diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c56a80c..261bdfc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "sw-utils"
-version = "0.3.21"
+version = "0.3.22"
 description = "StakeWise Python utils"
 authors = ["StakeWise Labs <info@stakewise.io>"]
 license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
diff --git a/sw_utils/__init__.py b/sw_utils/__init__.py
index 3de9d9a..1120f0a 100644
--- a/sw_utils/__init__.py
+++ b/sw_utils/__init__.py
@@ -5,12 +5,7 @@
     ValidatorStatus,
     get_consensus_client,
 )
-from .decorators import (
-    custom_before_log,
-    retry_aiohttp_errors,
-    retry_ipfs_exception,
-    safe,
-)
+from .decorators import retry_aiohttp_errors, retry_ipfs_exception, safe
 from .event_scanner import EventProcessor, EventScanner
 from .execution import get_execution_client
 from .ipfs import (
diff --git a/sw_utils/consensus.py b/sw_utils/consensus.py
index 1b47465..8577d25 100644
--- a/sw_utils/consensus.py
+++ b/sw_utils/consensus.py
@@ -131,19 +131,16 @@ async def get_consensus_fork(self, state_id: str = 'head') -> ConsensusFork:
     async def _async_make_get_request(self, endpoint_uri: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
         if self.retry_timeout:
 
-            def custom_before_log(retry_logger, log_level):
-                def custom_log_it(retry_state: 'RetryCallState') -> None:
-                    if retry_state.attempt_number <= 1:
-                        return
-                    msg = 'Retrying consensus uri %s(), attempt %s'
-                    args = (endpoint_uri, retry_state.attempt_number)
-                    retry_logger.log(log_level, msg, *args)
-
-                return custom_log_it
+            def custom_before_log(retry_state: 'RetryCallState') -> None:
+                if retry_state.attempt_number <= 1:
+                    return
+                msg = 'Retrying consensus uri %s, attempt %s'
+                args = (endpoint_uri, retry_state.attempt_number)
+                logger.log(logging.INFO, msg, *args)
 
             retry_decorator = retry_aiohttp_errors(
                 self.retry_timeout,
-                log_func=custom_before_log,
+                before=custom_before_log,
             )
             return await retry_decorator(self._async_make_get_request_inner)(endpoint_uri)
 
diff --git a/sw_utils/decorators.py b/sw_utils/decorators.py
index 36f968e..75c04cb 100644
--- a/sw_utils/decorators.py
+++ b/sw_utils/decorators.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import asyncio
 import logging
-import typing
 from functools import wraps
-from typing import Callable
+from typing import Callable, Optional
 
 import aiohttp
 from tenacity import (
+    RetryCallState,
     retry,
     retry_if_exception,
     retry_if_exception_type,
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@
 default_logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from tenacity import RetryCallState
-
-
 def safe(func: Callable) -> Callable:
     if asyncio.iscoroutinefunction(func):
 
@@ -46,15 +42,12 @@ def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
     return wrapper
 
 
-def custom_before_log(logger, log_level):
-    def custom_log_it(retry_state: 'RetryCallState') -> None:
-        if retry_state.attempt_number <= 1:
-            return
-        msg = 'Retrying %s, attempt %s'
-        args = (retry_state.fn.__name__, retry_state.attempt_number)  # type: ignore
-        logger.log(log_level, msg, *args)
-
-    return custom_log_it
+def default_log_before(retry_state: 'RetryCallState') -> None:
+    if retry_state.attempt_number <= 1:
+        return
+    msg = 'Retrying %s, attempt %s'
+    args = (retry_state.fn.__name__, retry_state.attempt_number)  # type: ignore
+    default_logger.log(logging.INFO, msg, *args)
 
 
 def can_be_retried_aiohttp_error(e: BaseException) -> bool:
@@ -67,19 +60,19 @@ def can_be_retried_aiohttp_error(e: BaseException) -> bool:
     return False
 
 
-def retry_aiohttp_errors(delay: int = 60, log_func=custom_before_log):
+def retry_aiohttp_errors(delay: int = 60, before: Optional[Callable] = None):
     return retry(
         retry=retry_if_exception(can_be_retried_aiohttp_error),
         wait=wait_exponential(multiplier=1, min=1, max=delay // 2),
         stop=stop_after_delay(delay),
-        before=log_func(default_logger, logging.INFO),
+        before=before or default_log_before,
     )
 
 
-def retry_ipfs_exception(delay: int):
+def retry_ipfs_exception(delay: int, before: Optional[Callable] = None):
     return retry(
         retry=retry_if_exception_type(IpfsException),
         wait=wait_exponential(multiplier=1, min=1, max=delay // 2),
         stop=stop_after_delay(delay),
-        before=custom_before_log(default_logger, logging.INFO),
+        before=before or default_log_before,
     )
diff --git a/sw_utils/execution.py b/sw_utils/execution.py
index 1e31841..01d4b32 100644
--- a/sw_utils/execution.py
+++ b/sw_utils/execution.py
@@ -61,19 +61,16 @@ async def make_request(self, method: RPCEndpoint, params: Any) -> RPCResponse:
 
         if self.retry_timeout:
 
-            def custom_before_log(retry_logger, log_level):
-                def custom_log_it(retry_state: 'RetryCallState') -> None:
-                    if retry_state.attempt_number <= 1:
-                        return
-                    msg = 'Retrying execution method %s, attempt %s'
-                    args = (method, retry_state.attempt_number)
-                    retry_logger.log(log_level, msg, *args)
-
-                return custom_log_it
+            def custom_before_log(retry_state: 'RetryCallState') -> None:
+                if retry_state.attempt_number <= 1:
+                    return
+                msg = 'Retrying execution method %s, attempt %s'
+                args = (method, retry_state.attempt_number)
+                logger.log(logging.INFO, msg, *args)
 
             retry_decorator = retry_aiohttp_errors(
                 self.retry_timeout,
-                log_func=custom_before_log,
+                before=custom_before_log,
             )
             return await retry_decorator(self.make_request_inner)(method, params)