diff --git a/contrib/epee/src/mlog.cpp b/contrib/epee/src/mlog.cpp
index 3be99237..40cb8448 100644
--- a/contrib/epee/src/mlog.cpp
+++ b/contrib/epee/src/mlog.cpp
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ static const char *get_default_categories(int level)
   switch (level)
   {
     case 0:
-      categories = "*:WARNING,net:FATAL,net.p2p:FATAL,net.cn:FATAL,global:INFO,verify:FATAL,stacktrace:INFO,logging:INFO";
+      categories = "*:WARNING,net:FATAL,net.p2p:FATAL,net.cn:FATAL,global:INFO,verify:FATAL,stacktrace:INFO,logging:INFO,msgwriter:INFO";
       break;
     case 1:
-      categories = "*:WARNING,global:INFO,stacktrace:INFO,logging:INFO";
+      categories = "*:WARNING,global:INFO,stacktrace:INFO,logging:INFO,msgwriter:INFO";
       break;
     case 2:
       categories = "*:DEBUG";