diff --git a/otherarch/sdcpp/sdtype_adapter.cpp b/otherarch/sdcpp/sdtype_adapter.cpp
index 6149193bc65a..e7dc280ccb4c 100644
--- a/otherarch/sdcpp/sdtype_adapter.cpp
+++ b/otherarch/sdcpp/sdtype_adapter.cpp
@@ -363,7 +363,9 @@ static bool is_video_model(kcpp_sd::model_info info)
 
 bool sdtype_load_model(const sd_load_model_inputs inputs) {
 
-    kcpp_sd_preserve_ggml_logger();
+    sddebugmode = inputs.debugmode;
+    set_sd_log_level(sddebugmode);
+    ggml_log_set(kcpp_sd_ggml_log_callback);
 
     sd_is_quiet = inputs.quiet;
     set_sd_quiet(sd_is_quiet);
@@ -537,10 +539,6 @@ bool sdtype_load_model(const sd_load_model_inputs inputs) {
         }
     }
 
-    sddebugmode = inputs.debugmode;
-
-    set_sd_log_level(sddebugmode);
-
     sd_ctx_params_t params = {};
     sd_ctx_params_init(&params);
 
@@ -1943,6 +1941,9 @@ void sdtype_request_ongoing_generation_preview()
 
 sd_generation_outputs sdtype_upscale(const sd_upscale_inputs inputs)
 {
+    set_sd_log_level(sddebugmode);
+    ggml_log_set(kcpp_sd_ggml_log_callback);
+
     sd_generation.reset();
 
     if(sd_ctx == nullptr || upscaler_ctx == nullptr || sd_params == nullptr)
diff --git a/otherarch/sdcpp/src/core/util.cpp b/otherarch/sdcpp/src/core/util.cpp
index 2ba895d9083f..b6daf6eb75ce 100644
--- a/otherarch/sdcpp/src/core/util.cpp
+++ b/otherarch/sdcpp/src/core/util.cpp
@@ -522,6 +522,14 @@ bool parse_strict_bool(const std::string& text, bool& value) {
 // { kcpp
 static int sdloglevel = INT_MAX; // -1 = hide all, 0 = normal, 1 = showall, INT_MAX = sdcpp
 static bool sdquiet = false;
+
+void kcpp_sd_ggml_log_set(void) {
+    /* block ggml log changes on Koboldcpp */
+    if (sdloglevel == INT_MAX) {
+        ggml_log_set(sd_ggml_log_callback, nullptr);
+    }
+}
+
 // } kcpp
 
 static std::string build_progress_bar(int step, int steps, char progress_char = '=', bool show_head = true) {
diff --git a/otherarch/sdcpp/src/core/util.h b/otherarch/sdcpp/src/core/util.h
index bb4dc9d7adf9..a5b9b0f1c646 100644
--- a/otherarch/sdcpp/src/core/util.h
+++ b/otherarch/sdcpp/src/core/util.h
@@ -120,4 +120,7 @@ bool sd_backend_is(ggml_backend_t backend, const std::string& name);
 #define LOG_INFO(format, ...) log_printf(SD_LOG_INFO, __FILE__, __LINE__, format, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define LOG_WARN(format, ...) log_printf(SD_LOG_WARN, __FILE__, __LINE__, format, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define LOG_ERROR(format, ...) log_printf(SD_LOG_ERROR, __FILE__, __LINE__, format, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+
+void kcpp_sd_ggml_log_set(void);
+
 #endif  // __SD_CORE_UTIL_H__
diff --git a/otherarch/sdcpp/src/pipeline/diffusion_engine.cpp b/otherarch/sdcpp/src/pipeline/diffusion_engine.cpp
index 52be854b2978..09c52e819cbe 100644
--- a/otherarch/sdcpp/src/pipeline/diffusion_engine.cpp
+++ b/otherarch/sdcpp/src/pipeline/diffusion_engine.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #include "model_builders.h"
 #include "model_loader.h"
 #include "model_manager.h"
-#include "sdcpp_logger_adapter.h"
 #include "stable-diffusion.h"
 
 #include "conditioning/conditioner.hpp"
@@ -1099,7 +1098,7 @@ bool StableDiffusionGGML::init(const sd_ctx_params_t* sd_ctx_params) {
         sampler_rng = rng;
     }
 
-    ggml_log_set(kcpp_sd_ggml_log_callback, nullptr);
+    kcpp_sd_ggml_log_set();
 
     model_manager = std::make_shared<ModelManager>();
     model_manager->set_n_threads(n_threads);
diff --git a/otherarch/sdcpp/src/upscaler.cpp b/otherarch/sdcpp/src/upscaler.cpp
index 4b112774d637..d09416863fc1 100644
--- a/otherarch/sdcpp/src/upscaler.cpp
+++ b/otherarch/sdcpp/src/upscaler.cpp
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #include "core/util.h"
 #include "model_loader.h"
 #include "runtime/tiling.h"
-#include "sdcpp_logger_adapter.h"
 #include "stable-diffusion.h"
 
 #include <cstdlib>
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ void UpscalerGGML::set_max_graph_vram_bytes(size_t max_vram_bytes) {
 
 bool UpscalerGGML::load_from_file(const std::string& esrgan_path,
                                   int n_threads) {
-    ggml_log_set(kcpp_sd_ggml_log_callback, nullptr);
+    kcpp_sd_ggml_log_set();
 
     std::string error;
     if (!backend_manager.init(backend_spec.c_str(),