diff --git a/CMake/logging.cmake b/CMake/logging.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..268ad27b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMake/logging.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+set(SPDLOG_LEVEL_TRACE 0)
+set(SPDLOG_LEVEL_DEBUG 1)
+set(SPDLOG_LEVEL_INFO 2)
+set(SPDLOG_LEVEL_WARN 3)
+set(SPDLOG_LEVEL_ERROR 4)
+set(SPDLOG_LEVEL_CRITICAL 5)
+set(SPDLOG_LEVEL_OFF 6)
+set(LOG_LEVELS "SPDLOG_LEVEL_TRACE;SPDLOG_LEVEL_DEBUG;SPDLOG_LEVEL_INFO;SPDLOG_LEVEL_WARN;SPDLOG_LEVEL_ERROR;SPDLOG_LEVEL_CRITICAL;SPDLOG_LEVEL_OFF")
+set(LOG_LEVEL SPDLOG_LEVEL_TRACE CACHE STRING "The spdlog level that prints will be logged out. Overridden to SPDLOG_LEVEL_ERROR on Release builds.")
+set_property(CACHE LOG_LEVEL PROPERTY STRINGS ${LOG_LEVELS})
+if(NOT LOG_LEVEL IN_LIST LOG_LEVELS)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "LOG_LEVEL must be one of ${LOG_LEVELS}")
+endif()
+set(SPDLOG_ACTIVE_LEVEL ${${LOG_LEVEL}})
+set(LOG_LEVEL_GAME_PRINTS ${SPDLOG_LEVEL_OFF})
+
+add_compile_definitions(
+    LOG_LEVEL_GAME_PRINTS=${LOG_LEVEL_GAME_PRINTS}
+    SPDLOG_ACTIVE_LEVEL=${SPDLOG_ACTIVE_LEVEL}
+)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 64008668b..7ed0b6bc8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ set(CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET "10.15" CACHE STRING "Minimum OS X deployment ve
 project(Ship VERSION 9.1.0 LANGUAGES C CXX)
 include(CMake/soh-cvars.cmake)
 include(CMake/lus-cvars.cmake)
+include(CMake/logging.cmake)
 
 option(SUPPRESS_WARNINGS "Suppress warnings in LUS and src (decomp)" ON)
 if(SUPPRESS_WARNINGS)
diff --git a/libultraship b/libultraship
index 5f4be9b6f..17a0b7939 160000
--- a/libultraship
+++ b/libultraship
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 5f4be9b6f5f74917c303ab8b66a0b2f4ef91613d
+Subproject commit 17a0b7939bd05f5e617cef89457ca43774fc9a9f
diff --git a/soh/include/functions.h b/soh/include/functions.h
index 9d96a3c8b..11dbf8c81 100644
--- a/soh/include/functions.h
+++ b/soh/include/functions.h
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ extern "C"
 #include <libultraship/log/luslog.h>
 #include <soh/Enhancements/item-tables/ItemTableTypes.h>
 
-#if defined(INCLUDE_GAME_PRINTF) && defined(_DEBUG)
-#define osSyncPrintf(fmt, ...) lusprintf(__FILE__, __LINE__, 0, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#if (LOG_LEVEL_GAME_PRINTS >= SPDLOG_ACTIVE_LEVEL) && !(LOG_LEVEL_GAME_PRINTS >= 6)
+#define osSyncPrintf(...) lusprintf(__FILE__, __LINE__, LOG_LEVEL_GAME_PRINTS , __VA_ARGS__)
 #else
 #define osSyncPrintf(fmt, ...) osSyncPrintfUnused(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #endif
diff --git a/soh/soh/Enhancements/randomizer/static_data.cpp b/soh/soh/Enhancements/randomizer/static_data.cpp
index 1becef894..ba2dff847 100644
--- a/soh/soh/Enhancements/randomizer/static_data.cpp
+++ b/soh/soh/Enhancements/randomizer/static_data.cpp
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ StaticData::PopulateTranslationMap(std::unordered_map<uint32_t, CustomMessage> i
             if (output.contains(string)) {
                 if (output[string] != key) {
                     // RANDOTODO should this cause an error of some kind?
-                    SPDLOG_DEBUG("\tREPEATED STRING IN " + message.GetEnglish(MF_CLEAN) + "\n\n");
+                    SPDLOG_DEBUG("REPEATED STRING IN " + message.GetEnglish(MF_CLEAN));
                 }
             } else {
                 output[string] = key;
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ StaticData::PopulateTranslationMap(std::unordered_map<uint32_t, RandomizerHintTe
             if (output.contains(string)) {
                 if (output[string] != key) {
                     // RANDOTODO should this cause an error of some kind?
-                    SPDLOG_DEBUG("\tREPEATED STRING WITH " + string + "\n\n");
+                    SPDLOG_DEBUG("REPEATED STRING WITH " + string);
                 }
             } else {
                 output[string] = key;
diff --git a/soh/soh/OTRGlobals.cpp b/soh/soh/OTRGlobals.cpp
index cbcc926d9..222c7ad8c 100644
--- a/soh/soh/OTRGlobals.cpp
+++ b/soh/soh/OTRGlobals.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <fast/resource/type/DisplayList.h>
 #include <ship/window/Window.h>
 #include <soh/GameVersions.h>
+#include <spdlog/sinks/rotating_file_sink.h>
 
 #include "Enhancements/gameconsole.h"
 #ifdef _WIN32
@@ -319,8 +320,13 @@ void OTRGlobals::Initialize() {
     context->InitCrashHandler();
     context->InitConsole();
 
+#if (_DEBUG)
+    int defaultLogLevel = 0;
+#else
+    int defaultLogLevel = 2;
+#endif
     Ship::Context::GetInstance()->GetLogger()->set_level(
-        (spdlog::level::level_enum)CVarGetInteger(CVAR_DEVELOPER_TOOLS("LogLevel"), 1));
+        (spdlog::level::level_enum)CVarGetInteger(CVAR_DEVELOPER_TOOLS("LogLevel"), defaultLogLevel));
     Ship::Context::GetInstance()->GetLogger()->set_pattern("[%H:%M:%S.%e] [%s:%#] [%l] %v");
 
     auto sohInputEditorWindow =