diff --git a/src/main/java/org/qora/transform/transaction/TransactionTransformer.java b/src/main/java/org/qora/transform/transaction/TransactionTransformer.java
index 51a1157e..8595d939 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/qora/transform/transaction/TransactionTransformer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/qora/transform/transaction/TransactionTransformer.java
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ public abstract class TransactionTransformer extends Transformer {
 		if (bytes == null)
 			return null;
 
-		LOGGER.trace("tx hex: " + HashCode.fromBytes(bytes).toString());
+		LOGGER.trace(() -> "tx hex: " + HashCode.fromBytes(bytes).toString());
 
 		ByteBuffer byteBuffer = ByteBuffer.wrap(bytes);