diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index 3087c0cb71..89b4d1d2d4 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -1288,6 +1288,8 @@ Application::Application(int& argc, char** argv, QElapsedTimer& startupTimer, bo
     // Needs to happen AFTER the render engine initialization to access its configuration
     initializeUi();
 
+    updateVerboseLogging();
+
     init();
     qCDebug(interfaceapp, "init() complete.");
 
@@ -1426,9 +1428,6 @@ Application::Application(int& argc, char** argv, QElapsedTimer& startupTimer, bo
     _overlays.init(); // do this before scripts load
     DependencyManager::set<ContextOverlayInterface>();
 
-    // adjust which logging categories will be sent to the logs
-    updateVerboseLogging();
-
     // Make sure we don't time out during slow operations at startup
     updateHeartbeat();
 
@@ -2162,9 +2161,6 @@ void Application::updateVerboseLogging() {
     const_cast<QLoggingCategory*>(&scriptengine())->setEnabled(QtDebugMsg, enable);
     const_cast<QLoggingCategory*>(&scriptengine())->setEnabled(QtInfoMsg, enable);
 
-    const_cast<QLoggingCategory*>(&scriptengine())->setEnabled(QtDebugMsg, enable);
-    const_cast<QLoggingCategory*>(&scriptengine())->setEnabled(QtInfoMsg, enable);
-
     const_cast<QLoggingCategory*>(&modelformat())->setEnabled(QtDebugMsg, enable);
     const_cast<QLoggingCategory*>(&modelformat())->setEnabled(QtInfoMsg, enable);