diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1b911d90..6a59c1ca 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4228,6 +4228,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustls",
  "rustls-pemfile",
  "secrecy",
+ "send_wrapper",
  "serde 1.0.136",
  "serde-big-array",
  "serde_cbor",
@@ -4327,7 +4328,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
  "wasm-bindgen-futures",
  "wasm-bindgen-test",
- "wasm-logger",
  "wee_alloc",
 ]
 
diff --git a/veilid-core/Cargo.toml b/veilid-core/Cargo.toml
index 17e3a2df..940b310b 100644
--- a/veilid-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/veilid-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ getrandom = { version = "^0", features = ["js"] }
 ws_stream_wasm = "^0"
 async_executors = { version = "^0", default-features = false, features = [ "bindgen" ]}
 async-lock = "^2"
+send_wrapper = "^0"
 
 # Configuration for WASM32 'web-sys' crate
 [target.'cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")'.dependencies.web-sys]
diff --git a/veilid-core/src/api_logger.rs b/veilid-core/src/api_logger.rs
index 1597fa76..d2fe2e59 100644
--- a/veilid-core/src/api_logger.rs
+++ b/veilid-core/src/api_logger.rs
@@ -4,10 +4,22 @@ use crate::xx::*;
 use log::{set_boxed_logger, set_max_level, Level, LevelFilter, Log, Metadata, Record};
 use once_cell::sync::OnceCell;
 
-struct ApiLoggerInner {
-    level: LevelFilter,
-    filter_ignore: Cow<'static, [Cow<'static, str>]>,
-    update_callback: UpdateCallback,
+cfg_if! {
+    if #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")] {
+        use send_wrapper::*;
+
+        struct ApiLoggerInner {
+            level: LevelFilter,
+            filter_ignore: Cow<'static, [Cow<'static, str>]>,
+            update_callback: SendWrapper<UpdateCallback>,
+        }
+    } else {
+        struct ApiLoggerInner {
+            level: LevelFilter,
+            filter_ignore: Cow<'static, [Cow<'static, str>]>,
+            update_callback: UpdateCallback,
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
@@ -19,10 +31,20 @@ static API_LOGGER: OnceCell<ApiLogger> = OnceCell::new();
 
 impl ApiLogger {
     fn new_inner(level: LevelFilter, update_callback: UpdateCallback) -> ApiLoggerInner {
-        ApiLoggerInner {
-            level,
-            filter_ignore: Default::default(),
-            update_callback,
+        cfg_if! {
+            if #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")] {
+                ApiLoggerInner {
+                    level,
+                    filter_ignore: Default::default(),
+                    update_callback: SendWrapper::new(update_callback),
+                }
+            } else {
+                ApiLoggerInner {
+                    level,
+                    filter_ignore: Default::default(),
+                    update_callback,
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/veilid-core/src/core_context.rs b/veilid-core/src/core_context.rs
index 52f30cd7..a7ecafae 100644
--- a/veilid-core/src/core_context.rs
+++ b/veilid-core/src/core_context.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use crate::api_logger::*;
 use crate::attachment_manager::*;
 use crate::dht::crypto::Crypto;
 use crate::intf::*;
@@ -9,7 +10,6 @@ cfg_if! {
     if #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")] {
         pub type UpdateCallback = Arc<dyn Fn(VeilidUpdate)>;
     } else {
-        use crate::api_logger::*;
 
         pub type UpdateCallback = Arc<dyn Fn(VeilidUpdate) + Send + Sync>;
     }
@@ -62,21 +62,11 @@ impl ServicesContext {
     pub async fn startup(&mut self) -> Result<(), VeilidAPIError> {
         let log_level: VeilidConfigLogLevel = self.config.get().log_level;
         if log_level != VeilidConfigLogLevel::Off {
-            cfg_if! {
-                if #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")] {
-                    // Logging is managed by application
-                } else {
-                    ApiLogger::init(
-                        log_level.to_level_filter(),
-                        self.update_callback.clone(),
-                    )
-                    .await;
-                    for ig in crate::DEFAULT_LOG_IGNORE_LIST {
-                        ApiLogger::add_filter_ignore_str(ig);
-                    }
-                    info!("Veilid logging initialized");
-                }
+            ApiLogger::init(log_level.to_level_filter(), self.update_callback.clone()).await;
+            for ig in crate::DEFAULT_LOG_IGNORE_LIST {
+                ApiLogger::add_filter_ignore_str(ig);
             }
+            info!("Veilid logging initialized");
         }
 
         info!("Veilid API starting up");
@@ -171,13 +161,7 @@ impl ServicesContext {
         info!("Veilid API shutdown complete");
 
         // api logger terminate is idempotent
-        cfg_if! {
-            if #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")] {
-                // Logging is managed by application
-            } else {
-                ApiLogger::terminate().await;
-            }
-        }
+        ApiLogger::terminate().await;
 
         // send final shutdown update
         (self.update_callback)(VeilidUpdate::Shutdown);
diff --git a/veilid-core/src/lib.rs b/veilid-core/src/lib.rs
index 7d61dbb4..fc00509b 100644
--- a/veilid-core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/veilid-core/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate alloc;
 
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 mod api_logger;
-
 mod attachment_manager;
 mod callback_state_machine;
 mod connection_manager;
diff --git a/veilid-wasm/Cargo.toml b/veilid-wasm/Cargo.toml
index 18e934a2..e79b5487 100644
--- a/veilid-wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/veilid-wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib", "rlib"]
 wasm-bindgen = { version = "^0", features = ["serde-serialize"] }
 console_error_panic_hook = "^0"
 wee_alloc = "^0"
-wasm-logger = "^0"
 log = "^0"
 veilid-core = { path = "../veilid-core" }
 cfg-if = "^1"
diff --git a/veilid-wasm/src/lib.rs b/veilid-wasm/src/lib.rs
index b296448d..a3b7c98b 100644
--- a/veilid-wasm/src/lib.rs
+++ b/veilid-wasm/src/lib.rs
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ where
 #[wasm_bindgen(js_namespace = veilid)]
 pub fn initialize_veilid_wasm() {
     console_error_panic_hook::set_once();
-    wasm_logger::init(wasm_logger::Config::new(Level::Info));
 }
 
 #[wasm_bindgen(js_namespace = veilid)]