diff --git a/apps/desktop/desktop_native/autofill_provider/src/lib.rs b/apps/desktop/desktop_native/autofill_provider/src/lib.rs
index 6d7e2b01a17..e210d1730ac 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/desktop_native/autofill_provider/src/lib.rs
+++ b/apps/desktop/desktop_native/autofill_provider/src/lib.rs
@@ -198,22 +198,6 @@ impl AutofillProviderClient {
     ///
     /// See documentation at the top-level of [this struct][AutofillProviderClient] for usage information.
     pub fn connect() -> Self {
-        #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
-        INIT.call_once(|| {
-            let filter = EnvFilter::builder()
-                // Everything logs at `INFO`
-                .with_default_directive(LevelFilter::INFO.into())
-                .from_env_lossy();
-
-            tracing_subscriber::registry()
-                .with(filter)
-                .with(tracing_oslog::OsLogger::new(
-                    "com.bitwarden.desktop.autofill-extension",
-                    "default",
-                ))
-                .init();
-        });
-
         tracing::trace!("Autofill provider attempting to connect to Electron IPC...");
 
         let (from_server_send, mut from_server_recv) = tokio::sync::mpsc::channel(32);
@@ -336,6 +320,25 @@ impl AutofillProviderClient {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+#[uniffi::export]
+pub fn initialize_logging() {
+    INIT.call_once(|| {
+        let filter = EnvFilter::builder()
+            // Everything logs at `INFO`
+            .with_default_directive(LevelFilter::INFO.into())
+            .from_env_lossy();
+
+        tracing_subscriber::registry()
+            .with(filter)
+            .with(tracing_oslog::OsLogger::new(
+                "com.bitwarden.desktop.autofill-extension",
+                "default",
+            ))
+            .init();
+    });
+}
+
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(tag = "command", rename_all = "camelCase")]
 enum CommandMessage {
diff --git a/apps/desktop/macos/autofill-extension/CredentialProviderViewController.swift b/apps/desktop/macos/autofill-extension/CredentialProviderViewController.swift
index c04a11051b4..437392aab0c 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/macos/autofill-extension/CredentialProviderViewController.swift
+++ b/apps/desktop/macos/autofill-extension/CredentialProviderViewController.swift
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class CredentialProviderViewController: ASCredentialProviderViewController {
             return client
         }
         
+        initializeLogging()
         let logger = Logger(subsystem: "com.bitwarden.desktop.autofill-extension", category: "credential-provider")
 
         // Check if the Electron app is running