diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 39549fd..1e15338 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,16 +4,22 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. Dates are d
 
 Generated by [`auto-changelog`](https://github.com/CookPete/auto-changelog).
 
+#### [0.1.3-r1](https://github.com/rdkcentral/middleware-player-interface/compare/0.1.3...0.1.3-r1)
+
+- logger crash fix [`e1733ff`](https://github.com/rdkcentral/middleware-player-interface/commit/e1733ff02f659899b46c2dedce6d1435df06a6f1)
+
 #### [0.1.3](https://github.com/rdkcentral/middleware-player-interface/compare/0.1.1...0.1.3)
 
+> 28 April 2026
+
 - Align to middleware -develop for  feature/RDKEMW-16028 [`#135`](https://github.com/rdkcentral/middleware-player-interface/pull/135)
 - Align middleware-player-interface wrt to aamp's develop [`#130`](https://github.com/rdkcentral/middleware-player-interface/pull/130)
 - RDKEMW-14946 : Fix coverity workflow scan in middleware-player-interface repo [`#105`](https://github.com/rdkcentral/middleware-player-interface/pull/105)
 - RDKEMW-14946 : Fix coverity workflow scan in middleware-player-interface repo [`#90`](https://github.com/rdkcentral/middleware-player-interface/pull/90)
 - RDKEMW-15420 : PLI github workflow must include dev_sprint_pli branch [`#104`](https://github.com/rdkcentral/middleware-player-interface/pull/104)
-- Merge tag '0.1.2' into develop [`555fd2e`](https://github.com/rdkcentral/middleware-player-interface/commit/555fd2e2d70408dc552c37babfcfc1ef37d26f34)
-- RDKEMW-17686 - Changelog updates for 0.1.2 [`d62351b`](https://github.com/rdkcentral/middleware-player-interface/commit/d62351bfea787560593c6390be5fbd4032d08500)
-- Merge tag '0.1.2' into develop [`d6b9250`](https://github.com/rdkcentral/middleware-player-interface/commit/d6b925090d45406e33ed94f6ebd7956c2d365eb5)
+- L1Test cases added [`99d9f96`](https://github.com/rdkcentral/middleware-player-interface/commit/99d9f9642676457e8032a048c72d891c468f0aae)
+- aligning player-interface develop wrt aamp  develop [`18a036e`](https://github.com/rdkcentral/middleware-player-interface/commit/18a036e46e976ad6182b02e41ead55ece9b7ad2b)
+- RDKEMW-17686 - Changelog updates for 0.1.3 [`7280fb8`](https://github.com/rdkcentral/middleware-player-interface/commit/7280fb80fb3b9beb71bf709e2627d8031744694a)
 
 #### [0.1.1](https://github.com/rdkcentral/middleware-player-interface/compare/0.1.0...0.1.1)
 
diff --git a/externals/PlayerExternalUtils.h b/externals/PlayerExternalUtils.h
index cc7120d..d1cc6f5 100644
--- a/externals/PlayerExternalUtils.h
+++ b/externals/PlayerExternalUtils.h
@@ -30,9 +30,11 @@
 
 #define MW_PRE_LOGGER_LOG(fmt, ...)                                            \
     do {                                                                    \
-        std::printf("[MIDDLEWARE] %s:%d %s: " fmt, __FILE__, __LINE__,      \
-                    __func__ , ##__VA_ARGS__);                              \
-        std::fflush(stdout);                                                \
+        if (stderr != nullptr) {                                            \
+            std::fprintf(stderr, "[PLAYER_IF] %s:%d %s: " fmt, __FILE__, __LINE__, \
+                         __func__ , ##__VA_ARGS__);                         \
+            std::fflush(stderr);                                            \
+        }                                                   \
     } while (0)