diff --git a/Sources/Segment/Analytics.swift b/Sources/Segment/Analytics.swift
index 89cf4a2d..d4bd33cd 100644
--- a/Sources/Segment/Analytics.swift
+++ b/Sources/Segment/Analytics.swift
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ public class Analytics {
     internal var storage: Storage
     
     /// Enabled/disables debug logging to trace your data going through the SDK.
-    public var debugLogsEnabled = false
+    public static var debugLogsEnabled = false {
+        didSet {
+            SegmentLog.loggingEnabled = debugLogsEnabled
+        }
+    }
     
     public var timeline: Timeline
     
diff --git a/Sources/Segment/Plugins/Logger/SegmentLog.swift b/Sources/Segment/Plugins/Logger/SegmentLog.swift
index ce079faf..d75fc4ac 100644
--- a/Sources/Segment/Plugins/Logger/SegmentLog.swift
+++ b/Sources/Segment/Plugins/Logger/SegmentLog.swift
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ internal class SegmentLog: UtilityPlugin {
     let type = PluginType.utility
     
     fileprivate var loggingMediator = [LoggingType: LogTarget]()
-    internal static var loggingEnabled = true
+    
+    // Default to no, enable to see local logs
+    internal static var loggingEnabled = false
     
     // For internal use only. Note: This will contain the last created instance
     // of analytics when used in a multi-analytics environment.
diff --git a/Tests/Segment-Tests/LogTarget_Tests.swift b/Tests/Segment-Tests/LogTarget_Tests.swift
index ab90c5a7..75944c79 100644
--- a/Tests/Segment-Tests/LogTarget_Tests.swift
+++ b/Tests/Segment-Tests/LogTarget_Tests.swift
@@ -32,11 +32,16 @@ final class LogTarget_Tests: XCTestCase {
     override func setUp() {
         analytics = Analytics(configuration: Configuration(writeKey: "test"))
         analytics?.add(plugin: mockLogger)
+        
+        // Enable logging for all tests
+        SegmentLog.loggingEnabled = true
     }
     
     override func tearDown() {
         analytics = nil
-        SegmentLog.loggingEnabled = true
+        
+        // Reset to default state the system should be in from start
+        SegmentLog.loggingEnabled = false
     }
 
     func testMetric() {
@@ -142,6 +147,20 @@ final class LogTarget_Tests: XCTestCase {
         analytics?.history(event: TrackEvent(event: "Tester", properties: nil), sender: self)
     }
 
-
+    func testLoggingDisabledByDefault() {
+        SegmentLog.loggingEnabled = false
+        XCTAssertFalse(SegmentLog.loggingEnabled, "Logging should not default to enabled")
+    }
+    
+    func testLoggingEnabledFromAnalytics() {
+        SegmentLog.loggingEnabled = false
+        
+        Analytics.debugLogsEnabled = true
+        XCTAssertTrue(SegmentLog.loggingEnabled, "Logging should change to enabled")
+        
+        Analytics.debugLogsEnabled = false
+        XCTAssertFalse(SegmentLog.loggingEnabled, "Logging should reset to disabled")
+    }
+    
 }