diff --git a/src/accounts.rs b/src/accounts.rs
index f81c9a7ca..5a40b8cdd 100644
--- a/src/accounts.rs
+++ b/src/accounts.rs
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ impl Accounts {
     pub async fn stop_io(&self) {
         // Sending an event here wakes up event loop even
         // if there are no accounts.
-        info!(self, "Stopping IO for all accounts.");
+        self.emit_event(EventType::Info("Stopping IO for all accounts.".to_string()));
         for account in self.accounts.values() {
             account.stop_io().await;
         }
diff --git a/src/scheduler.rs b/src/scheduler.rs
index 8d8118dd8..836069fbf 100644
--- a/src/scheduler.rs
+++ b/src/scheduler.rs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ impl SchedulerState {
         // For this, the caller needs to instruct the event poller
         // to terminate on receiving the next event and then call stop_io()
         // which will emit the below event(s)
-        info!(context, "stopping IO");
+        context.emit_event(EventType::Info("Stopping IO.".to_string()));
         if let Some(debug_logging) = context.debug_logging.read().await.as_ref() {
             debug_logging.loop_handle.abort();
         }