diff --git a/VBA2008.vcproj b/VBA2008.vcproj
index 812750ba..0108d3e2 100644
--- a/VBA2008.vcproj
+++ b/VBA2008.vcproj
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
 				FavorSizeOrSpeed="1"
 				WholeProgramOptimization="true"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""..\dependencies\File_Extractor-0.4.3\fex";..\dependencies\msvc"
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_WINDOWS;NDEBUG;OEMRESOURCE;MMX;ASM;FINAL_VERSION;BKPT_SUPPORT;_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE;HAS_FILE_EXTRACTOR"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_WINDOWS;NDEBUG;GBA_LOGGING;OEMRESOURCE;MMX;ASM;FINAL_VERSION;BKPT_SUPPORT;_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE;HAS_FILE_EXTRACTOR"
 				RuntimeLibrary="0"
 				BufferSecurityCheck="false"
 				EnableEnhancedInstructionSet="0"
diff --git a/src/agb/GBAinline.h b/src/agb/GBAinline.h
index ebd9770e..833e3f30 100644
--- a/src/agb/GBAinline.h
+++ b/src/agb/GBAinline.h
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ extern int cpuTotalTicks;
 
 static inline u32 CPUReadMemory(u32 address)
 {
-
 #ifdef GBA_LOGGING
   if(address & 3) {
     if(systemVerbose & VERBOSE_UNALIGNED_MEMORY) {
diff --git a/src/win32/OpenAL.cpp b/src/win32/OpenAL.cpp
index 1e645543..288bcf5d 100644
--- a/src/win32/OpenAL.cpp
+++ b/src/win32/OpenAL.cpp
@@ -289,7 +289,6 @@ void OpenAL::write()
 		ALFunction.alGetSourcei( source, AL_BUFFERS_PROCESSED, &nBuffersProcessed );
 		ASSERT_SUCCESS;
 
-#ifdef _DEBUG
 		if( nBuffersProcessed == theApp.oalBufferCount ) {
 			// we only want to know about it when we are emulating at full speed or faster:
 			if( ( theApp.throttle >= 100 ) || ( theApp.throttle == 0 ) ) {
@@ -299,7 +298,6 @@ void OpenAL::write()
 				}
 			}
 		}
-#endif
 
 		if( !speedup && synchronize && !theApp.throttle ) {
 			// wait until at least one buffer has finished
diff --git a/src/win32/VBA.rc b/src/win32/VBA.rc
index 7910bf1c..a1b0d6cf 100644
--- a/src/win32/VBA.rc
+++ b/src/win32/VBA.rc
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 #undef APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS
 
-
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // English (U.S.) resources
 
@@ -812,8 +811,9 @@ BEGIN
     LTEXT           "",IDC_PORT,143,7,36,8,SS_NOPREFIX
 END
 
-IDD_LOGGING DIALOGEX 0, 0, 381, 221
+IDD_LOGGING DIALOGEX 0, 0, 382, 220
 STYLE DS_SETFONT | WS_POPUP | WS_VISIBLE | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU | WS_THICKFRAME
+EXSTYLE WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW
 CAPTION "Logging"
 FONT 8, "MS Sans Serif", 0, 0, 0x0
 BEGIN
@@ -1376,9 +1376,9 @@ BEGIN
     IDD_LOGGING, DIALOG
     BEGIN
         LEFTMARGIN, 7
-        RIGHTMARGIN, 374
+        RIGHTMARGIN, 375
         TOPMARGIN, 7
-        BOTTOMMARGIN, 214
+        BOTTOMMARGIN, 213
     END
 
     IDD_EXPORT_SPS, DIALOG
diff --git a/src/win32/XAudio2.cpp b/src/win32/XAudio2.cpp
index bf46d917..a634aa29 100644
--- a/src/win32/XAudio2.cpp
+++ b/src/win32/XAudio2.cpp
@@ -254,7 +254,6 @@ void XAudio2_Output::write()
 		ASSERT( vState.BuffersQueued <= NBUFFERS );
 
 		if( vState.BuffersQueued < NBUFFERS ) {
-#ifdef _DEBUG
 			if( vState.BuffersQueued == 0 ) {
 				// buffers ran dry
 				if( systemVerbose & VERBOSE_SOUNDOUTPUT ) {
@@ -262,7 +261,6 @@ void XAudio2_Output::write()
 					log( "XAudio2: Buffers were not refilled fast enough (i=%i)\n", i++ );
 				}
 			}
-#endif
 			// there is at least one free buffer
 			break;
 		} else {