diff --git a/javascript/startup.js b/javascript/startup.js
index 51e1800fc..3e121eb12 100644
--- a/javascript/startup.js
+++ b/javascript/startup.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ async function initStartup() {
   initModels();
   getUIDefaults();
   initPromptChecker();
-  initLogMonitor();
   initContextMenu();
   initDragDrop();
   initAccordions();
@@ -25,6 +24,7 @@ async function initStartup() {
   // make sure all of the ui is ready and options are loaded
   while (Object.keys(window.opts).length === 0) await sleep(50);
   executeCallbacks(uiReadyCallbacks);
+  initLogMonitor();
   setupExtraNetworks();
 
   // optinally wait for modern ui
diff --git a/modules/shared.py b/modules/shared.py
index 95a94b621..b092c27b5 100644
--- a/modules/shared.py
+++ b/modules/shared.py
@@ -769,6 +769,7 @@ def get_default_modes():
     "font_size": OptionInfo(14, "Font size", gr.Slider, {"minimum": 8, "maximum": 32, "step": 1, "visible": True}),
     "aspect_ratios": OptionInfo("1:1, 4:3, 3:2, 16:9, 16:10, 21:9, 2:3, 3:4, 9:16, 10:16, 9:21", "Allowed aspect ratios"),
     "logmonitor_show": OptionInfo(True, "Show log view"),
+    "logmonitor_refresh_period": OptionInfo(5000, "Log view update period", gr.Slider, {"minimum": 0, "maximum": 30000, "step": 25}),
     "motd": OptionInfo(False, "Show MOTD"),
     "compact_view": OptionInfo(False, "Compact view"),
     "return_grid": OptionInfo(True, "Show grid in results"),
@@ -788,7 +789,6 @@ def get_default_modes():
     "taesd_layers": OptionInfo(3, "TAESD decode layers", gr.Slider, {"minimum": 1, "maximum": 3, "step": 1}),
     "live_preview_downscale": OptionInfo(True, "Downscale high resolution live previews"),
 
-    "logmonitor_refresh_period": OptionInfo(5000, "Log view update period", gr.Slider, {"minimum": 0, "maximum": 30000, "step": 25}),
     "notification_audio_enable": OptionInfo(False, "Play a notification upon completion"),
     "notification_audio_path": OptionInfo("html/notification.mp3","Path to notification sound", component_args=hide_dirs, folder=True),
 }))