diff --git a/src/logger/logger.cpp b/src/logger/logger.cpp
index b30652e9..e478d5be 100644
--- a/src/logger/logger.cpp
+++ b/src/logger/logger.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ namespace big
 			m_console_logger = &logger::format_console_simple;
 		}
 
-		toggle_external_console(attach_console);
 		create_backup();
 		m_file_out.open(m_file.get_path(), std::ios_base::out | std::ios_base::trunc);
 
@@ -33,6 +32,8 @@ namespace big
 		Logger::AddSink([this](LogMessagePtr msg) {
 			format_file(std::move(msg));
 		});
+
+		toggle_external_console(attach_console);
 	}
 
 	void logger::destroy()
@@ -44,6 +45,19 @@ namespace big
 
 	void logger::toggle_external_console(bool toggle)
 	{
+		if (m_is_console_open == toggle)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		m_is_console_open = toggle;
+
+		m_console_out.close();
+		if (m_did_console_exist)
+			SetConsoleMode(m_console_handle, m_original_console_mode);
+
+		if (!m_did_console_exist)
+			FreeConsole();
+
 		if (toggle)
 		{
 			if (m_did_console_exist = ::AttachConsole(GetCurrentProcessId()); !m_did_console_exist)
@@ -60,23 +74,12 @@ namespace big
 
 				// terminal like behaviour enable full color support
 				console_mode |= ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING | DISABLE_NEWLINE_AUTO_RETURN;
-				// prevent clicking in terminal from suspending our main thread
-				console_mode &= ~(ENABLE_QUICK_EDIT_MODE);
 
 				SetConsoleMode(m_console_handle, console_mode);
 			}
 
 			m_console_out.open("CONOUT$", std::ios_base::out | std::ios_base::app);
-
-			return;
 		}
-
-		m_console_out.close();
-		if (m_did_console_exist)
-			SetConsoleMode(m_console_handle, m_original_console_mode);
-
-		if (!m_did_console_exist)
-			FreeConsole();
 	}
 
 	void logger::create_backup()
@@ -119,6 +122,11 @@ namespace big
 
 	void logger::format_console(const LogMessagePtr msg)
 	{
+		if (!m_is_console_open)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+
 		const auto color = get_color(msg->Level());
 
 		const auto timestamp = std::format("{0:%H:%M:%S}", msg->Timestamp());
@@ -133,6 +141,11 @@ namespace big
 
 	void logger::format_console_simple(const LogMessagePtr msg)
 	{
+		if (!m_is_console_open)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+
 		const auto color = get_color(msg->Level());
 
 		const auto timestamp = std::format("{0:%H:%M:%S}", msg->Timestamp());
diff --git a/src/logger/logger.hpp b/src/logger/logger.hpp
index 647ae01b..b1e46a76 100644
--- a/src/logger/logger.hpp
+++ b/src/logger/logger.hpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ namespace big
 	private:
 		bool m_attach_console = true;
 		bool m_did_console_exist = false;
+		bool m_is_console_open = false;
 
 		void (logger::*m_console_logger)(const LogMessagePtr msg) = &logger::format_console;
 
@@ -59,4 +60,4 @@ namespace big
 	};
 
 	inline logger g_log{};
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 6873f2ef..3e0203fc 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -152,9 +152,8 @@ BOOL APIENTRY DllMain(HMODULE hmod, DWORD reason, PVOID)
 			    g_file_manager.init(base_dir);
 
 			    g.init(g_file_manager.get_project_file("./settings.json"));
-			    LOG(INFO) << "Settings Loaded.";
-
 			    g_log.initialize("YimMenu", g_file_manager.get_project_file("./cout.log"), g.debug.external_console);
+			    LOG(INFO) << "Settings Loaded and logger initialized.";
 
 			    LOG(INFO) << "Yim's Menu Initializing";
 			    LOGF(INFO, "Git Info\n\tBranch:\t{}\n\tHash:\t{}\n\tDate:\t{}", version::GIT_BRANCH, version::GIT_SHA1, version::GIT_DATE);