diff --git a/IPA.Loader/Config/SelfConfig.cs b/IPA.Loader/Config/SelfConfig.cs
index 451627fb..433ac088 100644
--- a/IPA.Loader/Config/SelfConfig.cs
+++ b/IPA.Loader/Config/SelfConfig.cs
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ namespace IPA.Config
                     case "--no-yeet":
                         CommandLineValues.YeetMods = false;
                         break;
+                    case "--no-logs":
+                        CommandLineValues.WriteLogs = true;
+                        break;
                     case "--condense-logs":
                         CommandLineValues.Debug.CondenseModLogs = true;
                         break;
@@ -174,6 +177,9 @@ namespace IPA.Config
         public static bool YeetMods_ => (Instance?.YeetMods ?? true)
                                      &&   CommandLineValues.YeetMods;
 
+        [JsonIgnore]
+        public bool WriteLogs { get; set; } = true;
+
         // LINE: ignore
         [NonNullable, UseConverter(typeof(CollectionConverter<string, HashSet<string?>>))]
         public virtual HashSet<string> GameAssemblies { get; set; } = new HashSet<string>
diff --git a/IPA.Loader/Logging/StandardLogger.cs b/IPA.Loader/Logging/StandardLogger.cs
index 72a5b3c3..2a253b7e 100644
--- a/IPA.Loader/Logging/StandardLogger.cs
+++ b/IPA.Loader/Logging/StandardLogger.cs
@@ -25,10 +25,7 @@ namespace IPA.Logging
     /// </remarks>
     public class StandardLogger : Logger
     {
-        private static readonly List<LogPrinter> defaultPrinters = new()
-        {
-            new GlobalLogFilePrinter()
-        };
+        private static readonly List<LogPrinter> defaultPrinters = new();
 
         static StandardLogger()
         {
@@ -115,6 +112,7 @@ namespace IPA.Logging
 
         private readonly Dictionary<string, StandardLogger> children = new();
 
+        private static bool addedFilePrinter = false;
         /// <summary>
         /// Configures internal debug settings based on the config passed in.
         /// </summary>
@@ -124,6 +122,11 @@ namespace IPA.Logging
             PrintFilter = SelfConfig.Debug_.ShowDebug_ ? LogLevel.All : LogLevel.InfoUp;
             showTrace = SelfConfig.Debug_.ShowTrace_;
             syncLogging = SelfConfig.Debug_.SyncLogging_;
+            if (SelfConfig.CommandLineValues.WriteLogs && !addedFilePrinter)
+            {
+                addedFilePrinter = true;
+                AddDefaultPrinter(new GlobalLogFilePrinter());
+            }
         }
 
         private StandardLogger(StandardLogger parent, string subName)
@@ -457,4 +460,4 @@ namespace IPA.Logging
                 _ => throw new InvalidOperationException()
             };
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}