diff --git a/contrib/epee/include/serialization/keyvalue_serialization.h b/contrib/epee/include/serialization/keyvalue_serialization.h
index fc5a21851..5459c8409 100644
--- a/contrib/epee/include/serialization/keyvalue_serialization.h
+++ b/contrib/epee/include/serialization/keyvalue_serialization.h
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
 #include "enableable.h"
 #include "keyvalue_serialization_overloads.h"
 
+#undef MONERO_DEFAULT_LOG_CATEGORY
+#define MONERO_DEFAULT_LOG_CATEGORY "serialization"
+
 namespace epee
 {
   /************************************************************************/
diff --git a/contrib/epee/include/serialization/keyvalue_serialization_overloads.h b/contrib/epee/include/serialization/keyvalue_serialization_overloads.h
index 15c95f07a..fc8b90a2c 100644
--- a/contrib/epee/include/serialization/keyvalue_serialization_overloads.h
+++ b/contrib/epee/include/serialization/keyvalue_serialization_overloads.h
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 #include <boost/mpl/vector.hpp>
 #include <boost/mpl/contains_fwd.hpp>
 
+#undef MONERO_DEFAULT_LOG_CATEGORY
+#define MONERO_DEFAULT_LOG_CATEGORY "serialization"
+
 namespace epee
 {
   namespace
diff --git a/contrib/epee/src/mlog.cpp b/contrib/epee/src/mlog.cpp
index 9b6b832d1..a8bfd114d 100644
--- a/contrib/epee/src/mlog.cpp
+++ b/contrib/epee/src/mlog.cpp
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static const char *get_default_categories(int level)
   switch (level)
   {
     case 0:
-      categories = "*:WARNING,net:FATAL,net.http:FATAL,net.p2p:FATAL,net.cn:FATAL,global:INFO,verify:FATAL,stacktrace:INFO,logging:INFO,msgwriter:INFO";
+      categories = "*:WARNING,net:FATAL,net.http:FATAL,net.p2p:FATAL,net.cn:FATAL,global:INFO,verify:FATAL,serialization:FATAL,stacktrace:INFO,logging:INFO,msgwriter:INFO";
       break;
     case 1:
       categories = "*:INFO,global:INFO,stacktrace:INFO,logging:INFO,msgwriter:INFO,perf.*:DEBUG";