diff --git a/src/blackmisc/filelogger.cpp b/src/blackmisc/filelogger.cpp
index 0075b6c08..2583a2515 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/filelogger.cpp
+++ b/src/blackmisc/filelogger.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ namespace BlackMisc
 
     CFileLogger::CFileLogger(const QString &applicationName, const QString &logPath, QObject *parent) :
         QObject(parent),
-        m_logSubscriber(this, &CFileLogger::ps_writeStatusMessageToFile),
         m_logFile(this),
         m_applicationName(applicationName),
         m_logPath(logPath)
@@ -34,6 +33,9 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         m_stream.setDevice(&m_logFile);
         m_stream.setCodec("UTF-8");
         writeHeaderToFile();
+
+        connect(CLogHandler::instance(), &CLogHandler::localMessageLogged, this, &CFileLogger::ps_writeStatusMessageToFile);
+        connect(CLogHandler::instance(), &CLogHandler::remoteMessageLogged, this, &CFileLogger::ps_writeStatusMessageToFile);
     }
 
     CFileLogger::~CFileLogger()
@@ -45,13 +47,10 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         }
     }
 
-    void CFileLogger::changeLogPattern(const CLogPattern &pattern)
-    {
-        m_logSubscriber.changeSubscription(pattern);
-    }
-
     void CFileLogger::ps_writeStatusMessageToFile(const BlackMisc::CStatusMessage &statusMessage)
     {
+        if (! m_logPattern.match(statusMessage)) { return; }
+
         QString finalContent = QDateTime::currentDateTime().toString(QStringLiteral("hh:mm:ss "));
         finalContent += statusMessage.getHumanReadableCategory();
         finalContent += " ";
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/filelogger.h b/src/blackmisc/filelogger.h
index 54f52505e..64dddc308 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/filelogger.h
+++ b/src/blackmisc/filelogger.h
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         //! Destructor.
         ~CFileLogger();
 
-        //! Change the log pattern. Call this method at least once to start logging
-        void changeLogPattern(const CLogPattern &pattern);
+        //! Change the log pattern. Default is to log all messages.
+        void changeLogPattern(const CLogPattern &pattern) { m_logPattern = pattern; }
 
     private slots:
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         void writeHeaderToFile();
         void writeContentToFile(const QString &content);
 
-        CLogSubscriber m_logSubscriber;
+        CLogPattern m_logPattern;
         QFile m_logFile;
         QTextStream m_stream;
         QString m_applicationName;