diff --git a/lib/vmdb/loggers.rb b/lib/vmdb/loggers.rb
index e130435c66a..d41431a2e98 100644
--- a/lib/vmdb/loggers.rb
+++ b/lib/vmdb/loggers.rb
@@ -11,71 +11,6 @@ def self.rails_logger
   end
 
   module Loggers
-    module Instrument
-      # To be used as Excon's request logger, the logger must respond to
-      #   #instrument as in ActiveSupport::Notifications.
-      #   Implementation derived from Excon::StandardInstrumentor
-      def instrument(name, params = {})
-        method, message =
-          case name
-          when "excon.request" then  [:debug, message_for_excon_request(params)]
-          when "excon.response" then [:debug, message_for_excon_response(params)]
-          when "excon.error" then    [:debug, message_for_excon_error(params)]
-          else                   [:debug, message_for_other(params)]
-          end
-
-        send(method, "#{name.ljust(14)}  #{message}")
-        yield if block_given?
-      end
-
-      private
-
-      def message_for_excon_request(params)
-        uri_parts    = params.values_at(:scheme, nil, :host, :port, nil, :path, nil, nil, nil)
-        uri_parts[3] = uri_parts[3].to_i if uri_parts[3] # port
-        uri          = {:uri => URI::Generic.build(uri_parts).to_s}
-        log_params(uri.merge!(params.slice(:query, :method, :headers, :body).delete_nils))
-      end
-
-      def message_for_excon_response(params)
-        log_params(params.slice(:status, :headers, :body))
-      end
-
-      def message_for_excon_error(params)
-        params[:error].pretty_inspect
-      end
-
-      def message_for_other(params)
-        log_params(params.except(:instrumentor, :instrumentor_name, :connection, :stack, :middlewares))
-      end
-
-      def log_params(params)
-        sanitized = sanitize_params(params)
-        sanitized[:body] = parse_body(sanitized[:body])
-        "\n#{sanitized.pretty_inspect}"
-      end
-
-      def parse_body(body)
-        JSON.parse(body) if body
-      rescue JSON::ParserError
-        body
-      end
-
-      def sanitize_params(params)
-        if params.key?(:headers) && params[:headers].key?('Authorization')
-          params[:headers] = params[:headers].dup
-          params[:headers]['Authorization'] = "********"
-        end
-        if params.key?(:password)
-          params[:password] = "********"
-        end
-        if params.key?(:body)
-          params[:body] = params[:body].to_s.gsub(/"password":".+?"\}/, '"password":"********"}')
-        end
-        params
-      end
-    end
-
     def self.init
       return if @initialized
       create_loggers
@@ -152,7 +87,6 @@ def self.configure_external_loggers
     end
     private_class_method :configure_external_loggers
 
-
     def self.apply_config_value(config, logger, key)
       old_level      = logger.level
       new_level_name = (config[key] || "INFO").to_s.upcase
@@ -166,4 +100,5 @@ def self.apply_config_value(config, logger, key)
   end
 end
 
+require_relative "loggers/instrument"
 Dir.glob(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "loggers", "*")).each { |f| require f }
diff --git a/lib/vmdb/loggers/instrument.rb b/lib/vmdb/loggers/instrument.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ebdf52999cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/vmdb/loggers/instrument.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+module Vmdb
+  module Loggers
+    module Instrument
+      # To be used as Excon's request logger, the logger must respond to
+      #   #instrument as in ActiveSupport::Notifications.
+      #   Implementation derived from Excon::StandardInstrumentor
+      def instrument(name, params = {})
+        method, message =
+          case name
+          when "excon.request" then  [:debug, message_for_excon_request(params)]
+          when "excon.response" then [:debug, message_for_excon_response(params)]
+          when "excon.error" then    [:debug, message_for_excon_error(params)]
+          else                   [:debug, message_for_other(params)]
+          end
+
+        send(method, "#{name.ljust(14)}  #{message}")
+        yield if block_given?
+      end
+
+      private
+
+      def message_for_excon_request(params)
+        uri_parts    = params.values_at(:scheme, nil, :host, :port, nil, :path, nil, nil, nil)
+        uri_parts[3] = uri_parts[3].to_i if uri_parts[3] # port
+        uri          = {:uri => URI::Generic.build(uri_parts).to_s}
+        log_params(uri.merge!(params.slice(:query, :method, :headers, :body).delete_nils))
+      end
+
+      def message_for_excon_response(params)
+        log_params(params.slice(:status, :headers, :body))
+      end
+
+      def message_for_excon_error(params)
+        params[:error].pretty_inspect
+      end
+
+      def message_for_other(params)
+        log_params(params.except(:instrumentor, :instrumentor_name, :connection, :stack, :middlewares))
+      end
+
+      def log_params(params)
+        sanitized = sanitize_params(params)
+        sanitized[:body] = parse_body(sanitized[:body])
+        "\n#{sanitized.pretty_inspect}"
+      end
+
+      def parse_body(body)
+        JSON.parse(body) if body
+      rescue JSON::ParserError
+        body
+      end
+
+      def sanitize_params(params)
+        if params.key?(:headers) && params[:headers].key?('Authorization')
+          params[:headers] = params[:headers].dup
+          params[:headers]['Authorization'] = "********"
+        end
+        if params.key?(:password)
+          params[:password] = "********"
+        end
+        if params.key?(:body)
+          params[:body] = params[:body].to_s.gsub(/"password":".+?"\}/, '"password":"********"}')
+        end
+        params
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end