diff --git a/v2/internal/app/app_dev.go b/v2/internal/app/app_dev.go
index 58cd94ef0..89265c9b9 100644
--- a/v2/internal/app/app_dev.go
+++ b/v2/internal/app/app_dev.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func CreateApp(appoptions *options.App) (*App, error) {
 
 	loglevel := os.Getenv("loglevel")
 	if loglevel == "" {
-		loglevelFlag = devFlags.String("loglevel", "debug", "Loglevel to use - Trace, Debug, Info, Warning, Error")
+		loglevelFlag = devFlags.String("loglevel", appoptions.LogLevel.String(), "Loglevel to use - Trace, Debug, Info, Warning, Error")
 	}
 
 	// If we weren't given the assetdir in the environment variables
@@ -91,8 +91,15 @@ func CreateApp(appoptions *options.App) (*App, error) {
 		if frontendDevServerURLFlag != nil {
 			frontendDevServerURL = *frontendDevServerURLFlag
 		}
-		if loglevelFlag != nil {
-			loglevel = *loglevelFlag
+		// Only override LogLevel if the flag was explicitly set
+		if loglevelFlag != nil && devFlags.Lookup("loglevel").Value.String() != appoptions.LogLevel.String() {
+			loggerLevel, err := pkglogger.StringToLogLevel(*loglevelFlag)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			if loggerLevel != appoptions.LogLevel {
+				myLogger.SetLogLevel(loggerLevel)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -169,14 +176,6 @@ func CreateApp(appoptions *options.App) (*App, error) {
 		ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, "devserver", devServer)
 	}
 
-	if loglevel != "" {
-		level, err := pkglogger.StringToLogLevel(loglevel)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		myLogger.SetLogLevel(level)
-	}
-
 	// Attach logger to context
 	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, "logger", myLogger)
 	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, "buildtype", "dev")
diff --git a/v2/pkg/logger/logger.go b/v2/pkg/logger/logger.go
index abc288265..990dffe75 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/logger/logger.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/logger/logger.go
@@ -41,6 +41,24 @@ func StringToLogLevel(input string) (LogLevel, error) {
 	return result, nil
 }
 
+// String returns the string representation of the LogLevel
+func (l LogLevel) String() string {
+	switch l {
+	case TRACE:
+		return "trace"
+	case DEBUG:
+		return "debug"
+	case INFO:
+		return "info"
+	case WARNING:
+		return "warning"
+	case ERROR:
+		return "error"
+	default:
+		return "debug"
+	}
+}
+
 // Logger specifies the methods required to attach
 // a logger to a Wails application
 type Logger interface {
diff --git a/website/src/pages/changelog.mdx b/website/src/pages/changelog.mdx
index 0356342cc..697ee4ef2 100644
--- a/website/src/pages/changelog.mdx
+++ b/website/src/pages/changelog.mdx
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Added option to set window class name on Windows. Added in [PR](https://github.com/wailsapp/wails/pull/3828) by @APshenkin
 
 ### Fixed
+- Fixed dev mode logging bug by @attperac in [#3972](https://wailsapp/wails/pull/3972)
 - Fixed `reloaddirs` wails.json config options by @atterpac in [#4005](https//github.com/wailsapp/wails/pull/4005)
 - Fixed cross compilation failed with CGO [PR](https://github.com/wailsapp/wails/pull/3795) by [@fcying](https://github.com/fcying)
 - Using go-webview2 v0.1.17 to fix native webview2loader issue, by @leaanthony