diff --git a/HellionChat/AutoTellTabsService.cs b/HellionChat/AutoTellTabsService.cs
index a3952b9..977b77c 100644
--- a/HellionChat/AutoTellTabsService.cs
+++ b/HellionChat/AutoTellTabsService.cs
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
         if (partner == null)
         {
             // Diagnostics: helps detect regressions (FFXIV payload changes, new edge cases)
-            Plugin.Log.Warning(
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
                 $"[AutoTellTabs] Could not extract tell partner. type={message.Code.Type}, "
                     + $"senderChunks={message.Sender.Count}, contentChunks={message.Content.Count}, "
                     + $"senderSourcePayloads={message.SenderSource?.Payloads?.Count ?? 0}, "
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
             // Non-fatal: tab still spawns with visible error notice instead of silent history loss
-            Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "[AutoTellTabs] History preload failed");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "[AutoTellTabs] History preload failed");
             tab.Messages.AddPrune(
                 MakeSystemMarker(HellionStrings.AutoTellTabs_HistoryLoadError),
                 MessageManager.MessageDisplayLimit
diff --git a/HellionChat/Commands.cs b/HellionChat/Commands.cs
index 7d618d5..dfe79c0 100755
--- a/HellionChat/Commands.cs
+++ b/HellionChat/Commands.cs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ internal sealed class Commands : IDisposable
     {
         if (!Registered.TryGetValue(command, out var wrapper))
         {
-            Plugin.Log.Warning($"Missing registration for command {command}");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning($"Missing registration for command {command}");
             return;
         }
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ internal sealed class Commands : IDisposable
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
-            Plugin.Log.Error(ex, $"Error while executing command {command}");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, $"Error while executing command {command}");
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/HellionChat/Configuration.cs b/HellionChat/Configuration.cs
index fee30ca..47de533 100755
--- a/HellionChat/Configuration.cs
+++ b/HellionChat/Configuration.cs
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
         // silently, like before.
         if (!Enum.IsDefined(typeof(ChatType), type) && _warnedUnknownChannels.Add(type))
         {
-            Plugin.Log.Warning(
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
                 "PrivacyFilter: unrecognised ChatType {Type} — falling back to PrivacyPersistUnknownChannels={Persist}.",
                 type,
                 PrivacyPersistUnknownChannels
diff --git a/HellionChat/EmoteCache.cs b/HellionChat/EmoteCache.cs
index 320006f..0af31b7 100644
--- a/HellionChat/EmoteCache.cs
+++ b/HellionChat/EmoteCache.cs
@@ -101,7 +101,10 @@ public static class EmoteCache
                 t =>
                 {
                     if (t.IsFaulted)
-                        Plugin.Log.Error(t.Exception!, $"EmoteCache load failed for {emoteCode}");
+                        Plugin.LogProxy.Error(
+                            t.Exception!,
+                            $"EmoteCache load failed for {emoteCode}"
+                        );
                 },
                 TaskScheduler.Default
             )
@@ -158,7 +161,7 @@ public static class EmoteCache
         {
             // Reset to Unloaded so a later trigger can retry without a plugin reload.
             State = LoadingState.Unloaded;
-            Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "BetterTTV cache wasn't initialized");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "BetterTTV cache wasn't initialized");
         }
     }
 
@@ -214,7 +217,7 @@ public static class EmoteCache
         }
         catch
         {
-            Plugin.Log.Error("Failed to convert");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Error("Failed to convert");
             return null;
         }
     }
@@ -304,7 +307,7 @@ public static class EmoteCache
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
                 Failed = true;
-                Plugin.Log.Error(ex, $"Unable to load {emote.Code} with id {emote.Id}");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, $"Unable to load {emote.Code} with id {emote.Id}");
             }
         }
 
