diff --git a/src/app/main.cpp b/src/app/main.cpp
index 4f5b81b1..c5bd0369 100644
--- a/src/app/main.cpp
+++ b/src/app/main.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 
 void setupLogging()
 {
-	LogManager::createInstance();
 	LogManager* logManager = LogManager::getInstance().get();
 
 	std::shared_ptr<ConsoleLogger> consoleLogger = std::make_shared<ConsoleLogger>();
@@ -102,8 +101,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	QApplication::setApplicationName("Coati");
 
-	setupLogging();
-
 	if (QSysInfo::windowsVersion() != QSysInfo::WV_None)
 	{
 		QCoreApplication::setAttribute(Qt::AA_EnableHighDpiScaling, true);
@@ -129,7 +126,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 		setupApp(argc, argv);
 
-		// setupLogging(); // why would you setup logging that late? the logger is possibly already in use before this line!!
+		setupLogging();
 
 		Application::createInstance(version, nullptr, nullptr);
 		ScopedFunctor f([](){
@@ -181,7 +178,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 		setupApp(argc, argv);
 
-		// setupLogging(); // why would you setup logging that late? the logger is possibly already in use before this line!!
+		setupLogging();
 
 		qtApp.setAttribute(Qt::AA_UseHighDpiPixmaps);
 
diff --git a/src/lib/utility/logging/LogManager.cpp b/src/lib/utility/logging/LogManager.cpp
index 22059219..332d8c3a 100644
--- a/src/lib/utility/logging/LogManager.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/utility/logging/LogManager.cpp
@@ -7,20 +7,8 @@
 #include "utility/messaging/type/MessageStatus.h"
 #include "utility/Version.h"
 
-std::shared_ptr<LogManager> LogManager::createInstance()
-{
-	if (s_instance.use_count() == 0)
-	{
-		s_instance = std::shared_ptr<LogManager>(new LogManager());
-	}
-	return s_instance;
-}
-
-// what is this method for? why would you want to risk returning s_instance without checking whether it is initialized???
 std::shared_ptr<LogManager> LogManager::getInstance()
 {
-	// return s_instance; // original implementation
-
 	if (s_instance.use_count() == 0)
 	{
 		s_instance = std::shared_ptr<LogManager>(new LogManager());
diff --git a/src/lib/utility/logging/LogManager.h b/src/lib/utility/logging/LogManager.h
index a71a910a..35206f83 100644
--- a/src/lib/utility/logging/LogManager.h
+++ b/src/lib/utility/logging/LogManager.h
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 class LogManager
 {
 public:
-	static std::shared_ptr<LogManager> createInstance();
 	static std::shared_ptr<LogManager> getInstance();
 	static void destroyInstance();
 
diff --git a/src/test/TestSuiteFixture.cpp b/src/test/TestSuiteFixture.cpp
index c2aa05a5..ec1306cb 100644
--- a/src/test/TestSuiteFixture.cpp
+++ b/src/test/TestSuiteFixture.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ TestSuiteFixture::~TestSuiteFixture()
 
 bool TestSuiteFixture::setUpWorld()
 {
-	LogManager* logManager = LogManager::createInstance().get();
+	LogManager* logManager = LogManager::getInstance().get();
 
 	logManager->setLoggingEnabled(true);
 	logManager->addLogger(std::make_shared<PlainFileLogger>("data/log/test_log.txt"));