diff --git a/src/satman/src/main.rs b/src/satman/src/main.rs
index 1bd6db34..4e4e8daf 100644
--- a/src/satman/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/satman/src/main.rs
@@ -1031,10 +1031,7 @@ fn process_aux_packet(
                 timer
             );
             let mut data_slice = [0; SAT_PAYLOAD_MAX_SIZE];
-            let meta = core_manager.log_get_slice(&mut data_slice);
-            if clear && meta.status.is_first() {
-                mgmt::clear_log();
-            }
+            let meta = core_manager.log_get_slice(&mut data_slice, clear);
             drtioaux::send(
                 0,
                 &drtioaux::Packet::CoreMgmtGetLogReply {
diff --git a/src/satman/src/mgmt.rs b/src/satman/src/mgmt.rs
index 179d7011..80ca7330 100644
--- a/src/satman/src/mgmt.rs
+++ b/src/satman/src/mgmt.rs
@@ -60,10 +60,14 @@ impl<'a> Manager<'_> {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn log_get_slice(&mut self, data_slice: &mut [u8; SAT_PAYLOAD_MAX_SIZE]) -> SliceMeta {
+    pub fn log_get_slice(&mut self, data_slice: &mut [u8; SAT_PAYLOAD_MAX_SIZE], consume: bool) -> SliceMeta {
         // Populate buffer if depleted
         if self.last_log.at_end() {
-            self.last_log.extend(get_logger_buffer().extract().as_bytes());
+            let mut buffer = get_logger_buffer();
+            self.last_log.extend(buffer.extract().as_bytes());
+            if consume {
+                buffer.clear();
+            }
         }
 
         self.last_log.get_slice_satellite(data_slice)