diff --git a/src/org/parosproxy/paros/core/scanner/Alert.java b/src/org/parosproxy/paros/core/scanner/Alert.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/org/parosproxy/paros/core/scanner/Alert.java
+++ b/src/org/parosproxy/paros/core/scanner/Alert.java
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public class Alert implements Comparable<Object>  {
 	private int		sourceHistoryId = 0;

 	private HistoryReference historyRef = null;

 	// ZAP: Added logger

-	Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(Alert.class);

+	private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(Alert.class);

 	// Cache this info so that we dont have to keep a ref to the HttpMessage

 	private String method = null;

 	private String postData;
Changed Alert's instance variable "logger" to class variable and made it final.