diff --git a/src/logging/types.ts b/src/logging/types.ts
index 9e6e1210..3094eaf4 100644
--- a/src/logging/types.ts
+++ b/src/logging/types.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ export interface ILogItem {
     catch(err: Error): Error;
     serialize(filter: LogFilter, parentStartTime: number | undefined, forced: boolean): ISerializedItem | undefined;
     finish(): void;
+    child(labelOrValues: LabelOrValues, logLevel?: LogLevel, filterCreator?: FilterCreator): ILogItem;
 }
 
 export interface ILogger {
diff --git a/src/matrix/net/HomeServerApi.ts b/src/matrix/net/HomeServerApi.ts
index 69b86bbb..bacf26b0 100644
--- a/src/matrix/net/HomeServerApi.ts
+++ b/src/matrix/net/HomeServerApi.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import type {IHomeServerRequest} from "./HomeServerRequest";
 import type {Reconnector} from "./Reconnector";
 import type {EncodedBody} from "./common";
 import type {IRequestOptions, RequestFunction} from "../../platform/types/types";
-import type {LogItem} from "../../logging/LogItem";
+import type {ILogItem} from "../../logging/types";
 
 type RequestMethod = "POST" | "GET" | "PUT";
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export class HomeServerApi {
     private _baseRequest(method: RequestMethod, url: string, queryParams?: Record<string, any>, body?: Record<string, any>, options?: IRequestOptions, accessToken?: string): IHomeServerRequest {
         const queryString = encodeQueryParams(queryParams);
         url = `${url}?${queryString}`;
-        let log: LogItem | undefined;
+        let log: ILogItem | undefined;
         if (options?.log) {
             const parent = options?.log;
             log = parent.child({
diff --git a/src/platform/types/types.ts b/src/platform/types/types.ts
index f619c706..58d2216f 100644
--- a/src/platform/types/types.ts
+++ b/src/platform/types/types.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 import type {RequestResult} from "../web/dom/request/fetch.js";
 import type {EncodedBody} from "../../matrix/net/common";
-import type {LogItem} from "../../logging/LogItem";
+import type {ILogItem} from "../../logging/types";
 
 export interface IRequestOptions {
     uploadProgress?: (loadedBytes: number) => void;
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export interface IRequestOptions {
     body?: EncodedBody;
     headers?: Map<string, string|number>;
     cache?: boolean;
-    log?: LogItem;
+    log?: ILogItem;
     prefix?: string;
     method?: string;
     format?: string;