diff --git a/lib/core/engine.js b/lib/core/engine.js
index f1b9b26e4..09148cf4e 100644
--- a/lib/core/engine.js
+++ b/lib/core/engine.js
@@ -33,36 +33,10 @@ class Engine {
     this.isDev = this.config && this.config.blockchainConfig && (this.config.blockchainConfig.isDev || this.config.blockchainConfig.default);
 
     if (this.interceptLogs || this.interceptLogs === undefined) {
-      this.doInterceptLogs();
+      utils.interceptLogs(console, this.logger);
     }
   }
 
-  doInterceptLogs() {
-    var self = this;
-    let context = {};
-    context.console = console;
-
-    context.console.log  = function() {
-      self.logger.info(utils.normalizeInput(arguments));
-    };
-    context.console.warn  = function() {
-      self.logger.warn(utils.normalizeInput(arguments));
-    };
-    context.console.info  = function() {
-      self.logger.info(utils.normalizeInput(arguments));
-    };
-    context.console.debug  = function() {
-      // TODO: ue JSON.stringify
-      self.logger.debug(utils.normalizeInput(arguments));
-    };
-    context.console.trace  = function() {
-      self.logger.trace(utils.normalizeInput(arguments));
-    };
-    context.console.dir  = function() {
-      self.logger.dir(utils.normalizeInput(arguments));
-    };
-  }
-
   registerModule(moduleName, options) {
     this.plugins.loadInternalPlugin(moduleName, options || {});
   }
diff --git a/lib/utils/utils.js b/lib/utils/utils.js
index b84cbdf64..e65601450 100644
--- a/lib/utils/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils/utils.js
@@ -383,6 +383,31 @@ function last(array) {
   return array[array.length - 1];
 }
 
+function interceptLogs(consoleContext, logger) {
+  let context = {};
+  context.console = consoleContext;
+
+  context.console.log  = function() {
+    logger.info(normalizeInput(arguments));
+  };
+  context.console.warn  = function() {
+    logger.warn(normalizeInput(arguments));
+  };
+  context.console.info  = function() {
+    logger.info(normalizeInput(arguments));
+  };
+  context.console.debug  = function() {
+    // TODO: ue JSON.stringify
+    logger.debug(normalizeInput(arguments));
+  };
+  context.console.trace  = function() {
+    logger.trace(normalizeInput(arguments));
+  };
+  context.console.dir  = function() {
+    logger.dir(normalizeInput(arguments));
+  };
+}
+
 module.exports = {
   joinPath,
   dirname,
@@ -419,5 +444,6 @@ module.exports = {
   compact,
   groupBy,
   sample,
-  last
+  last,
+  interceptLogs
 };