diff --git a/apps/openmw-mp/main.cpp b/apps/openmw-mp/main.cpp
index ef6ea55c5..3f8c06bbc 100644
--- a/apps/openmw-mp/main.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw-mp/main.cpp
@@ -153,8 +153,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     auto version = Version::getOpenmwVersion(variables["resources"].as<Files::EscapeHashString>().toStdString());
 
     int logLevel = mgr.getInt("logLevel", "General");
-    if (logLevel < Log::LOG_VERBOSE || logLevel > Log::LOG_FATAL)
-        logLevel = Log::LOG_VERBOSE;
 
     // Some objects used to redirect cout and cerr
     // Scope must be here, so this still works inside the catch block for logging exceptions
diff --git a/components/openmw-mp/Log.cpp b/components/openmw-mp/Log.cpp
index 0ed414337..0f07703e9 100644
--- a/components/openmw-mp/Log.cpp
+++ b/components/openmw-mp/Log.cpp
@@ -14,41 +14,25 @@
 
 using namespace std;
 
-Log *Log::sLog = nullptr;
-
 Log::Log(int logLevel) : logLevel(logLevel)
 {
 
 }
 
-void Log::Create(int logLevel)
-{
-    if (sLog != nullptr)
-        return;
-    sLog = new Log(logLevel);
-}
-
-void Log::Delete()
-{
-    if (sLog == nullptr)
-        return;
-    delete sLog;
-    sLog = nullptr;
-}
-
-const Log &Log::Get()
+Log &Log::Get()
 {
-    return *sLog;
+    static Log instance(1000);
+    return instance;
 }
 
 void Log::SetLevel(int level)
 {
-    sLog->logLevel = level;
+    logLevel = level;
 }
 
 const char* getTime()
 {
-    time_t t = time(0);
+    time_t t = time(nullptr);
     struct tm *tm = localtime(&t);
     static char result[20];
     sprintf(result, "%.4d-%.2d-%.2d %.2d:%.2d:%.2d",
@@ -59,7 +43,7 @@ const char* getTime()
 
 void Log::print(int level, bool hasPrefix, const char *file, int line, const char *message, ...) const
 {
-    if (level < logLevel) return;
+    if (level > logLevel || logLevel == LOG_OFF) return;
     std::stringstream sstr;
 
     if (hasPrefix)
@@ -67,7 +51,7 @@ void Log::print(int level, bool hasPrefix, const char *file, int line, const cha
 
         sstr << "[" << getTime() << "] ";
 
-        if (file != 0 && line != 0)
+        if (file != nullptr && line != 0)
         {
             sstr << "[" << file << ":";
             sstr << line << "] ";
@@ -85,6 +69,13 @@ void Log::print(int level, bool hasPrefix, const char *file, int line, const cha
         case LOG_FATAL:
             sstr << "FATAL";
             break;
+        case LOG_TRACE:
+            sstr << "TRACE";
+            break;
+        case LOG_VERBOSE:
+        case LOG_INFO:
+            sstr << "INFO";
+            break;
         default:
             sstr << "INFO";
         }
@@ -108,10 +99,9 @@ void Log::print(int level, bool hasPrefix, const char *file, int line, const cha
 
 string Log::getFilenameTimestamp()
 {
-    time_t rawtime = time(0);
+    time_t rawtime = time(nullptr);
     struct tm *timeinfo = localtime(&rawtime);
     char buffer[25];
     strftime(buffer, 25, "%Y-%m-%d-%H_%M_%S", timeinfo);
-    std::string timestamp(buffer);
-    return timestamp;
+    return string(buffer);
 }
diff --git a/components/openmw-mp/Log.hpp b/components/openmw-mp/Log.hpp
index 31d6565d9..c2a648037 100644
--- a/components/openmw-mp/Log.hpp
+++ b/components/openmw-mp/Log.hpp
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 #define LOG_MESSAGE(level, msg, ...)
 #define LOG_MESSAGE_SIMPLE(level, msg, ...)
 #else
-#define LOG_INIT(logLevel) Log::Create(logLevel)
-#define LOG_QUIT() Log::Delete()
+#define LOG_INIT(logLevel) Log::Get().SetLevel(logLevel)
+#define LOG_QUIT()
 #if defined(_MSC_VER)
 #define LOG_MESSAGE(level, msg, ...) Log::Get().print((level), (1), (__FILE__), (__LINE__), (msg), __VA_ARGS__)
 #define LOG_MESSAGE_SIMPLE(level, msg, ...) Log::Get().print((level), (1), (0), (0), (msg), __VA_ARGS__)
@@ -35,16 +35,17 @@ class Log
 public:
     enum
     {
-        LOG_VERBOSE = 0,
-        LOG_INFO,
-        LOG_WARN,
+        LOG_OFF = 0,
+        LOG_FATAL,
         LOG_ERROR,
-        LOG_FATAL
+        LOG_WARN,
+        LOG_INFO,
+        LOG_VERBOSE,
+        LOG_TRACE,
     };
-    static void Create(int logLevel);
-    static void Delete();
-    static const Log &Get();
-    static void SetLevel(int level);
+
+    static Log &Get();
+    void SetLevel(int level);
     void print(int level, bool hasPrefix, const char *file, int line, const char *message, ...) const;
 
     static std::string getFilenameTimestamp();
@@ -53,7 +54,6 @@ public:
     Log &operator=(Log &) = delete;
 private:
     explicit Log(int logLevel);
-    static Log *sLog;
     int logLevel;
 };