diff --git a/Dalamud/Configuration/DalamudConfiguration.cs b/Dalamud/Configuration/DalamudConfiguration.cs
index b3d32e5c3..46c3381d0 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Configuration/DalamudConfiguration.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Configuration/DalamudConfiguration.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using System.IO;
 using Dalamud.Game.Text;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Serilog;
+using Serilog.Events;
 
 namespace Dalamud.Configuration
 {
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ namespace Dalamud.Configuration
     /// Class containing Dalamud settings.
     /// </summary>
     [Serializable]
-    internal class DalamudConfiguration
+    public class DalamudConfiguration
     {
         [JsonIgnore]
         private string configPath;
@@ -113,6 +114,11 @@ namespace Dalamud.Configuration
         /// </summary>
         public bool DoButtonsSystemMenu { get; set; } = true;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the default Dalamud debug log level on startup.
+        /// </summary>
+        public LogEventLevel LogLevel { get; set; } = LogEventLevel.Information;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether or not the debug log should scroll automatically.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/Dalamud/Configuration/ThirdRepoSetting.cs b/Dalamud/Configuration/ThirdRepoSetting.cs
index 63ab9f333..b0fcb03b0 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Configuration/ThirdRepoSetting.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Configuration/ThirdRepoSetting.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ namespace Dalamud.Configuration
     /// <summary>
     /// Third party repository for dalamud plugins.
     /// </summary>
-    internal class ThirdRepoSetting
+    public class ThirdRepoSetting
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the third party repo url.
diff --git a/Dalamud/Dalamud.cs b/Dalamud/Dalamud.cs
index 3b0638053..5453da2a6 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Dalamud.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Dalamud.cs
@@ -43,10 +43,12 @@ namespace Dalamud
         /// <param name="info">DalamudStartInfo instance.</param>
         /// <param name="loggingLevelSwitch">LoggingLevelSwitch to control Serilog level.</param>
         /// <param name="finishSignal">Signal signalling shutdown.</param>
-        public Dalamud(DalamudStartInfo info, LoggingLevelSwitch loggingLevelSwitch, ManualResetEvent finishSignal)
+        /// <param name="configuration">The Dalamud configuration.</param>
+        public Dalamud(DalamudStartInfo info, LoggingLevelSwitch loggingLevelSwitch, ManualResetEvent finishSignal, DalamudConfiguration configuration)
         {
             this.StartInfo = info;
             this.LogLevelSwitch = loggingLevelSwitch;
+            this.Configuration = configuration;
 
             this.baseDirectory = info.WorkingDirectory;
 
@@ -226,8 +228,6 @@ namespace Dalamud
         {
             try
             {
-                this.Configuration = DalamudConfiguration.Load(this.StartInfo.ConfigurationPath);
-
                 this.AntiDebug = new AntiDebug(this.SigScanner);
                 if (this.Configuration.IsAntiAntiDebugEnabled)
                     this.AntiDebug.Enable();
diff --git a/Dalamud/EntryPoint.cs b/Dalamud/EntryPoint.cs
index 39fe1e38b..9287ec033 100644
--- a/Dalamud/EntryPoint.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/EntryPoint.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using System.Net;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
+using Dalamud.Configuration;
 using Dalamud.Interface;
 using EasyHook;
 using Serilog;
@@ -34,8 +35,11 @@ namespace Dalamud
         /// <param name="info">The <see cref="DalamudStartInfo"/> containing information needed to initialize Dalamud.</param>
         public void Run(RemoteHooking.IContext ctx, DalamudStartInfo info)
         {
+            // Load configuration first to get some early persistent state, like log level
+            var configuration = DalamudConfiguration.Load(info.ConfigurationPath);
+
             // Setup logger
-            var (logger, levelSwitch) = this.NewLogger(info.WorkingDirectory);
+            var (logger, levelSwitch) = this.NewLogger(info.WorkingDirectory, configuration.LogLevel);
             Log.Logger = logger;
 
             var finishSignal = new ManualResetEvent(false);
@@ -53,7 +57,7 @@ namespace Dalamud
                 AppDomain.CurrentDomain.UnhandledException += this.OnUnhandledException;
                 TaskScheduler.UnobservedTaskException += this.OnUnobservedTaskException;
 
-                var dalamud = new Dalamud(info, levelSwitch, finishSignal);
+                var dalamud = new Dalamud(info, levelSwitch, finishSignal, configuration);
                 Log.Information("Starting a session..");
 
                 // Run session
@@ -77,7 +81,7 @@ namespace Dalamud
             }
         }
 
-        private (Logger Logger, LoggingLevelSwitch LevelSwitch) NewLogger(string baseDirectory)
+        private (Logger Logger, LoggingLevelSwitch LevelSwitch) NewLogger(string baseDirectory, LogEventLevel logLevel)
         {
 #if DEBUG
             var logPath = Path.Combine(baseDirectory, "dalamud.log");
@@ -90,7 +94,7 @@ namespace Dalamud
 #if DEBUG
             levelSwitch.MinimumLevel = LogEventLevel.Verbose;
 #else
-            levelSwitch.MinimumLevel = LogEventLevel.Information;
+            levelSwitch.MinimumLevel = logLevel;
 #endif
 
             var newLogger = new LoggerConfiguration()
diff --git a/Dalamud/Interface/DalamudInterface.cs b/Dalamud/Interface/DalamudInterface.cs
index 8ac21a29a..09c15051a 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Interface/DalamudInterface.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Interface/DalamudInterface.cs
@@ -190,6 +190,8 @@ namespace Dalamud.Interface
                                 if (ImGui.MenuItem(logLevel + "##logLevelSwitch", string.Empty, this.dalamud.LogLevelSwitch.MinimumLevel == logLevel))
                                 {
                                     this.dalamud.LogLevelSwitch.MinimumLevel = logLevel;
+                                    this.dalamud.Configuration.LogLevel = logLevel;
+                                    this.dalamud.Configuration.Save();
                                 }
                             }