diff --git a/src/modules/logger/logger.cpp b/src/modules/logger/logger.cpp
index e3b57f79a6..ea30ca59e8 100644
--- a/src/modules/logger/logger.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/logger/logger.cpp
@@ -1889,7 +1889,8 @@ void Logger::write_format(LogType type, const orb_metadata &meta, WrittenFormats
 		    strcmp(type_name, "uint64_t") != 0 &&
 		    strcmp(type_name, "float") != 0 &&
 		    strcmp(type_name, "double") != 0 &&
-		    strcmp(type_name, "bool") != 0) {
+		    strcmp(type_name, "bool") != 0 &&
+		    strcmp(type_name, "char") != 0) {
 
 			// find orb meta for type
 			const orb_metadata *const *topics = orb_get_topics();