diff --git a/src/modules/logger/logger.cpp b/src/modules/logger/logger.cpp
index 4a9d04e937..bce3010556 100644
--- a/src/modules/logger/logger.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/logger/logger.cpp
@@ -1798,7 +1798,8 @@ 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();