diff --git a/api/src/OpenTelemetry/Internal/Common/Types.hs b/api/src/OpenTelemetry/Internal/Common/Types.hs
index b78dfd18..0d80f8c7 100644
--- a/api/src/OpenTelemetry/Internal/Common/Types.hs
+++ b/api/src/OpenTelemetry/Internal/Common/Types.hs
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ data AnyValue
   | ByteStringValue ByteString
   | ArrayValue [AnyValue]
   | HashMapValue (H.HashMap Text AnyValue)
+  | NullValue
   deriving stock (Read, Show, Eq, Ord, Data, Generic)
   deriving anyclass (Hashable)
 
diff --git a/api/src/OpenTelemetry/Internal/Logging/Core.hs b/api/src/OpenTelemetry/Internal/Logging/Core.hs
index c283d065..181a3818 100644
--- a/api/src/OpenTelemetry/Internal/Logging/Core.hs
+++ b/api/src/OpenTelemetry/Internal/Logging/Core.hs
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ logDroppedAttributes = emitOTelLogRecord H.empty Warn "At least 1 attribute was
 
 -- | WARNING: this function should only be used to emit logs from the hs-opentelemetry-api library. DO NOT USE this function in any other context.
 emitOTelLogRecord :: (MonadIO m) => H.HashMap Text LA.AnyValue -> SeverityNumber -> Text -> m ReadWriteLogRecord
-emitOTelLogRecord attrs severity body = do
+emitOTelLogRecord attrs severity bodyText = do
   glp <- getGlobalLoggerProvider
   let gl =
         makeLogger glp $
@@ -159,8 +159,9 @@ emitOTelLogRecord attrs severity body = do
             }
 
   emitLogRecord gl $
-    (emptyLogRecordArguments body)
+    emptyLogRecordArguments
       { severityNumber = Just severity
+      , body = toValue bodyText
       , attributes = attrs
       }
 
diff --git a/api/src/OpenTelemetry/Internal/Logging/Types.hs b/api/src/OpenTelemetry/Internal/Logging/Types.hs
index 54893cfd..09661e3e 100644
--- a/api/src/OpenTelemetry/Internal/Logging/Types.hs
+++ b/api/src/OpenTelemetry/Internal/Logging/Types.hs
@@ -218,15 +218,15 @@ data LogRecordArguments = LogRecordArguments
   }
 
 
-emptyLogRecordArguments :: (ToValue body) => body -> LogRecordArguments
-emptyLogRecordArguments body =
+emptyLogRecordArguments :: LogRecordArguments
+emptyLogRecordArguments =
   LogRecordArguments
     { timestamp = Nothing
     , observedTimestamp = Nothing
     , context = Nothing
     , severityText = Nothing
     , severityNumber = Nothing
-    , body = toValue body
+    , body = NullValue
     , attributes = H.empty
     }
 
diff --git a/api/test/OpenTelemetry/Logging/CoreSpec.hs b/api/test/OpenTelemetry/Logging/CoreSpec.hs
index 5bf7a919..11423447 100644
--- a/api/test/OpenTelemetry/Logging/CoreSpec.hs
+++ b/api/test/OpenTelemetry/Logging/CoreSpec.hs
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ spec = describe "Core" $ do
     it "works" $ do
       lp <- getGlobalLoggerProvider
       let l = makeLogger lp InstrumentationLibrary {libraryName = "exampleLibrary", libraryVersion = "", librarySchemaUrl = "", libraryAttributes = A.emptyAttributes}
-      lr <- emitLogRecord l $ (emptyLogRecordArguments ("" :: LA.AnyValue)) {attributes = H.fromList [("something", "a thing")]}
+      lr <- emitLogRecord l $ emptyLogRecordArguments {attributes = H.fromList [("something", "a thing")]}
 
       addAttribute lr "anotherThing" ("another thing" :: LA.AnyValue)
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ spec = describe "Core" $ do
     it "works" $ do
       lp <- getGlobalLoggerProvider
       let l = makeLogger lp InstrumentationLibrary {libraryName = "exampleLibrary", libraryVersion = "", librarySchemaUrl = "", libraryAttributes = A.emptyAttributes}
-      lr <- emitLogRecord l $ (emptyLogRecordArguments ("" :: LA.AnyValue)) {attributes = H.fromList [("something", "a thing")]}
+      lr <- emitLogRecord l $ emptyLogRecordArguments {attributes = H.fromList [("something", "a thing")]}
 
       addAttributes lr $
         H.fromList