@@ -408,7 +411,7 @@ public static class EmoteCache
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
                 Failed = true;
-                Plugin.Log.Error(ex, $"Unable to load {emote.Code} with id {emote.Id}");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, $"Unable to load {emote.Code} with id {emote.Id}");
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/HellionChat/FontManager.cs b/HellionChat/FontManager.cs
index 809846f..9a25dcd 100644
--- a/HellionChat/FontManager.cs
+++ b/HellionChat/FontManager.cs
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class FontManager
         );
         if (stream is null)
         {
-            Plugin.Log.Warning(
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
                 "Hellion font resource missing — falling back to system default font."
             );
             return null;
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ public class FontManager
             // Atlas-toolkit throws span IO and validation failures; routing the
             // wider set through the fallback keeps a corrupt font config from
             // taking down the whole atlas build.
-            Plugin.Log.Warning(
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
                 e,
                 $"Configured {slot} font failed to load ({e.GetType().Name}), "
                     + "falling back to NotoSansCjkRegular"
diff --git a/HellionChat/GameFunctions/Chat.cs b/HellionChat/GameFunctions/Chat.cs
index 4d75d99..aa6502c 100755
--- a/HellionChat/GameFunctions/Chat.cs
+++ b/HellionChat/GameFunctions/Chat.cs
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
                 }
                 catch (Exception ex)
                 {
-                    Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
+                    Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
                 }
             });
         }
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
-            Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
         }
 
         return 1; // Prevent vanilla chat log from gaining focus
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
         {
             playerName = SeString.Parse(agent->TellPlayerName).TextValue;
             worldId = agent->TellWorldId;
-            Plugin.Log.Debug($"Detected tell target '[redacted]'@{worldId}");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Debug($"Detected tell target '[redacted]'@{worldId}");
         }
 
         Plugin.CurrentTab.CurrentChannel = new UsedChannel
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
             }
         }
 
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
             }
         }
 
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
         if (contentId == 0)
         {
             Plugin.ChatGui.PrintError(Language.Chat_SendTell_Error);
-            Plugin.Log.Warning(
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
                 "Tried to send a tell with ContentId being 0, sorry this is an internal error."
             );
             return;
diff --git a/HellionChat/GameFunctions/GameFunctions.cs b/HellionChat/GameFunctions/GameFunctions.cs
index 770e6f6..985fa16 100755
--- a/HellionChat/GameFunctions/GameFunctions.cs
+++ b/HellionChat/GameFunctions/GameFunctions.cs
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ internal unsafe class GameFunctions : IDisposable
         }
         catch (Exception e)
         {
-            Plugin.Log.Warning(e, "Unable to open adventurer plate");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(e, "Unable to open adventurer plate");
             return false;
         }
     }
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ internal unsafe class GameFunctions : IDisposable
         var byteCount = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetByteCount(ReplacementName);
         if (byteCount >= PlaceholderBufferSize)
         {
-            Plugin.Log.Warning(
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
                 $"Replacement name too long for placeholder buffer ({byteCount} bytes >= {PlaceholderBufferSize}); falling back to original."
             );
             ReplacementName = null;
diff --git a/HellionChat/GameFunctions/KeybindManager.cs b/HellionChat/GameFunctions/KeybindManager.cs
index 4b1bc78..f374f2a 100644
--- a/HellionChat/GameFunctions/KeybindManager.cs
+++ b/HellionChat/GameFunctions/KeybindManager.cs
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ internal unsafe class KeybindManager : IDisposable
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
-            Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/HellionChat/Ipc/ExtraChat.cs b/HellionChat/Ipc/ExtraChat.cs
index 4258d54..f8a668c 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Ipc/ExtraChat.cs
+++ b/HellionChat/Ipc/ExtraChat.cs
@@ -62,7 +62,10 @@ public sealed class ExtraChat : IDisposable
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
             // ExtraChat is optional; IPC failure is normal when the plugin isn't loaded.
-            Plugin.Log.Verbose(ex, "ExtraChat IPC initial state query failed (peer not loaded?)");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose(
+                ex,
+                "ExtraChat IPC initial state query failed (peer not loaded?)"
+            );
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/HellionChat/Message.cs b/HellionChat/Message.cs
index 3453f03..154ba93 100755
--- a/HellionChat/Message.cs
+++ b/HellionChat/Message.cs
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ public partial class Message
             }
             catch (ArgumentException ex)
             {
-                Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Failed to parse extra chat channel GUID");
-                Plugin.Log.Error($"Byte Array: ${string.Join(", ", data[4..^1])}");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Failed to parse extra chat channel GUID");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Error($"Byte Array: ${string.Join(", ", data[4..^1])}");
                 return Guid.Empty;
             }
         }
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ public partial class Message
                         AddChunkWithMessage(
                             text.NewWithStyle(chunk.Source, chunk.Link, token.Value)
                         );
-                        Plugin.Log.Debug(
+                        Plugin.LogProxy.Debug(
                             $"Invalid URL accepted by Regex but failed URI parsing: '{token.Value}'"
                         );
                     }
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ public partial class Message
                 catch (Exception)
                 {
                     AddChunkWithMessage(text.NewWithStyle(chunk.Source, chunk.Link, split));
-                    Plugin.Log.Debug($"Failed to parse the text param: '{split}'");
+                    Plugin.LogProxy.Debug($"Failed to parse the text param: '{split}'");
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/HellionChat/MessageManager.cs b/HellionChat/MessageManager.cs
index 500337c..99a9bf1 100644
--- a/HellionChat/MessageManager.cs
+++ b/HellionChat/MessageManager.cs
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ internal class MessageManager : IAsyncDisposable
             await Task.Delay(100);
 
