diff --git a/yarn-project/foundation/src/log/logger.ts b/yarn-project/foundation/src/log/logger.ts
index 0f245882550..d008774f182 100644
--- a/yarn-project/foundation/src/log/logger.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/foundation/src/log/logger.ts
@@ -36,22 +36,27 @@ export type DebugLogger = Logger;
  * If DEBUG="[module]" env is set, will enable debug logging if the module matches.
  * Uses npm debug for debug level and console.error for other levels.
  * @param name - Name of the module.
+ * @param taggedLogData - Additional data to include in the log message.
+ * @usage createDebugLogger('aztec:validator', {validatorAddress: '0x1234...'});
+ * // will always add the validator address to the log labels
  * @returns A debug logger.
  */
-export function createDebugLogger(name: string): DebugLogger {
+
+
+export function createDebugLogger(name: string, taggedLogData?: LogData ): DebugLogger {
   const debugLogger = debug(name);
+  if (currentLevel === 'debug') debugLogger.enabled = true;
 
   const logger = {
     silent: () => {},
-    error: (msg: string, err?: unknown, data?: LogData) => logWithDebug(debugLogger, 'error', fmtErr(msg, err), data),
-    warn: (msg: string, data?: LogData) => logWithDebug(debugLogger, 'warn', msg, data),
-    info: (msg: string, data?: LogData) => logWithDebug(debugLogger, 'info', msg, data),
-    verbose: (msg: string, data?: LogData) => logWithDebug(debugLogger, 'verbose', msg, data),
-    debug: (msg: string, data?: LogData) => logWithDebug(debugLogger, 'debug', msg, data),
+    error: (...args: any[]) => logWithDebug(debugLogger, 'error', {...args, ...taggedLogData}),
+    warn: (...args: any[]) => logWithDebug(debugLogger, 'warn', {...args, ...taggedLogData}),
+    info: (...args: any[]) => logWithDebug(debugLogger, 'info', {...args, ...taggedLogData}),
+    verbose: (...args: any[]) => logWithDebug(debugLogger, 'verbose', {...args, ...taggedLogData}),
+    debug: (...args: any[]) => logWithDebug(debugLogger, 'debug', {...args, ...taggedLogData}),
   };
-  return Object.assign((msg: string, data?: LogData) => logWithDebug(debugLogger, 'debug', msg, data), logger);
+  return Object.assign((...args: any[]) => logWithDebug(debugLogger, 'debug', {...args, ...taggedLogData}), logger);
 }
-
 /** A callback to capture all logs. */
 export type LogHandler = (level: LogLevel, namespace: string, msg: string, data?: LogData) => void;
 
diff --git a/yarn-project/validator-client/src/key_store/interface.ts b/yarn-project/validator-client/src/key_store/interface.ts
index 2b96c90377b..9752f64f85d 100644
--- a/yarn-project/validator-client/src/key_store/interface.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/validator-client/src/key_store/interface.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ import { type Signature } from '@aztec/foundation/eth-signature';
  * A keystore interface that can be replaced with a local keystore / remote signer service
  */
 export interface ValidatorKeyStore {
+
+   /**
+   * Get the address of the signer
+   *
+   * @returns the address
+   */
+  getAddress(): string;
+
   sign(message: Buffer32): Promise<Signature>;
   /**
    * Flavor of sign message that followed EIP-712 eth signed message prefix
diff --git a/yarn-project/validator-client/src/key_store/local_key_store.ts b/yarn-project/validator-client/src/key_store/local_key_store.ts
index 736ee361a45..75c7bd9f1c2 100644
--- a/yarn-project/validator-client/src/key_store/local_key_store.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/validator-client/src/key_store/local_key_store.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@ export class LocalKeyStore implements ValidatorKeyStore {
     this.signer = new Secp256k1Signer(privateKey);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Get the address of the signer
+   *
+   * @returns the address
+   */
+  public getAddress() {
+    return this.signer.address;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Sign a message with the keystore private key
    *
diff --git a/yarn-project/validator-client/src/validator.ts b/yarn-project/validator-client/src/validator.ts
index 0124029c17b..a3fd67270b5 100644
--- a/yarn-project/validator-client/src/validator.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/validator-client/src/validator.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export class ValidatorClient implements Validator {
     private p2pClient: P2P,
     private attestationPoolingIntervalMs: number,
     private attestationWaitTimeoutMs: number,
-    private log = createDebugLogger('aztec:validator'),
+    private log = createDebugLogger('aztec:validator', {validatorAddress: keyStore.getAddress()}),
   ) {
     //TODO: We need to setup and store all of the currently active validators https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/7962