diff --git a/BepInEx.Unity/Bootstrap/UnityChainloader.cs b/BepInEx.Unity/Bootstrap/UnityChainloader.cs
index c6f3b6d..d12cd0d 100644
--- a/BepInEx.Unity/Bootstrap/UnityChainloader.cs
+++ b/BepInEx.Unity/Bootstrap/UnityChainloader.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using BepInEx.Logging;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Reflection;
+using System.Text;
 using BepInEx.Bootstrap;
 using BepInEx.Preloader.Core.Logging;
 using BepInEx.Unity.Logging;
@@ -49,10 +50,11 @@ namespace BepInEx.Unity.Bootstrap
 
 		protected override void InitializeLoggers()
 		{
-			Logger.Listeners.Add(new UnityLogListener());
-
 			base.InitializeLoggers();
 
+			// Write to Unity logs directly only if console is not present (or user explicitly wants to)
+			if (ConfigWriteToUnityLog.Value || !ConsoleManager.ConsoleActive)
+				Logger.Listeners.Add(new UnityLogListener());
 
 			if (Utility.CurrentPlatform != Platform.Windows)
 			{
@@ -83,6 +85,14 @@ namespace BepInEx.Unity.Bootstrap
 			true,
 			"Enables showing unity log messages in the BepInEx logging system.");
 
+		private static readonly ConfigEntry<bool> ConfigWriteToUnityLog = ConfigFile.CoreConfig.Bind(
+			"Logging", "WriteToUnityLog",
+			false,
+			new StringBuilder()
+				.AppendLine("Enables writing log messages to Unity's log system")
+				.AppendLine("NOTE: By default, Unity already writes BepInEx console output to Unity logs")
+				.Append("Use this setting only if no BepInEx log messages are present in Unity's output_log").ToString());
+
 		private static readonly ConfigEntry<bool> ConfigDiskWriteUnityLog = ConfigFile.CoreConfig.Bind(
 			"Logging.Disk", "WriteUnityLog",
 			false,