diff --git a/common/debug.cpp b/common/debug.cpp
index 1150db9f0..874de6aa6 100644
--- a/common/debug.cpp
+++ b/common/debug.cpp
@@ -41,14 +41,13 @@ namespace ConsoleColor {
 
 #endif
 
+#include "eqemu_logsys.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "misc_functions.h"
 #include "platform.h"
 #include "eqemu_logsys.h"
 #include "string_util.h"
 
-EQEmuLogSys backport_log_sys;
-
 #ifndef va_copy
 	#define va_copy(d,s) ((d) = (s))
 #endif
@@ -165,7 +164,7 @@ bool EQEmuLog::write(LogIDs id, const char *fmt, ...)
 	va_list argptr, tmpargptr;
 	va_start(argptr, fmt);
 
-	backport_log_sys.Log(id, vStringFormat(fmt, argptr).c_str());
+	logger.Log(id, vStringFormat(fmt, argptr).c_str());
 
 	if (logCallbackFmt[id]) {
 		msgCallbackFmt p = logCallbackFmt[id];
diff --git a/common/eqemu_logsys.cpp b/common/eqemu_logsys.cpp
index f7bd6edc3..c7e8d300f 100644
--- a/common/eqemu_logsys.cpp
+++ b/common/eqemu_logsys.cpp
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ static Console::Color LogColors[EQEmuLogSys::MaxLogID] = {
 
 
 EQEmuLogSys::EQEmuLogSys(){
+	std::cout << "I AM CONSTRUCTING!!!! LUL " << std::endl;
 }
 
 EQEmuLogSys::~EQEmuLogSys(){
diff --git a/common/eqemu_logsys.h b/common/eqemu_logsys.h
index 88fd1362f..746689920 100644
--- a/common/eqemu_logsys.h
+++ b/common/eqemu_logsys.h
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ public:
 	void SetCurrentTimeStamp(char* time_stamp);
 	void StartZoneLogs(const std::string log_name);
 
-
 private:
 	bool zone_general_init = false;
 
diff --git a/world/net.cpp b/world/net.cpp
index 11de88892..c75dbe04b 100644
--- a/world/net.cpp
+++ b/world/net.cpp
@@ -97,14 +97,13 @@ LoginServerList loginserverlist;
 EQWHTTPServer http_server;
 UCSConnection UCSLink;
 QueryServConnection QSLink;
-LauncherList launcher_list;
+LauncherList launcher_list; 
 AdventureManager adventure_manager;
 EQEmu::Random emu_random;
 volatile bool RunLoops = true;
 uint32 numclients = 0;
 uint32 numzones = 0;
 bool holdzones = false;
-EQEmuLogSys logger;
 
 extern ConsoleList console_list;