diff --git a/signature-aggregator/aggregator/aggregator.go b/signature-aggregator/aggregator/aggregator.go
index 6878a744..a284c224 100644
--- a/signature-aggregator/aggregator/aggregator.go
+++ b/signature-aggregator/aggregator/aggregator.go
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ func (s *SignatureAggregator) marshalRequest(
 	justification []byte,
 	sourceSubnet ids.ID,
 ) ([]byte, error) {
-	if !s.etnaTime.IsZero() && s.etnaTime.Before(time.Now()) {
+	if s.etnaActivated() {
 		// Post-Etna case
 		messageBytes, err := proto.Marshal(
 			&sdk.SignatureRequest{
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ func (s *SignatureAggregator) marshalRequest(
 }
 
 func (s *SignatureAggregator) unmarshalResponse(responseBytes []byte) (blsSignatureBuf, error) {
-	if !s.etnaTime.IsZero() && s.etnaTime.Before(time.Now()) {
+	if s.etnaActivated() {
 		// Post-Etna case
 		var sigResponse sdk.SignatureResponse
 		err := proto.Unmarshal(responseBytes, &sigResponse)
@@ -651,3 +651,7 @@ func (s *SignatureAggregator) unmarshalResponse(responseBytes []byte) (blsSignat
 		return sigResponse.Signature, nil
 	}
 }
+
+func (s *SignatureAggregator) etnaActivated() bool {
+	return !s.etnaTime.IsZero() && s.etnaTime.Before(time.Now())
+}
diff --git a/tests/utils/utils.go b/tests/utils/utils.go
index 0ab69f80..70974a4b 100644
--- a/tests/utils/utils.go
+++ b/tests/utils/utils.go
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ func CreateDefaultSignatureAggregatorConfig(
 	)
 	// Construct the config values for each subnet
 	return signatureaggregatorcfg.Config{
-		LogLevel: logging.Debug.LowerString(),
+		LogLevel: logging.Info.LowerString(),
 		PChainAPI: &config.APIConfig{
 			BaseURL: sourceSubnetsInfo[0].NodeURIs[0],
 		},