diff --git a/internal/github/publish_github_gist.go b/internal/github/publish_github_gist.go
index cc6f6c79..93077eee 100644
--- a/internal/github/publish_github_gist.go
+++ b/internal/github/publish_github_gist.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func parseContent(data plugin.MapData) (document *plugin.ContentSection) {
 
 func publishGithubGist(loader ClientLoaderFn) plugin.PublishFunc {
 	// TODO: confirm if to be passed from the caller
-	logger := slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(io.Discard, nil))
+	logger := slog.Default()
 	tracer := nooptrace.Tracer{}
 	return func(ctx context.Context, params *plugin.PublishParams) diagnostics.Diag {
 		document := parseContent(params.DataContext)