diff --git a/src/blackcore/application.cpp b/src/blackcore/application.cpp
index 50fe21bd4..ecd663c3d 100644
--- a/src/blackcore/application.cpp
+++ b/src/blackcore/application.cpp
@@ -1008,6 +1008,8 @@ namespace BlackCore
 
         // File logger
         m_fileLogger.reset(new CFileLogger(this));
+        connect(CLogHandler::instance(), &CLogHandler::localMessageLogged, m_fileLogger.data(), &CFileLogger::writeStatusMessageToFile);
+        connect(CLogHandler::instance(), &CLogHandler::remoteMessageLogged, m_fileLogger.data(), &CFileLogger::writeStatusMessageToFile);
         m_fileLogger->changeLogPattern(CLogPattern().withSeverityAtOrAbove(CStatusMessage::SeverityDebug));
     }
 
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/filelogger.cpp b/src/blackmisc/filelogger.cpp
index 3631ef7eb..c1559bb7d 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/filelogger.cpp
+++ b/src/blackmisc/filelogger.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "blackmisc/filelogger.h"
-#include "blackmisc/loghandler.h"
 #include "blackmisc/swiftdirectories.h"
 #include "blackmisc/directoryutils.h"
 #include "blackconfig/buildconfig.h"
@@ -59,9 +58,6 @@ 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()
@@ -84,7 +80,7 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         return logFileName();
     }
 
-    void CFileLogger::ps_writeStatusMessageToFile(const BlackMisc::CStatusMessage &statusMessage)
+    void CFileLogger::writeStatusMessageToFile(const BlackMisc::CStatusMessage &statusMessage)
     {
         if (statusMessage.isEmpty()) { return; }
         if (!m_logFile.isOpen()) { return; }
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/filelogger.h b/src/blackmisc/filelogger.h
index ff295cecd..247fc5281 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/filelogger.h
+++ b/src/blackmisc/filelogger.h
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         //! Get the log file path (including its name)
         static QString getLogFilePath();
 
-    private slots:
+    public slots:
         //! Write single status message to file
-        void ps_writeStatusMessageToFile(const BlackMisc::CStatusMessage &statusMessage);
+        void writeStatusMessageToFile(const BlackMisc::CStatusMessage &statusMessage);
 
     private:
         void removeOldLogFiles();