diff --git a/packages/swift-platform-sdk/Sources/BLAuditLogger.swift b/packages/swift-platform-sdk/Sources/BLAuditLogger.swift
index ec8e9d26..89c4802c 100644
--- a/packages/swift-platform-sdk/Sources/BLAuditLogger.swift
+++ b/packages/swift-platform-sdk/Sources/BLAuditLogger.swift
@@ -67,11 +67,10 @@ public enum BLAuditLogger {
     // MARK: - Persistence
 
     private static func loadEvents() -> [BLAuditEvent] {
-        guard let data = try? Data(contentsOf: fileURL),
-              let events = try? JSONDecoder().decode([BLAuditEvent].self, from: data) else {
-            return []
-        }
-        return events
+        guard let data = try? Data(contentsOf: fileURL) else { return [] }
+        let decoder = JSONDecoder()
+        decoder.dateDecodingStrategy = .iso8601
+        return (try? decoder.decode([BLAuditEvent].self, from: data)) ?? []
     }
 
     private static func saveEvents(_ events: [BLAuditEvent]) {