diff --git a/commons/lib/TypedEventEmitter.ts b/commons/lib/TypedEventEmitter.ts
index 8d6ae4a..4a8a4d9 100644
--- a/commons/lib/TypedEventEmitter.ts
+++ b/commons/lib/TypedEventEmitter.ts
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ export default class TypedEventEmitter<T> extends EventEmitter implements ITyped
     eventType: K,
     listenerFn: (this: this, event?: T[K]) => any,
   ): this {
-    // if we're adding an error logger, we can remove the default logger
-    if (eventType === 'error' && listenerFn !== this.defaultErrorLogger as any) {
+    // if we're removing an error logger, we should add back the default logger
+    if (eventType === 'error' && listenerFn !== this.defaultErrorLogger as any && super.listenerCount(eventType) === 1) {
       super.on('error', this.defaultErrorLogger);
     }
     return super.off(eventType, listenerFn);