diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 043dca11d..2e58d27a2 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@types/jest": "^27.0.2",
+    "@types/lodash.clonedeep": "^4.5.6",
     "apollo-log": "^1.1.0",
     "apollo-server-express": "^2.25.2",
     "apollo-server-testing": "^2.25.2",
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@
     "graphql": "^15.5.1",
     "jest": "^27.2.4",
     "jsonwebtoken": "^8.5.1",
+    "lodash.clonedeep": "^4.5.0",
     "module-alias": "^2.2.2",
     "moment": "^2.29.1",
     "mysql2": "^2.3.0",
diff --git a/backend/src/server/plugins.ts b/backend/src/server/plugins.ts
index 4f3a15b90..049f63a08 100644
--- a/backend/src/server/plugins.ts
+++ b/backend/src/server/plugins.ts
@@ -2,14 +2,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types */
 
 import { ApolloLogPlugin, LogMutateData } from 'apollo-log'
-
-const copyInstance = (instance: any) => {
-  const data = Object.assign(
-    Object.create(Object.getPrototypeOf(instance)),
-    JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(instance)),
-  )
-  return data
-}
+import cloneDeep from 'lodash.clonedeep'
 
 const plugins = [
   {
@@ -32,7 +25,7 @@ const plugins = [
   ApolloLogPlugin({
     mutate: (data: LogMutateData) => {
       // We need to deep clone the object in order to not modify the actual request
-      const dataCopy = copyInstance(data)
+      const dataCopy = cloneDeep(data)
 
       // mask password if part of the query
       if (dataCopy.context.request.variables && dataCopy.context.request.variables.password) {
diff --git a/backend/yarn.lock b/backend/yarn.lock
index 52cd0f751..6ef0d5701 100644
--- a/backend/yarn.lock
+++ b/backend/yarn.lock
@@ -913,6 +913,18 @@
     "@types/koa-compose" "*"
     "@types/node" "*"
 
+"@types/lodash.clonedeep@^4.5.6":
+  version "4.5.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/lodash.clonedeep/-/lodash.clonedeep-4.5.6.tgz#3b6c40a0affe0799a2ce823b440a6cf33571d32b"
+  integrity sha512-cE1jYr2dEg1wBImvXlNtp0xDoS79rfEdGozQVgliDZj1uERH4k+rmEMTudP9b4VQ8O6nRb5gPqft0QzEQGMQgA==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/lodash" "*"
+
+"@types/lodash@*":
+  version "4.14.178"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/lodash/-/lodash-4.14.178.tgz#341f6d2247db528d4a13ddbb374bcdc80406f4f8"
+  integrity sha512-0d5Wd09ItQWH1qFbEyQ7oTQ3GZrMfth5JkbN3EvTKLXcHLRDSXeLnlvlOn0wvxVIwK5o2M8JzP/OWz7T3NRsbw==
+
 "@types/long@^4.0.0":
   version "4.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/long/-/long-4.0.1.tgz#459c65fa1867dafe6a8f322c4c51695663cc55e9"