diff --git a/src/xenia/base/logging.cc b/src/xenia/base/logging.cc
index d6cc807ba..d37ac4299 100644
--- a/src/xenia/base/logging.cc
+++ b/src/xenia/base/logging.cc
@@ -161,8 +161,13 @@ void LogLineFormat(const char level_char, const char* fmt, ...) {
   size_t chars_written = vsnprintf(log_format_buffer_.data(),
                                    log_format_buffer_.capacity(), fmt, args);
   va_end(args);
-  logger_->AppendLine(xe::threading::current_thread_id(), level_char,
-                      log_format_buffer_.data(), chars_written);
+  if (chars_written != std::string::npos) {
+    logger_->AppendLine(xe::threading::current_thread_id(), level_char,
+                        log_format_buffer_.data(), chars_written);
+  } else {
+    logger_->AppendLine(xe::threading::current_thread_id(), level_char, fmt,
+                        std::strlen(fmt));
+  }
 }
 
 void LogLineVarargs(const char level_char, const char* fmt, va_list args) {
diff --git a/src/xenia/kernel/xam_user.cc b/src/xenia/kernel/xam_user.cc
index e3d8fd537..96cb0f5a4 100644
--- a/src/xenia/kernel/xam_user.cc
+++ b/src/xenia/kernel/xam_user.cc
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ SHIM_CALL XamUserGetSigninState_shim(PPCContext* ppc_context,
 
   XELOGD("XamUserGetSigninState(%d)", user_index);
 
+  // Yield, as some games spam this.
+  xe::threading::MaybeYield();
+
   // Lie and say we are signed in, but local-only.
   // This should keep games from asking us to sign in and also keep them
   // from initializing the network.