diff --git a/app/main.ts b/app/main.ts
index da4fb92db1e..cb7037d146f 100644
--- a/app/main.ts
+++ b/app/main.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import packageJson from '../package.json';
 import * as GlobalErrors from './global_errors';
 import { setup as setupSpellChecker } from './spell_check';
 import { redactAll, addSensitivePath } from '../ts/util/privacy';
+import { consoleLogger } from '../ts/util/consoleLogger';
 import { remove as removeUserConfig } from './user_config';
 
 import './startup_config';
@@ -253,7 +254,8 @@ let settingsChannel: SettingsChannel | undefined;
 
 function getLogger(): LoggerType {
   if (!logger) {
-    throw new Error('getLogger: Logger not yet initialized!');
+    console.warn('getLogger: Logger not yet initialized!');
+    return consoleLogger;
   }
 
   return logger;
diff --git a/ts/sql/Server.ts b/ts/sql/Server.ts
index 067da9ba098..ee66e8088ea 100644
--- a/ts/sql/Server.ts
+++ b/ts/sql/Server.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import { STORAGE_UI_KEYS } from '../types/StorageUIKeys';
 import { StoredJob } from '../jobs/types';
 import { assert } from '../util/assert';
 import { combineNames } from '../util/combineNames';
+import { consoleLogger } from '../util/consoleLogger';
 import { dropNull } from '../util/dropNull';
 import { isNormalNumber } from '../util/isNormalNumber';
 import { isNotNil } from '../util/isNotNil';
@@ -2689,28 +2690,7 @@ function getOurUuid(db: Database): string | undefined {
 }
 
 let globalInstance: Database | undefined;
-/* eslint-disable no-console */
-let logger: LoggerType = {
-  fatal(...args: Array<unknown>) {
-    console.error(...args);
-  },
-  error(...args: Array<unknown>) {
-    console.error(...args);
-  },
-  warn(...args: Array<unknown>) {
-    console.warn(...args);
-  },
-  info(...args: Array<unknown>) {
-    console.info(...args);
-  },
-  debug(...args: Array<unknown>) {
-    console.debug(...args);
-  },
-  trace(...args: Array<unknown>) {
-    console.log(...args);
-  },
-};
-/* eslint-enable no-console */
+let logger = consoleLogger;
 let globalInstanceRenderer: Database | undefined;
 let databaseFilePath: string | undefined;
 let indexedDBPath: string | undefined;
diff --git a/ts/util/consoleLogger.ts b/ts/util/consoleLogger.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..47ed99ee8e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ts/util/consoleLogger.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// Copyright 2021 Signal Messenger, LLC
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+
+import type { LoggerType } from '../types/Logging';
+
+/* eslint-disable no-console */
+export const consoleLogger: LoggerType = {
+  fatal(...args: Array<unknown>) {
+    console.error(...args);
+  },
+  error(...args: Array<unknown>) {
+    console.error(...args);
+  },
+  warn(...args: Array<unknown>) {
+    console.warn(...args);
+  },
+  info(...args: Array<unknown>) {
+    console.info(...args);
+  },
+  debug(...args: Array<unknown>) {
+    console.debug(...args);
+  },
+  trace(...args: Array<unknown>) {
+    console.log(...args);
+  },
+};
+/* eslint-enable no-console */