diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 2adcc5d..e18addc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   call_ci:
-    uses: EffectiveRange/ci-workflows/.github/workflows/python-ci.yaml@v3
+    uses: EffectiveRange/ci-workflows/.github/workflows/python-ci.yaml@v5
diff --git a/context_logger/filter.py b/context_logger/filter.py
index f53dd4f..e73fc3c 100644
--- a/context_logger/filter.py
+++ b/context_logger/filter.py
@@ -15,16 +15,19 @@ def __init__(self, application_name: str, message_field: str):
         self._message_field = message_field
 
     def filter(self, record: LogRecord) -> bool:
-        if not isinstance(record.msg, dict):
-            record.msg = {self._message_field: record.msg % record.args}
-            record.args = ()
-
-        record.msg['hostname'] = socket.gethostname()
-        record.msg['application'] = self._application_name
-        record.msg['app_version'] = self._get_application_version()
-
-        if 'process_name' in record.msg:
-            record.msg['process_name'] = record.processName
+        try:
+            if isinstance(record.msg, str):
+                record.msg = {self._message_field: record.msg % record.args if record.args else record.msg}
+                record.args = ()
+
+            record.msg['hostname'] = socket.gethostname()
+            record.msg['application'] = self._application_name
+            record.msg['app_version'] = self._get_application_version()
+
+            if 'process_name' in record.msg:
+                record.msg['process_name'] = record.processName
+        except Exception as exception:
+            print('Failed to handle log record:', exception)
 
         return True
 
diff --git a/tests/loggerTest.py b/tests/loggerTest.py
index 039bd0d..ec68696 100644
--- a/tests/loggerTest.py
+++ b/tests/loggerTest.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ def test_file_logging(self):
         # When
         log.info('This is a simple message')
         stdlib_log.info('This is a %s message', 'simple')
+        stdlib_log.info('This is a %s message', )
         log.error('This is an error message', error_message='Something terrible happened', error_code=1234)
         stdlib_log.error('This is an error message')
 
@@ -74,6 +75,9 @@ def test_file_logging(self):
             log_entry = json.loads(log_file.readline())
             assert_simple_message(self, log_entry)
 
+            log_entry = json.loads(log_file.readline())
+            self.assertEqual('This is a %s message', log_entry.get('message'))
+
             log_entry = json.loads(log_file.readline())
             self.assertEqual('This is an error message', log_entry.get('message'))
             self.assertEqual('Something terrible happened', log_entry.get('error_message'))