diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7b4fc79..a077281 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
  # CHANGELOG
 
+
+ ## v0.9.1 - 2022-01-21
+
+### Changed
+   * Client ip is now properly serialize as a string
+
  ## v0.9 - 2022-01-05
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/lib/uinta/plug.ex b/lib/uinta/plug.ex
index 203a3e0..b6c73ba 100644
--- a/lib/uinta/plug.ex
+++ b/lib/uinta/plug.ex
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ if Code.ensure_loaded?(Plug) do
         status: Integer.to_string(conn.status),
         timing: formatted_diff(diff),
         duration_ms: diff / 1000,
-        client_ip: conn.remote_ip,
+        client_ip: client_ip(conn),
         user_agent: get_first_value_for_header(conn, "user-agent"),
         referer: get_first_value_for_header(conn, "referer"),
         x_forwarded_for: get_first_value_for_header(conn, "x-forwarded-for"),
@@ -196,6 +196,16 @@ if Code.ensure_loaded?(Plug) do
       |> List.first()
     end
 
+    def client_ip(conn) do
+      case :inet.ntoa(conn.remote_ip) do
+        {:error, _} ->
+          ""
+
+        ip ->
+          List.to_string(ip)
+      end
+    end
+
     @spec method(Plug.Conn.t(), graphql_info()) :: String.t()
     defp method(_, %{type: type}), do: type
     defp method(conn, _), do: conn.method
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 9edcce4..d3f1ed3 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ defmodule Uinta.MixProject do
       app: :uinta,
       name: "Uinta",
       description: "Simpler structured logs and lower log volume for Elixir apps",
-      version: "0.9.0",
+      version: "0.9.1",
       elixir: "~> 1.8",
       source_url: @project_url,
       homepage_url: @project_url,
diff --git a/test/uinta/plug_test.exs b/test/uinta/plug_test.exs
index 6e69d97..52a0f59 100644
--- a/test/uinta/plug_test.exs
+++ b/test/uinta/plug_test.exs
@@ -146,12 +146,12 @@ defmodule Uinta.PlugTest do
         JsonPlug.call(conn(:get, "/"), [])
       end)
 
-    assert message =~ ~r/client_ip:.+/u
-    assert message =~ ~r/duration_ms: [0-9]+\.?[0-9]+/u
-    assert message =~ ~r/method: \"GET\"/u
-    assert message =~ ~r"path: \"/\""u
-    assert message =~ ~r/status: \"200\"/u
-    assert message =~ ~r/timing: \"[0-9]+[µm]s\"/u
+    assert message =~ ~r/client_ip\":\"127.0.0.1\"/u
+    assert message =~ ~r/duration_ms\":[0-9]+\.?[0-9]+/u
+    assert message =~ ~r/method\":\"GET\"/u
+    assert message =~ ~r"path\":\"/\""u
+    assert message =~ ~r/status\":\"200\"/u
+    assert message =~ ~r/timing\":\"[0-9]+[µm]s\"/u
   end
 
   test "logs graphql json to console" do
@@ -163,13 +163,13 @@ defmodule Uinta.PlugTest do
         JsonPlug.call(conn(:post, "/graphql", params), [])
       end)
 
-    assert message =~ ~r/client_ip:.+/u
-    assert message =~ ~r/duration_ms: [0-9]+\.?[0-9]+/u
-    assert message =~ ~r/method: \"QUERY\"/u
-    assert message =~ ~r/operation_name: \"getUser\"/u
-    assert message =~ ~r"path: \"/graphql\""u
-    assert message =~ ~r/status: \"200\"/u
-    assert message =~ ~r/timing: \"[0-9]+[µm]s\"/u
+    assert message =~ ~r/client_ip\":\"127.0.0.1\"/u
+    assert message =~ ~r/duration_ms\":[0-9]+\.?[0-9]+/u
+    assert message =~ ~r"path\":\"/graphql\""u
+    assert message =~ ~r/status\":\"200\"/u
+    assert message =~ ~r/timing\":\"[0-9]+[µm]s\"/u
+    assert message =~ ~r/method\":\"QUERY\"/u
+    assert message =~ ~r/operation_name\":\"getUser\"/u
   end
 
   test "logs graphql json to console with extra headers" do
@@ -190,12 +190,12 @@ defmodule Uinta.PlugTest do
         JsonPlug.call(conn, [])
       end)
 
-    assert message =~ ~r/client_ip:.+/u
-    assert message =~ ~r/x_forwarded_for: \"someip\"/u
-    assert message =~ ~r"referer: \"http://I.am.referer\""u
-    assert message =~ ~r/user_agent: \"Mozilla\"/u
-    assert message =~ ~r/x_forwarded_proto: \"http\"/u
-    assert message =~ ~r/x_forwarded_port: \"4000\"/u
+    assert message =~ ~r/client_ip\":\"127.0.0.1\"/u
+    assert message =~ ~r/x_forwarded_for\":\"someip\"/u
+    assert message =~ ~r"referer\":\"http://I.am.referer\""u
+    assert message =~ ~r/user_agent\":\"Mozilla\"/u
+    assert message =~ ~r/x_forwarded_proto\":\"http\"/u
+    assert message =~ ~r/x_forwarded_port\":\"4000\"/u
   end
 
   test "logs paths with double slashes and trailing slash" do