diff --git a/kong/workspaces/init.lua b/kong/workspaces/init.lua
index 9df40062363d..15fccb05ebaf 100644
--- a/kong/workspaces/init.lua
+++ b/kong/workspaces/init.lua
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ local workspaces = {}
 function workspaces.upsert_default()
   local old_default_ws_id = kong.default_workspace
   local default_ws, err = kong.db.workspaces:select_by_name("default")
-  ngx.log(ngx.WARN, "+++ kong.db.workspaces:select_by_name(default) -> ", tostring(default_ws) , " err:", err)
+  ngx.log(ngx.WARN, "+++ kong.db.workspaces:select_by_name(default) -> ", require("inspect")(default_ws) , " err:", err)
   if err then
     return nil, err
   end