         if (PendingMessageThread.IsAlive)
-            Plugin.Log.Warning(
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
                 "PendingMessageThread did not observe cancellation within 10s. "
                     + "Worker remains on background thread; next plugin reload releases it."
             );
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ internal class MessageManager : IAsyncDisposable
                 }
                 catch (Exception ex)
                 {
-                    Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error processing pending message");
+                    Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error processing pending message");
                 }
             }
             else
@@ -182,10 +182,12 @@ internal class MessageManager : IAsyncDisposable
 
         // Mark failed messages as deleted to prevent retry attempts
         var failedIds = messages.FailedMessageIds();
-        Plugin.Log.Info($"Marking {failedIds.Count} messages as deleted due to parse failures");
+        Plugin.LogProxy.Info(
+            $"Marking {failedIds.Count} messages as deleted due to parse failures"
+        );
         foreach (var msgId in messages.FailedMessageIds())
         {
-            Plugin.Log.Debug($"Marking message '{msgId}' as deleted due to parse failure");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Debug($"Marking message '{msgId}' as deleted due to parse failure");
             Store.DeleteMessage(msgId);
         }
     }
@@ -201,10 +203,10 @@ internal class MessageManager : IAsyncDisposable
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error in FilterAllTabs");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error in FilterAllTabs");
             }
 
-            Plugin.Log.Debug($"FilterAllTabs took {stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Debug($"FilterAllTabs took {stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
         });
     }
 
@@ -259,7 +261,7 @@ internal class MessageManager : IAsyncDisposable
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
-            Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error in ContentIdResolver");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error in ContentIdResolver");
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/HellionChat/PayloadHandler.cs b/HellionChat/PayloadHandler.cs
index 0bd4c56..6dac11a 100755
--- a/HellionChat/PayloadHandler.cs
+++ b/HellionChat/PayloadHandler.cs
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public sealed class PayloadHandler
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error executing integration");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error executing integration");
             }
         }
 
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ public sealed class PayloadHandler
             )
         )
         {
-            Plugin.Log.Warning("Could not find DalamudLinkHandlers");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning("Could not find DalamudLinkHandlers");
             return;
         }
 
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ public sealed class PayloadHandler
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
-            Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error executing DalamudLinkPayload handler");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error executing DalamudLinkPayload handler");
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/HellionChat/Themes/ThemeRegistry.cs b/HellionChat/Themes/ThemeRegistry.cs
index 53b4610..90f0135 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Themes/ThemeRegistry.cs
+++ b/HellionChat/Themes/ThemeRegistry.cs
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public sealed class ThemeRegistry
                 catch (Exception ex) when (IsRecoverableFileLock(ex))
                 {
                     // Editor mid-save: keep last known good, retry on next refresh.
-                    Plugin.Log.Debug(
+                    Plugin.LogProxy.Debug(
                         $"Custom theme {Path.GetFileName(path)} is locked, keeping last known good"
                     );
                     if (cached.Theme is not null)
diff --git a/HellionChat/Util/AutoTranslate.cs b/HellionChat/Util/AutoTranslate.cs
index fa4e0b5..80b4c01 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Util/AutoTranslate.cs
+++ b/HellionChat/Util/AutoTranslate.cs
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ internal static class AutoTranslate
         {
             var sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
             AllEntries();
-            Plugin.Log.Debug($"Warming up auto-translate took {sw.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Debug($"Warming up auto-translate took {sw.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
         })
         {
             IsBackground = true,
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ internal static class AutoTranslate
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                Plugin.Log.Error(ex, $"failed to translate: {lookup}");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, $"failed to translate: {lookup}");
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/HellionChat/Util/DalamudPluginLogProxy.cs b/HellionChat/Util/DalamudPluginLogProxy.cs
index 00e4347..a6e9ad6 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Util/DalamudPluginLogProxy.cs
+++ b/HellionChat/Util/DalamudPluginLogProxy.cs
@@ -13,28 +13,49 @@ internal sealed class DalamudPluginLogProxy : IPluginLogProxy
 
     public void Verbose(Exception exception, string message) => _log.Verbose(exception, message);
 
