diff --git a/lib/Logging/Logging.cpp b/lib/Logging/Logging.cpp
index 22c14db9..d7f83606 100644
--- a/lib/Logging/Logging.cpp
+++ b/lib/Logging/Logging.cpp
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ void addToLogRingBuffer(const char* message) {
 // This logPrintf prepend the timestamp, level and origin to the user-provided message, so that the user only needs to
 // provide the format string for the message itself.
 void logPrintf(const char* level, const char* origin, const char* format, ...) {
-  if (!logSerial) {
-    return;  // Serial not initialized, skip logging
-  }
   va_list args;
   va_start(args, format);
   char buf[MAX_ENTRY_LEN];
diff --git a/lib/hal/HalSystem.cpp b/lib/hal/HalSystem.cpp
index 4e17d5bd..606bf80d 100644
--- a/lib/hal/HalSystem.cpp
+++ b/lib/hal/HalSystem.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ RTC_NOINIT_ATTR HalSystem::StackFrame panicStack[MAX_PANIC_STACK_DEPTH];
 
 extern "C" {
 
+void __real_panic_abort(const char* message);
+void __real_panic_print_backtrace(const void* frame, int core);
+
 static DRAM_ATTR const char PANIC_REASON_UNKNOWN[] = "(unknown panic reason)";
 void IRAM_ATTR __wrap_panic_abort(const char* message) {
   if (!message) message = PANIC_REASON_UNKNOWN;
diff --git a/lib/hal/HalSystem.h b/lib/hal/HalSystem.h
index 93275082..e9df1b9d 100644
--- a/lib/hal/HalSystem.h
+++ b/lib/hal/HalSystem.h
@@ -3,15 +3,6 @@
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <string>
 
-extern "C" {
-
-void __real_panic_abort(const char* message);
-void __wrap_panic_abort(const char* message);
-
-void __real_panic_print_backtrace(const void* frame, int core);
-void __wrap_panic_print_backtrace(const void* frame, int core);
-}
-
 namespace HalSystem {
 struct StackFrame {
   uint32_t sp;
diff --git a/platformio.ini b/platformio.ini
index 8e45ab77..4ba1c750 100644
--- a/platformio.ini
+++ b/platformio.ini
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ build_flags =
   ${base.build_flags}
   -DCROSSPOINT_VERSION=\"${crosspoint.version}\"
   -DENABLE_SERIAL_LOG
-  -DLOG_LEVEL=0 ; Set log level to error for release builds  
+  -DLOG_LEVEL=1 ; Set log level to info for release builds
 
 [env:gh_release_rc]
 extends = base