diff --git a/doomsday/client/include/ui/styledlogsinkformatter.h b/doomsday/client/include/ui/styledlogsinkformatter.h
index ad8c0feab8..b361fc2374 100644
--- a/doomsday/client/include/ui/styledlogsinkformatter.h
+++ b/doomsday/client/include/ui/styledlogsinkformatter.h
@@ -28,7 +28,13 @@
 class StyledLogSinkFormatter : public de::LogSink::IFormatter
 {
 public:
+    StyledLogSinkFormatter();
+    StyledLogSinkFormatter(de::LogEntry::Flags const &formatFlags);
+
     Lines logEntryToTextLines(de::LogEntry const &entry);
+
+private:
+    de::LogEntry::Flags _format;
 };
 
 #endif // DENG_CLIENT_STYLEDLOGSINKFORMATTER_H
diff --git a/doomsday/client/src/ui/styledlogsinkformatter.cpp b/doomsday/client/src/ui/styledlogsinkformatter.cpp
index c516b77497..3c0d7706ed 100644
--- a/doomsday/client/src/ui/styledlogsinkformatter.cpp
+++ b/doomsday/client/src/ui/styledlogsinkformatter.cpp
@@ -20,16 +20,23 @@
 
 using namespace de;
 
-LogSink::IFormatter::Lines StyledLogSinkFormatter::logEntryToTextLines(LogEntry const &entry)
+StyledLogSinkFormatter::StyledLogSinkFormatter()
 {
-    LogEntry::Flags flags = LogEntry::Styled | LogEntry::OmitLevel;
+    _format = LogEntry::Styled | LogEntry::OmitLevel;
 
 #ifndef _DEBUG
     // No metadata in release builds.
-    flags |= LogEntry::Simple;
+    _format |= LogEntry::Simple;
 #endif
+}
+
+StyledLogSinkFormatter::StyledLogSinkFormatter(LogEntry::Flags const &formatFlags)
+    : _format(formatFlags)
+{}
 
+LogSink::IFormatter::Lines StyledLogSinkFormatter::logEntryToTextLines(LogEntry const &entry)
+{
     // This will form a single long line. The line wrapper will
     // then determine how to wrap it onto the available width.
-    return Lines() << entry.asText(flags);
+    return Lines() << entry.asText(_format);
 }