diff --git a/idd/LGCommon/CDebug.cpp b/idd/LGCommon/CDebug.cpp
index 31a72605..b5497407 100644
--- a/idd/LGCommon/CDebug.cpp
+++ b/idd/LGCommon/CDebug.cpp
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ inline static void iso8601(wchar_t *buf, size_t count)
   wcsftime(buf, count, L"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%SZ", &utc);
 }
 
-inline static std::wstring getLogPath(CDebug::Location location)
+std::wstring CDebug::GetLogDir(Location location)
 {
   PWSTR pszPath;
   const KNOWNFOLDERID& folder = location == CDebug::Location::LocalAppData ?
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ inline static std::wstring getLogPath(CDebug::Location location)
 
 void CDebug::Init(const wchar_t * name, Location location)
 {
-  m_logDir = getLogPath(location);
+  m_logDir = GetLogDir(location);
 
   // don't redirect the debug output if running under a debugger
   if (IsDebuggerPresent())
diff --git a/idd/LGCommon/CDebug.h b/idd/LGCommon/CDebug.h
index 095cdab3..7b12df65 100644
--- a/idd/LGCommon/CDebug.h
+++ b/idd/LGCommon/CDebug.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include <Windows.h>
 #include <fstream>
+#include <string>
 
 class CDebug
 {
@@ -51,7 +52,8 @@ class CDebug
       LEVEL_MAX
     };
 
-    const wchar_t *logDir() { return m_logDir.c_str(); }
+    const wchar_t *logDir() const { return m_logDir.c_str(); }
+    static std::wstring GetLogDir(Location location);
     void Init(const wchar_t * name,
       Location location = Location::ProgramData);
     void Log_va(CDebug::Level level, const char *function, int line, const wchar_t *fmt, va_list args);
diff --git a/idd/LGIddHelper/CNotifyWindow.cpp b/idd/LGIddHelper/CNotifyWindow.cpp
index 038b7563..f6b69be2 100644
--- a/idd/LGIddHelper/CNotifyWindow.cpp
+++ b/idd/LGIddHelper/CNotifyWindow.cpp
@@ -196,8 +196,13 @@ LRESULT CNotifyWindow::onNotifyIcon(UINT uEvent, WORD wIconId, int x, int y)
     switch (TrackPopupMenu(m_menu, TPM_RETURNCMD | TPM_NONOTIFY, x, y, 0, m_hwnd, NULL))
     {
     case ID_MENU_SHOW_LOG:
-      ShellExecute(m_hwnd, L"open", g_debug.logDir(), NULL, NULL, SW_NORMAL);
+    {
+      const std::wstring logDir =
+        CDebug::GetLogDir(CDebug::Location::ProgramData);
+      if (!logDir.empty())
+        ShellExecute(m_hwnd, L"open", logDir.c_str(), NULL, NULL, SW_NORMAL);
       break;
+    }
     case ID_MENU_SHOW_CONFIG:
       DEBUG_INFO("Config window opened");
       m_config.reset(new CConfigWindow());