diff --git a/src/ext/lib/Logger.js b/src/ext/lib/Logger.js
index 587cac8..82de7ed 100644
--- a/src/ext/lib/Logger.js
+++ b/src/ext/lib/Logger.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ class Logger {
     this.isBackgroundScript = true;
 
     this.vuexStore = options?.vuexStore;
+    this.uwInstance = options?.uwInstance;
   }
 
   static saveConfig(conf) {
@@ -120,6 +121,10 @@ class Logger {
     });
   }
 
+  setVuexStore(store) {
+    this.vuexStore = store;
+  }
+  
   clear() {
     this.log = [];
     this.startTime = performance.now();
@@ -295,6 +300,10 @@ class Logger {
     return false;
   }
 
+  isLoggingAllowed() {
+    return this.conf.allowLogging;
+  }
+
   isLoggingToFile() {
     return this.conf.allowLogging && this.conf.fileOptions?.enabled;
   }
@@ -470,8 +479,13 @@ class Logger {
     }
 
     if (!this.vuexStore) {
-      console.error("[info] No vue store. Log will not be exported.");
-      return;
+      console.error("[info] No vue store.");
+      if (!this.uwInstance) {
+        console.error('[info] no vue instance either. Not logging.');
+        return;
+      }
+      console.info("[info] Initializing vue and vuex instance ...");
+      this.uwInstance.initVue();
     }
 
     console.info('[info] vuex store present. Parsing logs.');
diff --git a/src/ext/uw.js b/src/ext/uw.js
index d1ab769..03b608b 100644
--- a/src/ext/uw.js
+++ b/src/ext/uw.js
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ class UW {
     this.actionHandler = undefined;
     this.logger = undefined;
     this.vuexStore = {};
+    this.uiInitiated = false;
+    this.vueInitiated = false;
   }
 
   reloadSettings() {
@@ -87,9 +89,16 @@ class UW {
             'handleMouseMove': false
           }
         };
-        this.logger = new Logger({vuexStore: this.vuexStore});
+        this.logger = new Logger();
         await this.logger.init(loggingOptions);
 
+        if (this.logger.isLoggingAllowed()) {
+          console.info("[uw::init] Logging is allowed! Initalizing vue and UI!");
+          this.initVue();
+          this.initUi();
+          this.logger.setVuexStore(this.vuexStore);
+        }
+
         // show popup if logging to file is enabled
         if (this.logger.isLoggingToFile()) {
           console.info('[uw::init] Logging to file is enabled. Will show popup!');
@@ -228,14 +237,23 @@ class UW {
   }
 
   showLogger() {
+    if (! this.vueInitiated) {
+      this.initVue();
+    }
+    if (!this.uiInitiated) {
+      this.initUi();
+    }
+
     this.vuexStore.dispatch('uw-show-logger');
   }
   hideLogger() {
-    this.vuexStore.dispatch('uw-hide-logger');
+    // if either of these two is false, then we know that UI doesn't exist
+    // since UI doesn't exist, we don't need to dispatch uw-hide-logger
+    if (this.vueInitiated && this.uiInitiated) {
+      this.vuexStore.dispatch('uw-hide-logger');
+    }
   }
 }
 
 var main = new UW();
-main.initVue();
-main.initUi();
 main.init();