diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/ConsoleLuaLibrary.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/ConsoleLuaLibrary.cs
index a9feef63b2..c0ab4043bb 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/ConsoleLuaLibrary.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/ConsoleLuaLibrary.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 
 		[LuaMethodExample("console.clear( );")]
 		[LuaMethod("clear", "clears the output box of the Lua Console window")]
-		public static void Clear()
+		public void Clear()
 		{
 			if (GlobalWin.Tools.Has<LuaConsole>())
 			{
@@ -39,27 +39,27 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 
 		[LuaMethodExample("console.log( \"New log.\" );")]
 		[LuaMethod("log", "Outputs the given object to the output box on the Lua Console dialog. Note: Can accept a LuaTable")]
-		public static void Log(params object[] outputs)
+		public void Log(params object[] outputs)
 		{
 			LogWithSeparator("\t", "\n", outputs);
 		}
 
 		[LuaMethodExample("console.writeline( \"New log line.\" );")]
 		[LuaMethod("writeline", "Outputs the given object to the output box on the Lua Console dialog. Note: Can accept a LuaTable")]
-		public static void WriteLine(params object[] outputs)
+		public void WriteLine(params object[] outputs)
 		{
 			LogWithSeparator("\n", "\n", outputs);
 		}
 
 		[LuaMethodExample("console.write( \"New log message.\" );")]
 		[LuaMethod("write", "Outputs the given object to the output box on the Lua Console dialog. Note: Can accept a LuaTable")]
-		public static void Write(params object[] outputs)
+		public void Write(params object[] outputs)
 		{
 			LogWithSeparator("", "", outputs);
 		}
 
 		// Outputs the given object to the output box on the Lua Console dialog. Note: Can accept a LuaTable
-		private static void LogWithSeparator(string separator, string terminator, params object[] outputs)
+		private void LogWithSeparator(string separator, string terminator, params object[] outputs)
 		{
 			static string SerializeTable(LuaTable lti)
 			{
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Win32LuaLibraries.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Win32LuaLibraries.cs
index ab540f4058..22df7d8233 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Win32LuaLibraries.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Win32LuaLibraries.cs
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 					{
 						clientLib.MainForm = mainForm;
 					}
+					else if (instance is ConsoleLuaLibrary consoleLib)
+					{
+						_logToLuaConsoleCallback = consoleLib.Log;
+					}
 					else if (instance is GuiLuaLibrary guiLib)
 					{
 						guiLib.CreateLuaCanvasCallback = (width, height, x, y) =>
@@ -101,7 +105,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 		private Lua _lua = new Lua();
 		private Lua _currThread;
 
-		private static readonly Action<object[]> _logToLuaConsoleCallback = ConsoleLuaLibrary.Log;
+		private static Action<object[]> _logToLuaConsoleCallback = a => Console.WriteLine("a Lua lib is logging during init and the console lib hasn't been initialised yet");
 
 		private FormsLuaLibrary FormsLibrary => (FormsLuaLibrary)Libraries[typeof(FormsLuaLibrary)];