diff --git a/network/tor-local-network/src/integrationTest/java/bisq/tor/local_network/DirectoryAuthorityKeyGenerationTests.java b/network/tor-local-network/src/integrationTest/java/bisq/tor/local_network/DirectoryAuthorityKeyGenerationTests.java
index 5fe05b15e4..6cda61b46f 100644
--- a/network/tor-local-network/src/integrationTest/java/bisq/tor/local_network/DirectoryAuthorityKeyGenerationTests.java
+++ b/network/tor-local-network/src/integrationTest/java/bisq/tor/local_network/DirectoryAuthorityKeyGenerationTests.java
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ public void generateKeys(@TempDir Path dataDir) throws IOException, InterruptedE
                 .dirPort(3)
                 .build();
 
-        var directoryAuthorityKeyGenerator = new DirectoryAuthorityKeyGenerator();
-        directoryAuthorityKeyGenerator.generate(directoryAuthority, "my_passphrase");
+        DirectoryAuthorityKeyGenerator.generate(directoryAuthority, "my_passphrase");
 
         File dataDirFile = dataDir.toFile();
         assertThat(new File(dataDirFile, "fingerprint"))
diff --git a/network/tor-local-network/src/main/java/bisq/tor/local_network/da/DirectoryAuthorityFactory.java b/network/tor-local-network/src/main/java/bisq/tor/local_network/da/DirectoryAuthorityFactory.java
index 531a836030..5c1b7a1df7 100644
--- a/network/tor-local-network/src/main/java/bisq/tor/local_network/da/DirectoryAuthorityFactory.java
+++ b/network/tor-local-network/src/main/java/bisq/tor/local_network/da/DirectoryAuthorityFactory.java
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ public void createDirectoryAuthority(DirectoryAuthority directoryAuthority,
             throw new IllegalStateException("Couldn't create keys folder in data directory for directory authority.");
         }
 
-        var directoryAuthorityKeyGenerator = new DirectoryAuthorityKeyGenerator();
-        directoryAuthorityKeyGenerator.generate(directoryAuthority, passphrase);
+        DirectoryAuthorityKeyGenerator.generate(directoryAuthority, passphrase);
 
         allDirectoryAuthorities.add(directoryAuthority);
     }
diff --git a/network/tor-local-network/src/main/java/bisq/tor/local_network/da/keygen/process/DirectoryAuthorityKeyGenerator.java b/network/tor-local-network/src/main/java/bisq/tor/local_network/da/keygen/process/DirectoryAuthorityKeyGenerator.java
index 8c9768fb36..140b3ca4b2 100644
--- a/network/tor-local-network/src/main/java/bisq/tor/local_network/da/keygen/process/DirectoryAuthorityKeyGenerator.java
+++ b/network/tor-local-network/src/main/java/bisq/tor/local_network/da/keygen/process/DirectoryAuthorityKeyGenerator.java
@@ -19,19 +19,16 @@
 
 import bisq.tor.local_network.da.DirectoryAuthority;
 import bisq.tor.local_network.da.keygen.RelayKeyGenProcess;
-import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-@Slf4j
 public class DirectoryAuthorityKeyGenerator {
-    public void generate(DirectoryAuthority directoryAuthority, String passphrase) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+    public static void generate(DirectoryAuthority directoryAuthority, String passphrase) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
         var identityKeyGenProcess = new DirectoryIdentityKeyGenProcess(
                 directoryAuthority.getKeysPath(),
                 "127.0.0.1:" + directoryAuthority.getDirPort()
         );
         identityKeyGenProcess.generateKeys(passphrase);
-
         String identityKeyFingerprint = directoryAuthority.getIdentityKeyFingerprint().orElseThrow();
 
         var relayKeyGenProcess = new RelayKeyGenProcess(directoryAuthority);