(ctx context.Context, undo vocab.ActivityStreamsUndo)
 		},
 	)
 
-	if l.Level >= logrus.DebugLevel {
+	if f.log.Level >= logrus.DebugLevel {
 		i, err := marshalItem(undo)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/internal/federation/federatingdb/update.go b/internal/federation/federatingdb/update.go
index 9e7bd3d5b..6ce08ccb6 100644
--- a/internal/federation/federatingdb/update.go
+++ b/internal/federation/federatingdb/update.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func (f *federatingDB) Update(ctx context.Context, asType vocab.Type) error {
 		},
 	)
 
-	if l.Level >= logrus.DebugLevel {
+	if f.log.Level >= logrus.DebugLevel {
 		i, err := marshalItem(asType)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/internal/federation/federatingdb/util.go b/internal/federation/federatingdb/util.go
index d719bf16d..dfc998abb 100644
--- a/internal/federation/federatingdb/util.go
+++ b/internal/federation/federatingdb/util.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func (f *federatingDB) NewID(ctx context.Context, t vocab.Type) (idURL *url.URL,
 		},
 	)
 
-	if l.Level >= logrus.DebugLevel {
+	if f.log.Level >= logrus.DebugLevel {
 		i, err := marshalItem(t)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err