diff --git a/src/Cargo.lock b/src/Cargo.lock
index 2a908988..4e655fb9 100644
--- a/src/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src/Cargo.lock
@@ -280,6 +280,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "log_buffer"
+version = "1.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f033173c9486b7fe97a79c895c0a3483ae395ab6744c985d10078950e2492419"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "managed"
 version = "0.7.2"
@@ -400,6 +406,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libregister",
  "libsupport_zynq",
  "log",
+ "log_buffer",
  "nb",
  "num-derive",
  "num-traits",
diff --git a/src/runtime/Cargo.toml b/src/runtime/Cargo.toml
index 56f08e53..91173f01 100644
--- a/src/runtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ void = { version = "1", default-features = false }
 futures = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["async-await"] }
 async-recursion = "0.3"
 fatfs = { version = "0.3", features = ["core_io"], default-features = false }
+log_buffer = { version = "1.2" }
 
 libboard_zynq = { git = "https://git.m-labs.hk/M-Labs/zc706.git" }
 libsupport_zynq = { default-features = false, git = "https://git.m-labs.hk/M-Labs/zc706.git" }
diff --git a/src/runtime/src/logger.rs b/src/runtime/src/logger.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9862bf35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/runtime/src/logger.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+use core::cell::{Cell, RefCell, RefMut};
+use core::fmt::Write;
+use log::{Log, LevelFilter};
+use log_buffer::LogBuffer;
+use libboard_zynq::{println, timer::GlobalTimer};
+
+pub struct LogBufferRef<'a> {
+    buffer:        RefMut<'a, LogBuffer<&'static mut [u8]>>,
+    old_log_level: LevelFilter
+}
+
+impl<'a> LogBufferRef<'a> {
+    fn new(buffer: RefMut<'a, LogBuffer<&'static mut [u8]>>) -> LogBufferRef<'a> {
+        let old_log_level = log::max_level();
+        log::set_max_level(LevelFilter::Off);
+        LogBufferRef { buffer, old_log_level }
+    }
+
+    pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
+        self.buffer.is_empty()
+    }
+
+    pub fn clear(&mut self) {
+        self.buffer.clear()
+    }
+
+    pub fn extract(&mut self) -> &str {
+        self.buffer.extract()
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> Drop for LogBufferRef<'a> {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        log::set_max_level(self.old_log_level)
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct BufferLogger {
+    buffer:      RefCell<LogBuffer<&'static mut [u8]>>,
+    uart_filter: Cell<LevelFilter>
+}
+
+static mut LOGGER: *const BufferLogger = 0 as *const _;
+
+impl BufferLogger {
+    pub fn new(buffer: &'static mut [u8]) -> BufferLogger {
+        BufferLogger {
+            buffer: RefCell::new(LogBuffer::new(buffer)),
+            uart_filter: Cell::new(LevelFilter::Info),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn register<F: FnOnce()>(&self, f: F) {
+        unsafe {
+            LOGGER = self;
+            log::set_logger(&*LOGGER)
+                .expect("global logger can only be initialized once");
+        }
+        log::set_max_level(LevelFilter::Info);
+        f();
+    }
+
+    pub fn with<R, F: FnOnce(&BufferLogger) -> R>(f: F) -> R {
+        f(unsafe { &*LOGGER })
+    }
+
+    pub fn buffer<'a>(&'a self) -> Result<LogBufferRef<'a>, ()> {
+        self.buffer
+            .try_borrow_mut()
+            .map(LogBufferRef::new)
+            .map_err(|_| ())
+    }
+
+    pub fn uart_log_level(&self) -> LevelFilter {
+        self.uart_filter.get()
+    }
+
+    pub fn set_uart_log_level(&self, max_level: LevelFilter) {
+        self.uart_filter.set(max_level)
+    }
+}
+
+// required for impl Log
+unsafe impl Sync for BufferLogger {}
+
+impl Log for BufferLogger {
+    fn enabled(&self, _metadata: &log::Metadata) -> bool {
+        true
+    }
+
+    fn log(&self, record: &log::Record) {
+        if self.enabled(record.metadata()) {
+            let timestamp = unsafe {
+                GlobalTimer::get()
+            }.get_us();
+            let seconds   = timestamp / 1_000_000;
+            let micros    = timestamp % 1_000_000;
+
+            if let Ok(mut buffer) = self.buffer.try_borrow_mut() {
+                writeln!(buffer, "[{:6}.{:06}s] {:>5}({}): {}", seconds, micros,
+                         record.level(), record.target(), record.args()).unwrap();
+            }
+
+            if record.level() <= self.uart_filter.get() {
+                println!("[{:6}.{:06}s] {:>5}({}): {}", seconds, micros,
+                         record.level(), record.target(), record.args());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn flush(&self) {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/runtime/src/main.rs b/src/runtime/src/main.rs
index 4c0c4189..49f56a21 100644
--- a/src/runtime/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/runtime/src/main.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ extern crate alloc;
 use core::{cmp, str};
 use log::{info, warn};
 
-use libboard_zynq::{timer::GlobalTimer, time::Milliseconds, logger, devc, slcr};
+use libboard_zynq::{timer::GlobalTimer, time::Milliseconds, devc, slcr, println};
 use libsupport_zynq::ram;
 use libregister::RegisterW;
 use nb::block;
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ mod moninj;
 mod load_pl;
 mod eh_artiq;
 mod panic;
+mod logger;
 
 fn init_gateware() {
     // Set up PS->PL clocks
@@ -124,10 +125,16 @@ fn init_rtio(timer: GlobalTimer, cfg: &config::Config) {
     }
 }
 
+static mut LOG_BUFFER: [u8; 1<<17] = [0; 1<<17];
+
 #[no_mangle]
 pub fn main_core0() {
     let timer = GlobalTimer::start();
-    let _ = logger::init();
+    unsafe {
+        println!("BUFFER ADDR = {:p}", LOG_BUFFER.as_ptr());
+        println!("BUFFER LEN = {}", LOG_BUFFER.len());
+        logger::BufferLogger::new(&mut LOG_BUFFER[..]).register(|| {});
+    }
     log::set_max_level(log::LevelFilter::Debug);
     info!("NAR3/Zynq7000 starting...");