diff --git a/src/csui/LoggerUi.vue b/src/csui/LoggerUi.vue
index b56c3ca..debd257 100644
--- a/src/csui/LoggerUi.vue
+++ b/src/csui/LoggerUi.vue
@@ -276,6 +276,8 @@ export default {
         this.logStringified = undefined;
       }
       this.$store.dispatch('uw-hide-logger');
+
+      this.showLoggerUi = false;
     },
     closePopupAndStopLogging() {
       Logger.saveConfig({...this.lastSettings, allowLogging: false});
diff --git a/src/ext/lib/ActionHandler.ts b/src/ext/lib/ActionHandler.ts
index e2a0e08..4f09458 100644
--- a/src/ext/lib/ActionHandler.ts
+++ b/src/ext/lib/ActionHandler.ts
@@ -314,23 +314,31 @@ class ActionHandler {
   handleKeyup(event) {
     this.logger.log('info', 'keyboard', "%c[ActionHandler::handleKeyup] we pressed a key: ", "color: #ff0", event.key , " | keyup: ", event.keyup, "event:", event);
 
-    if (this.preventAction(event)) {
-      this.logger.log('info', 'keyboard', "[ActionHandler::handleKeyup] we are in a text box or something. Doing nothing.");
-      return;
-    }
+    try {
+      if (this.preventAction(event)) {
+        this.logger.log('info', 'keyboard', "[ActionHandler::handleKeyup] we are in a text box or something. Doing nothing.");
+        return;
+      }
 
-    this.execAction(this.keyUpActions, event);
+      this.execAction(this.keyUpActions, event);
+    } catch (e) {
+      this.logger.log('info', 'debug', '[ActionHandler::handleKeyup] Failed to handle keyup!', e);
+    }
   }
 
   handleKeydown(event) {
     this.logger.log('info', 'keyboard', "%c[ActionHandler::handleKeydown] we pressed a key: ", "color: #ff0", event.key , " | keydown: ", event.keydown, "event:", event)
 
-    if (this.preventAction(event)) {
-      this.logger.log('info', 'keyboard', "[ActionHandler::handleKeydown] we are in a text box or something. Doing nothing.");
-      return;
-    }
+    try {
+      if (this.preventAction(event)) {
+        this.logger.log('info', 'keyboard', "[ActionHandler::handleKeydown] we are in a text box or something. Doing nothing.");
+        return;
+      }
 
-    this.execAction(this.keyDownActions, event);
+      this.execAction(this.keyDownActions, event);
+    } catch (e) {
+      this.logger.log('info', 'debug', '[ActionHandler::handleKeydown] Failed to handle keydown!', e);
+    }
   }
 
   handleMouseMove(event, videoData?: VideoData) {
diff --git a/src/ext/lib/Logger.ts b/src/ext/lib/Logger.ts
index 3631ec0..e977892 100644
--- a/src/ext/lib/Logger.ts
+++ b/src/ext/lib/Logger.ts
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ class Logger {
   constructor(options?: {vuexStore?: any, uwInstance?: any}) {
     this.vuexStore = options?.vuexStore;
     this.uwInstance = options?.uwInstance;
+
+    browser.storage.onChanged.addListener((changes, area) => {
+      this.storageChangeListener(changes, area)
+    });
   }
 
   static saveConfig(conf: LoggerConfig) {
@@ -190,6 +194,34 @@ class Logger {
     });
   }
 
+  storageChangeListener(changes, area) {
+    if (!changes.uwLogger) {
+      console.info('We dont have any logging settings, not processing frther');
+      return;
+    }
+
+    try {
+      this.conf = JSON.parse(changes.uwLogger.newValue);
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.warn('[uwLogger] Error while trying to parse new conf for logger:', e, '\nWe received the following changes:', changes, 'for area:', area);
+    }
+    
+    // This code can only execute if user tried to enable or disable logging
+    // through the popup. In cases like this, we do not gate the console.log
+    // behind a check, since we _always_ want to have this feedback in response
+    // to an action.
+    console.info(
+      '[uwLogger] logger config changed! New configuration:',
+      this.conf, '\nraw changes:', changes, 'area?', area,
+      '\n————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n-----\nLogging with new settings starts now.'
+    );
+
+    // initiate loger if need be
+    if (!this.startTime) {
+      this.init(this.conf);
+    }
+  }
+
   setVuexStore(store) {
     this.vuexStore = store;
   }
@@ -386,7 +418,7 @@ class Logger {
   }
 
   canLogFile(component) {
-    if (!this.conf.fileOptions.enabled || this.temp_disable) {
+    if (!this.conf?.fileOptions?.enabled || this.temp_disable) {
       return false;
     }
     if (Array.isArray(component) && component.length ) {