+    public void Verbose(string messageTemplate, params object[] values) =>
+        _log.Verbose(messageTemplate, values);
+
     public void Debug(string message) => _log.Debug(message);
 
     public void Debug(Exception exception, string message) => _log.Debug(exception, message);
 
+    public void Debug(string messageTemplate, params object[] values) =>
+        _log.Debug(messageTemplate, values);
+
     public void Information(string message) => _log.Information(message);
 
     public void Information(Exception exception, string message) =>
         _log.Information(exception, message);
 
+    public void Information(string messageTemplate, params object[] values) =>
+        _log.Information(messageTemplate, values);
+
     public void Info(string message) => _log.Info(message);
 
     public void Info(Exception exception, string message) => _log.Info(exception, message);
 
+    public void Info(string messageTemplate, params object[] values) =>
+        _log.Info(messageTemplate, values);
+
     public void Warning(string message) => _log.Warning(message);
 
     public void Warning(Exception exception, string message) => _log.Warning(exception, message);
 
+    public void Warning(string messageTemplate, params object[] values) =>
+        _log.Warning(messageTemplate, values);
+
     public void Error(string message) => _log.Error(message);
 
     public void Error(Exception exception, string message) => _log.Error(exception, message);
 
+    public void Error(string messageTemplate, params object[] values) =>
+        _log.Error(messageTemplate, values);
+
     public void Fatal(string message) => _log.Fatal(message);
 
     public void Fatal(Exception exception, string message) => _log.Fatal(exception, message);
+
+    public void Fatal(string messageTemplate, params object[] values) =>
+        _log.Fatal(messageTemplate, values);
 }
diff --git a/HellionChat/Util/IPluginLogProxy.cs b/HellionChat/Util/IPluginLogProxy.cs
index 630b5e5..40fd4bc 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Util/IPluginLogProxy.cs
+++ b/HellionChat/Util/IPluginLogProxy.cs
@@ -10,24 +10,31 @@ internal interface IPluginLogProxy
 {
     void Verbose(string message);
     void Verbose(Exception exception, string message);
+    void Verbose(string messageTemplate, params object[] values);
 
     void Debug(string message);
     void Debug(Exception exception, string message);
+    void Debug(string messageTemplate, params object[] values);
 
     void Information(string message);
     void Information(Exception exception, string message);
+    void Information(string messageTemplate, params object[] values);
 
     // IPluginLog exposes Info as a distinct method (short alias of
     // Information) — both are present so call-sites stay drop-in.
     void Info(string message);
     void Info(Exception exception, string message);
+    void Info(string messageTemplate, params object[] values);
 
     void Warning(string message);
     void Warning(Exception exception, string message);
+    void Warning(string messageTemplate, params object[] values);
 
     void Error(string message);
     void Error(Exception exception, string message);
+    void Error(string messageTemplate, params object[] values);
 
     void Fatal(string message);
     void Fatal(Exception exception, string message);
+    void Fatal(string messageTemplate, params object[] values);
 }
diff --git a/HellionChat/Util/MemoryUtil.cs b/HellionChat/Util/MemoryUtil.cs
index cfd9885..cba3f45 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Util/MemoryUtil.cs
+++ b/HellionChat/Util/MemoryUtil.cs
@@ -42,6 +42,6 @@ public static class MemoryUtil
                 str.Append(' ');
         }
 
-        Plugin.Log.Information(str.ToString());
+        Plugin.LogProxy.Information(str.ToString());
     }
 }
diff --git a/HellionChat/Util/WrapperUtil.cs b/HellionChat/Util/WrapperUtil.cs
index 4a4270c..4c44d89 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Util/WrapperUtil.cs
+++ b/HellionChat/Util/WrapperUtil.cs
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ public static class WrapperUtil
     {
         try
         {
-            Plugin.Log.Debug($"Opening URI {uri} in default browser");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Debug($"Opening URI {uri} in default browser");
             Plugin.PlatformUtil.OpenLink(uri.ToString());
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
-            Plugin.Log.Error($"Error opening URI: {ex}");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Error($"Error opening URI: {ex}");
             AddNotification(Language.Context_OpenInBrowserError, NotificationType.Error);
         }
     }