diff --git a/common/database.cpp b/common/database.cpp
index f852ae37e..dd95103ba 100644
--- a/common/database.cpp
+++ b/common/database.cpp
@@ -4257,3 +4257,28 @@ uint32 Database::GetGuildIDByCharID(uint32 char_id)
 	auto row = results.begin();
 	return atoi(row[0]);
 }
+
+void Database::LoadLogSysSettings(EQEmuLogSys::LogSettings* log_settings){
+	std::string query = 
+		"SELECT "
+		"log_category_id, "
+		"log_category_description, "
+		"log_to_console, "
+		"log_to_file, "
+		"log_to_gmsay "
+		"FROM "
+		"logsys_categories "
+		"ORDER BY log_category_id";
+	auto results = QueryDatabase(query);
+	int log_category = 0;
+	for (auto row = results.begin(); row != results.end(); ++row) {
+		log_category = atoi(row[0]);
+		log_settings[log_category].log_to_console = atoi(row[2]);
+		log_settings[log_category].log_to_file = atoi(row[3]);
+		log_settings[log_category].log_to_gmsay = atoi(row[4]);
+		std::cout << "Setting log settings for " << log_category << " " << LogCategoryName[log_category] << " " << std::endl;
+		std::cout << "--- log_to_console = " << atoi(row[2]) << std::endl;
+		std::cout << "--- log_to_file = " << atoi(row[3]) << std::endl;
+		std::cout << "--- log_to_gmsay = " << atoi(row[4]) << std::endl;
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/common/database.h b/common/database.h
index f45b83600..424a0dfa9 100644
--- a/common/database.h
+++ b/common/database.h
@@ -645,6 +645,9 @@ public:
 	void	SetLoginFlags(uint32 CharID, bool LFP, bool LFG, uint8 firstlogon);
 	void	AddReport(std::string who, std::string against, std::string lines);
 
+	/* EQEmuLogSys */
+	void	LoadLogSysSettings(EQEmuLogSys::LogSettings* log_settings);
+
 private:
 	void DBInitVars();
 
diff --git a/common/eqemu_logsys.cpp b/common/eqemu_logsys.cpp
index b60687300..5b13438d1 100644
--- a/common/eqemu_logsys.cpp
+++ b/common/eqemu_logsys.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "eqemu_logsys.h"
 #include "platform.h"
 #include "string_util.h"
+#include "database.h"
 
 #include <iostream>
 #include <fstream> 
@@ -70,30 +71,6 @@ static const char* TypeNames[EQEmuLogSys::MaxLogID] = {
 	"Crash",
 };
 
-/* If you add to this, make sure you update LogCategory in eqemu_logsys.h */
-static const char* LogCategoryName[EQEmuLogSys::LogCategory::MaxCategoryID] = {
-	"Zone",
-	"World",
-	"UCS",
-	"QueryServer",
-	"WebInterface",
-	"AA",
-	"Doors",
-	"Guild",
-	"Inventory",
-	"Launcher",
-	"Netcode",
-	"Object",
-	"Rules",
-	"Skills",
-	"Spawns",
-	"Spells",
-	"Tasks",
-	"Trading",
-	"Tradeskills",
-	"Tribute",
-};
-
 static Console::Color LogColors[EQEmuLogSys::MaxLogID] = {
 	Console::Color::Yellow, 		   // "Status", 
 	Console::Color::Yellow,			   // "Normal", 
@@ -121,7 +98,7 @@ void EQEmuLogSys::LoadLogSettings()
 		log_settings[i].log_to_console = 1;
 		log_settings[i].log_to_file = 1;
 		log_settings[i].log_to_gmsay = 1;
-		std::cout << "Setting log settings for " << i << " " << LogCategoryName[i] << " " << std::endl;
+		// std::cout << "Setting log settings for " << i << " " << LogCategoryName[i] << " " << std::endl;
 	}
 	log_settings_loaded = true;
 }
diff --git a/common/eqemu_logsys.h b/common/eqemu_logsys.h
index 5eed3e181..669d06ea9 100644
--- a/common/eqemu_logsys.h
+++ b/common/eqemu_logsys.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public:
 		Detail,			/* 2 - Use this for extreme detail in logging, usually in extreme debugging in the stack or interprocess communication */
 	};
 
-	/* If you add to this, make sure you update LogCategoryName in eqemu_logsys.cpp */
+	/* If you add to this, make sure you update LogCategoryName */
 	enum LogCategory {
 		Zone_Server = 0,
 		World_Server,
@@ -108,5 +108,28 @@ private:
 
 extern EQEmuLogSys logger;
 
+/* If you add to this, make sure you update LogCategory */
+static const char* LogCategoryName[EQEmuLogSys::LogCategory::MaxCategoryID] = {
+	"Zone",
+	"World",
+	"UCS",
+	"QueryServer",
+	"WebInterface",
+	"AA",
+	"Doors",
+	"Guild",
+	"Inventory",
+	"Launcher",
+	"Netcode",
+	"Object",
+	"Rules",
+	"Skills",
+	"Spawns",
+	"Spells",
+	"Tasks",
+	"Trading",
+	"Tradeskills",
+	"Tribute",
+};
 
 #endif
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diff --git a/zone/zonedb.h b/zone/zonedb.h
index 1c103074a..56d9a2b25 100644
--- a/zone/zonedb.h
+++ b/zone/zonedb.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "../common/shareddb.h"
 #include "../common/eq_packet_structs.h"
 #include "../common/faction.h"
+#include "../common/eqemu_logsys.h"
 
 class Client;
 class Corpse;