diff --git a/core/config/config.go b/core/config/config.go
index 13d3ad3..75ce106 100644
--- a/core/config/config.go
+++ b/core/config/config.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	"github.com/alt-research/avs/core"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli"
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ func NewConfig(ctx *cli.Context) (*Config, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	logger, err := sdklogging.NewZapLogger(configRaw.Environment)
+	logger, err := core.NewZapLogger(configRaw.Environment)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/core/logger.go b/core/logger.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a02a13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/logger.go
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+package core
+
+import (
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
+
+	sdklogging "github.com/Layr-Labs/eigensdk-go/logging"
+)
+
+type ZapLogger struct {
+	logger *zap.Logger
+}
+
+var _ sdklogging.Logger = (*ZapLogger)(nil)
+
+func NewZapLogger(env sdklogging.LogLevel) (sdklogging.Logger, error) {
+	config := zap.NewProductionConfig()
+	if env == sdklogging.Development {
+		config = zap.NewDevelopmentConfig()
+	}
+
+	config.DisableStacktrace = true
+	config.Encoding = "console"
+	config.EncoderConfig.EncodeTime = zapcore.ISO8601TimeEncoder
+	config.EncoderConfig.EncodeLevel = zapcore.CapitalLevelEncoder
+
+	logger, err := config.Build(zap.AddCallerSkip(1))
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return &ZapLogger{
+		logger: logger,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func (z *ZapLogger) Debug(msg string, tags ...any) {
+	z.logger.Sugar().Debugw(msg, tags...)
+}
+
+func (z *ZapLogger) Info(msg string, tags ...any) {
+	z.logger.Sugar().Infow(msg, tags...)
+}
+
+func (z *ZapLogger) Warn(msg string, tags ...any) {
+	z.logger.Sugar().Warnw(msg, tags...)
+}
+
+func (z *ZapLogger) Error(msg string, tags ...any) {
+	z.logger.Sugar().Errorw(msg, tags...)
+}
+
+func (z *ZapLogger) Fatal(msg string, tags ...any) {
+	z.logger.Sugar().Fatalw(msg, tags...)
+}
+
+func (z *ZapLogger) Debugf(template string, args ...interface{}) {
+	z.logger.Sugar().Debugf(template, args...)
+}
+
+func (z *ZapLogger) Infof(template string, args ...interface{}) {
+	z.logger.Sugar().Infof(template, args...)
+}
+
+func (z *ZapLogger) Warnf(template string, args ...interface{}) {
+	z.logger.Sugar().Warnf(template, args...)
+}
+
+func (z *ZapLogger) Errorf(template string, args ...interface{}) {
+	z.logger.Sugar().Errorf(template, args...)
+}
+
+func (z *ZapLogger) Fatalf(template string, args ...interface{}) {
+	z.logger.Sugar().Fatalf(template, args...)
+}
+
+func (z *ZapLogger) With(tags ...any) sdklogging.Logger {
+	return &ZapLogger{
+		logger: z.logger.Sugar().With(tags...).Desugar(),
+	}
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d67329e..3d120e5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/sourcegraph/jsonrpc2 v0.2.0
 	github.com/urfave/cli v1.22.14
 	go.uber.org/mock v0.4.0
+	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.18.0
 )
 
@@ -50,7 +51,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.3.12 // indirect
 	github.com/tklauser/numcpus v0.6.1 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
-	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231110203233-9a3e6036ecaa // indirect
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.16.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.5.0 // indirect
diff --git a/operator/operator.go b/operator/operator.go
index 5180fb2..4d98e24 100644
--- a/operator/operator.go
+++ b/operator/operator.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 
+	"github.com/alt-research/avs/core"
 	"github.com/alt-research/avs/core/alert"
 	"github.com/alt-research/avs/core/chainio"
 	"github.com/alt-research/avs/core/config"
@@ -198,7 +199,7 @@ func NewOperatorFromConfig(cfg config.NodeConfig) (*Operator, error) {
 	} else {
 		logLevel = sdklogging.Development
 	}
-	logger, err := sdklogging.NewZapLogger(logLevel)
+	logger, err := core.NewZapLogger(logLevel)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}