diff --git a/src/settings/index.ts b/src/settings/index.ts
index 1095e2e..fcc3dd9 100644
--- a/src/settings/index.ts
+++ b/src/settings/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 import { App, Plugin, PluginSettingTab, Setting } from 'obsidian'
 import { RecencyCutoff } from '../globals'
 import type LocatorPlugin from '../main'
-import { enableVerboseLogging } from '../tools/utils'
 import { injectSettingsBehavior } from './settings-behavior'
 import { injectSettingsDanger } from './settings-danger'
 import { injectSettingsHttp } from './settings-http'
@@ -64,7 +63,6 @@ export class SettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
       .addToggle(toggle =>
         toggle.setValue(settings.verboseLogging).onChange(async v => {
           settings.verboseLogging = v
-          enableVerboseLogging(v)
           await saveSettings(this.plugin)
         })
       )
@@ -137,6 +135,5 @@ export async function loadSettings(plugin: Plugin): Promise<LocatorSettings> {
     await plugin.loadData()
   )
   showExcerpt.set(settings.showExcerpt)
-  enableVerboseLogging(settings.verboseLogging)
   return settings
 }
diff --git a/src/tools/utils.ts b/src/tools/utils.ts
index fe535c6..66afd2b 100644
--- a/src/tools/utils.ts
+++ b/src/tools/utils.ts
@@ -250,13 +250,8 @@ export function warnVerbose(...args: any[]): void {
   printVerbose(console.warn, ...args)
 }
 
-let verboseLoggingEnabled = false
-export function enableVerboseLogging(enable: boolean): void {
-  verboseLoggingEnabled = enable
-}
-
 function printVerbose(fn: (...args: any[]) => any, ...args: any[]): void {
-  if (verboseLoggingEnabled) {
+  if (settings.verboseLogging) {
     fn(...args)
   }
 }