diff --git a/src/Media/FFmpegLogProxy.cpp b/src/Media/FFmpegLogProxy.cpp
index 075a2cb9f10..32603f38bd2 100644
--- a/src/Media/FFmpegLogProxy.cpp
+++ b/src/Media/FFmpegLogProxy.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #include "FFmpegLogSource.h"
 
-static std::mutex globalFFmpegLogMutex; // Access to global logger ptr must be serialized, so we need a global mutex.
+// Category should be a global so that it's registered at program startup.
+static constinit FFmpegLogSource globalFFmpegLogSource;
+static LogCategory globalFFmpegLogCategory("ffmpeg", &globalFFmpegLogSource);
+
+// Access to global logger ptr must be serialized, so we need a global mutex.
+static std::mutex globalFFmpegLogMutex;
 static FFmpegLogProxy *globalFFmpegLogger = nullptr;
 
 static void ffmpegLogCallback(void *ptr, int level, const char *format, va_list args) {
@@ -19,7 +24,7 @@ static void ffmpegLogCallback(void *ptr, int level, const char *format, va_list
     globalFFmpegLogger->log(ptr, level, format, args);
 }
 
-FFmpegLogProxy::FFmpegLogProxy(Logger *logger): _logger(logger), _category("ffmpeg", &_source) {
+FFmpegLogProxy::FFmpegLogProxy(Logger *logger): _logger(logger) {
     assert(logger);
     assert(globalFFmpegLogger == nullptr);
     globalFFmpegLogger = this;
@@ -41,11 +46,11 @@ void FFmpegLogProxy::log(void *ptr, int level, const char *format, va_list args)
     char buffer[4096];
     int status = av_log_format_line2(ptr, level, format, args, buffer, sizeof(buffer), &state.prefixFlag);
     if (status < 0) {
-        _logger->trace(_category, "av_log_format_line2 failed with error code {}", status);
+        _logger->trace(globalFFmpegLogCategory, "av_log_format_line2 failed with error code {}", status);
     } else {
         state.message += buffer;
         if (state.message.ends_with('\n')) {
-            _logger->log(_category, FFmpegLogSource::translateFFmpegLogLevel(level), "{}", state.message);
+            _logger->log(globalFFmpegLogCategory, FFmpegLogSource::translateFFmpegLogLevel(level), "{}", state.message);
             state.message.clear();
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/Media/FFmpegLogProxy.h b/src/Media/FFmpegLogProxy.h
index 0f1a47cb0c8..c759c44ba95 100644
--- a/src/Media/FFmpegLogProxy.h
+++ b/src/Media/FFmpegLogProxy.h
@@ -25,7 +25,5 @@ class FFmpegLogProxy {
 
  private:
     Logger *_logger = nullptr;
-    FFmpegLogSource _source;
-    LogCategory _category;
     std::unordered_map<std::thread::id, LogState> _stateByThreadId;
 };
diff --git a/src/Platform/Sdl/SdlPlatformSharedState.cpp b/src/Platform/Sdl/SdlPlatformSharedState.cpp
index 7c4339e517f..50d927c67af 100644
--- a/src/Platform/Sdl/SdlPlatformSharedState.cpp
+++ b/src/Platform/Sdl/SdlPlatformSharedState.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@
 #include "SdlLogSource.h"
 #include "SdlGamepad.h"
 
-SdlPlatformSharedState::SdlPlatformSharedState(Logger *logger): _logger(logger), _logCategory("sdl", &_logSource) {
+// Log category should be a global so that it's registered at program startup.
+static constinit SdlLogSource globalSdlLogSource;
+static LogCategory globalSdlLogCategory("sdl", &globalSdlLogSource);
+
+SdlPlatformSharedState::SdlPlatformSharedState(Logger *logger): _logger(logger) {
     assert(logger);
 }
 
@@ -20,11 +24,11 @@ SdlPlatformSharedState::~SdlPlatformSharedState() {
 }
 
 void SdlPlatformSharedState::logSdlError(const char *sdlFunctionName) {
-    _logger->error(_logCategory, "SDL error in {}: {}", sdlFunctionName, SDL_GetError());
+    _logger->error(globalSdlLogCategory, "SDL error in {}: {}", sdlFunctionName, SDL_GetError());
 }
 
 const LogCategory &SdlPlatformSharedState::logCategory() const {
-    return _logCategory;
+    return globalSdlLogCategory;
 }
 
 Logger *SdlPlatformSharedState::logger() const {
diff --git a/src/Platform/Sdl/SdlPlatformSharedState.h b/src/Platform/Sdl/SdlPlatformSharedState.h
index 16c3b43b56f..40cac68155c 100644
--- a/src/Platform/Sdl/SdlPlatformSharedState.h
+++ b/src/Platform/Sdl/SdlPlatformSharedState.h
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ class SdlPlatformSharedState {
 
  private:
     Logger *_logger = nullptr;
-    SdlLogSource _logSource;
-    LogCategory _logCategory;
     std::unordered_map<uint32_t, SdlWindow *> _windowById;
     std::unordered_map<SDL_JoystickID, std::unique_ptr<SdlGamepad>> _gamepadById;
 };