diff --git a/gms/failure_detector.cc b/gms/failure_detector.cc
index d708f11654..9485d7adce 100644
--- a/gms/failure_detector.cc
+++ b/gms/failure_detector.cc
@@ -43,12 +43,13 @@
 #include "gms/endpoint_state.hh"
 #include "gms/application_state.hh"
 #include "gms/inet_address.hh"
+#include "log.hh"
 #include <iostream>
 #include <chrono>
 
 namespace gms {
 
-extern logging::logger logger;
+static logging::logger logger("failure_detector");
 
 constexpr std::chrono::milliseconds failure_detector::DEFAULT_MAX_PAUSE;
 
diff --git a/gms/gossiper.cc b/gms/gossiper.cc
index 597e234665..1a8c4c12cb 100644
--- a/gms/gossiper.cc
+++ b/gms/gossiper.cc
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ namespace gms {
 
 using clk = gossiper::clk;
 
-logging::logger logger("gossip");
+static logging::logger logger("gossip");
 
 constexpr std::chrono::milliseconds gossiper::INTERVAL;
 constexpr std::chrono::hours gossiper::A_VERY_LONG_TIME;