diff --git a/httptransport/logginghandler.go b/httptransport/logginghandler.go
index 13b8fdb92a..3fb85e4a0a 100644
--- a/httptransport/logginghandler.go
+++ b/httptransport/logginghandler.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package httptransport
 
 import (
 	"net/http"
-	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
@@ -13,6 +12,11 @@ type httpStatusWriter struct {
 	StatusCode int
 }
 
+func (lrw *httpStatusWriter) WriteHeader(code int) {
+	lrw.StatusCode = code
+	lrw.ResponseWriter.WriteHeader(code)
+}
+
 // LoggingHandler will log HTTP requests using the pre initialized zerolog.
 func LoggingHandler(next http.Handler) http.HandlerFunc {
 	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
@@ -23,13 +27,13 @@ func LoggingHandler(next http.Handler) http.HandlerFunc {
 		// default HTTP StatusOK
 		lrw := &httpStatusWriter{ResponseWriter: w, StatusCode: http.StatusOK}
 
-		next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+		next.ServeHTTP(lrw, r)
 
 		log.Info().
 			Str("remote addr", r.RemoteAddr).
 			Str("method", r.Method).
 			Str("request uri", r.RequestURI).
-			Str("status", strconv.Itoa(lrw.StatusCode)).
+			Int("status", lrw.StatusCode).
 			Float64("elapsed time (md)", float64(time.Since(start).Nanoseconds())*1e-6).
 			Msg("handled HTTP request")
 	}