diff --git a/app/controllers/establishment.controller.js b/app/controllers/establishment.controller.js
index a4f7c47..f0d9088 100644
--- a/app/controllers/establishment.controller.js
+++ b/app/controllers/establishment.controller.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const csv = require("csv-parser");
 const path = require("path");
 const { version } = require("os");
 const sequelize = db.sequelize;
-const sanitizeForLog = require("../utils/sanitize");
+const { sanitizeForLog } = require("../utils/sanitize");
 
 exports.testEmail = async (req, res) => {
   placeHolderData = { 
diff --git a/app/controllers/submission.controller.js b/app/controllers/submission.controller.js
index b7a1be2..7ccc24f 100644
--- a/app/controllers/submission.controller.js
+++ b/app/controllers/submission.controller.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const { Sequelize } = require("sequelize");
 const { sendEmail } = require("../services/email.service");
 const { sendEmailService } = require("../services/email.service"); 
 const { getQuarterPeriods } = require("../services/quarterService");
-const sanitizeForLog = require("../utils/sanitize");
+const { sanitizeForLog } = require("../utils/sanitize");
 
 
 exports.createSubmission = async (req, res) => {
diff --git a/app/services/email.service.js b/app/services/email.service.js
index fcb5d2a..db19e6c 100644
--- a/app/services/email.service.js
+++ b/app/services/email.service.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ const nodemailer = require("nodemailer");
 const { NotificationTemplate } = require("../models"); // adjust path if needed
 const logger = require("../services/logger");
 require("dotenv").config();
-const sanitizeForLog = require("../utils/sanitize");
+const { sanitizeForLog } = require("../utils/sanitize");
 
 const port = Number(process.env.MAIL_PORT);
 
diff --git a/app/utils/sanitize.js b/app/utils/sanitize.js
index b894d0a..4d637aa 100644
--- a/app/utils/sanitize.js
+++ b/app/utils/sanitize.js
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ exports.sanitizeForLog = (value) => {
         .replace(/[\r\n]+/g, " ")   
         .replace(/\t+/g, " ")     
         .replace(/[^\x20-\x7E]+/g, " "); 
-};
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+};
diff --git a/app/utils/sanitizeLog.js b/app/utils/sanitizeLog.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d80bea..0000000
--- a/app/utils/sanitizeLog.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = function sanitizeForLog(input) {
-  if (typeof input !== "string") return input;
-  // remove newline, carriage return, tab — prevents log forging
-  return input.replace(/[\r\n\t]/g, " ");
-};
\ No newline at end of file