diff --git a/src/gba/gba-thread.c b/src/gba/gba-thread.c
index 027da1c9d..951cb22bb 100644
--- a/src/gba/gba-thread.c
+++ b/src/gba/gba-thread.c
@@ -7,7 +7,16 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 
+static pthread_key_t contextKey;
+
+static void createTLS(void) {
+	pthread_key_create(&contextKey, 0);
+}
+
 static void* _GBAThreadRun(void* context) {
+	static pthread_once_t once = PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT;
+	pthread_once(&once, createTLS);
+
 	struct ARMDebugger debugger;
 	struct GBA gba;
 	struct GBAThread* threadContext = context;
@@ -18,11 +27,12 @@ static void* _GBAThreadRun(void* context) {
 	pthread_sigmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, &signals, 0);
 
 	GBAInit(&gba);
+	threadContext->gba = &gba;
+	pthread_setspecific(contextKey, threadContext);
 	if (threadContext->renderer) {
 		GBAVideoAssociateRenderer(&gba.video, threadContext->renderer);
 	}
 
-	threadContext->gba = &gba;
 	if (threadContext->fd >= 0) {
 		if (threadContext->fname) {
 			char* dotPoint = strrchr(threadContext->fname, '.');
@@ -100,3 +110,7 @@ void GBAThreadJoin(struct GBAThread* threadContext) {
 	pthread_mutex_destroy(&threadContext->mutex);
 	pthread_cond_destroy(&threadContext->cond);
 }
+
+struct GBAThread* GBAThreadGetContext(void) {
+	return pthread_getspecific(contextKey);
+}
diff --git a/src/gba/gba-thread.h b/src/gba/gba-thread.h
index df2877ce2..ea00d465c 100644
--- a/src/gba/gba-thread.h
+++ b/src/gba/gba-thread.h
@@ -24,5 +24,6 @@ struct GBAThread {
 
 int GBAThreadStart(struct GBAThread* threadContext);
 void GBAThreadJoin(struct GBAThread* threadContext);
+struct GBAThread* GBAThreadGetContext(void);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/gba/gba.c b/src/gba/gba.c
index aaadcfa7d..4c9e49fa4 100644
--- a/src/gba/gba.c
+++ b/src/gba/gba.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include "gba-bios.h"
 #include "gba-io.h"
+#include "gba-thread.h"
 
 #include "debugger.h"
 
@@ -368,6 +369,12 @@ int GBAHalt(struct GBA* gba) {
 }
 
 void GBALog(struct GBA* gba, enum GBALogLevel level, const char* format, ...) {
+	if (!gba) {
+		struct GBAThread* threadContext = GBAThreadGetContext();
+		if (threadContext) {
+			gba = threadContext->gba;
+		}
+	}
 	if (gba && level < gba->logLevel) {
 		return;
 	}