diff --git a/db/kvstore/etcdclient.go b/db/kvstore/etcdclient.go
index 4f6f90b..7f6940a 100644
--- a/db/kvstore/etcdclient.go
+++ b/db/kvstore/etcdclient.go
@@ -311,7 +311,9 @@
 
 	channelMaps := c.addChannelMap(key, channelMap)
 
-	log.Debugw("watched-channels", log.Fields{"channels": channelMaps})
+	// Changing the log field (from channelMaps) as the underlying logger cannot format the map of channels into a
+	// json format.
+	log.Debugw("watched-channels", log.Fields{"len": len(channelMaps)})
 	// Launch a go routine to listen for updates
 	go c.listenForKeyChange(channel, ch)