diff --git a/src/format.ts b/src/format.ts
index 3a46888..96b02b5 100644
--- a/src/format.ts
+++ b/src/format.ts
@@ -15,18 +15,17 @@ const ErrorType = type({
   "stack?": "string",
 });
 
-const formatItem = (item: unknown): string => {
+const itemToString = (item: unknown): string => {
   if (typeof item === "undefined") return "undefined";
 
   // Remove colors from strings
   if (typeof item === "string")
     // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noControlCharactersInRegex: stripping ANSI escape codes
-    return config.redact(item.replace(/\x1b\[[0-9;]*m/g, ""));
+    return item.replace(/\x1b\[[0-9;]*m/g, "");
 
   // Check if this is an Error
   const error = ErrorType(item);
-  if (!(error instanceof type.errors))
-    return config.redact(error.stack || error.message);
+  if (!(error instanceof type.errors)) return error.stack || error.message;
 
   const stringified = (() => {
     try {
@@ -36,12 +35,10 @@ const formatItem = (item: unknown): string => {
     }
   })();
 
-  return config.redact(stringified.replace(/^'|'$/g, ""));
+  return stringified.replace(/^'|'$/g, "");
 };
 
 const format = (items: unknown[]): string =>
-  Array.from(items)
-    .map((item) => formatItem(item))
-    .join(" ");
+  config.redact(Array.from(items).map(itemToString).join(" "));
 
 export { format, updateConfig };
diff --git a/tests/index.test.ts b/tests/index.test.ts
index 07d04d9..a07af04 100644
--- a/tests/index.test.ts
+++ b/tests/index.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { format } from "../src/format.js";
 import { setupLogging } from "../src/index.js";
 
 beforeAll(() => {
-  setupLogging();
+  setupLogging({ hex: { allow: [{ re: /\b(transfer)\b/i }] } });
 });
 
 describe("logging", () => {
@@ -34,4 +34,14 @@ describe("logging", () => {
     expect(result).not.toContain(secret);
     expect(result).toContain("[REDACTED]");
   });
+
+  it("allows hex when context word is in a separate argument", () => {
+    const result = format([
+      "transfer",
+      "538845bf2f418e0c7f3798d6bcb632273d46633545a5e261feceb7d378ed0761",
+    ]);
+    expect(result).toBe(
+      "transfer 538845bf2f418e0c7f3798d6bcb632273d46633545a5e261feceb7d378ed0761",
+    );
+  });
 });