diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ddc6f8c42b..a94d8cd4fd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 * Feat: Support for Linux (#402)
 * Feat: Support for Windows (#407)
 * Fix: Mark `Sentry.currentHub` as deprecated (#406)
+* Fix: Set console logger as default logger in debug mode (#413)
 * Fix: Use name from pubspec.yaml for release if package id is not available (#411)
 * Feat: `SentryHttpClient` tracks the duration which a request takes and logs failed requests (#414)
 * Fix: Trim `\u0000` from Windows package info (#420)
diff --git a/dart/lib/src/sentry.dart b/dart/lib/src/sentry.dart
index d8bd364a65..b9e61c2ec1 100644
--- a/dart/lib/src/sentry.dart
+++ b/dart/lib/src/sentry.dart
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ class Sentry {
     SentryOptions options,
     AppRunner? appRunner,
   ) async {
-    options.debug = options.platformChecker.isDebugMode();
-
     _setEnvironmentVariables(options);
 
     // Throws when running on the browser
@@ -207,10 +205,6 @@ class Sentry {
     // try parsing the dsn
     Dsn.parse(options.dsn!);
 
-    // if logger os NoOp, let's set a logger that prints on the console
-    if (options.debug && options.logger == noOpLogger) {
-      options.logger = dartLogger;
-    }
     return true;
   }
 }
diff --git a/dart/lib/src/sentry_options.dart b/dart/lib/src/sentry_options.dart
index 41bbb745c4..2dd6e33b81 100644
--- a/dart/lib/src/sentry_options.dart
+++ b/dart/lib/src/sentry_options.dart
@@ -76,7 +76,19 @@ class SentryOptions {
 
   /// Turns debug mode on or off. If debug is enabled SDK will attempt to print out useful debugging
   /// information if something goes wrong. Default is disabled.
-  bool debug = false;
+  bool get debug => _debug;
+
+  set debug(bool newValue) {
+    _debug = newValue;
+    if (_debug == true && logger == noOpLogger) {
+      _logger = dartLogger;
+    }
+    if (_debug == false && logger == dartLogger) {
+      _logger = noOpLogger;
+    }
+  }
+
+  bool _debug = false;
 
   /// minimum LogLevel to be used if debug is enabled
   SentryLevel diagnosticLevel = _defaultDiagnosticLevel;
@@ -160,7 +172,18 @@ class SentryOptions {
   /// Whether to send personal identifiable information along with events
   bool sendDefaultPii = false;
 
-  SentryOptions({this.dsn}) {
+  SentryOptions({this.dsn, PlatformChecker? checker}) {
+    if (checker != null) {
+      platformChecker = checker;
+    }
+
+    // In debug mode we want to log everything by default to the console.
+    // In order to do that, this must be the first thing the SDK does
+    // and the first thing the SDK does, is to instantiate SentryOptions
+    if (platformChecker.isDebugMode()) {
+      debug = true;
+    }
+
     sdk = SdkVersion(name: sdkName(platformChecker.isWeb), version: sdkVersion);
     sdk.addPackage('pub:sentry', sdkVersion);
   }
diff --git a/dart/test/hub_test.dart b/dart/test/hub_test.dart
index 90e1c5978a..b38ce797f5 100644
--- a/dart/test/hub_test.dart
+++ b/dart/test/hub_test.dart
@@ -122,12 +122,12 @@ void main() {
 
     test('should add breadcrumb to current Scope', () {
       hub.configureScope((Scope scope) {
-        expect(0, scope..breadcrumbs.length);
+        expect(0, scope.breadcrumbs.length);
       });
       hub.addBreadcrumb(Breadcrumb(message: 'test'));
       hub.configureScope((Scope scope) {
-        expect(1, scope..breadcrumbs.length);
-        expect('test', scope..breadcrumbs.first.message);
+        expect(1, scope.breadcrumbs.length);
+        expect('test', scope.breadcrumbs.first.message);
       });
     });
   });
diff --git a/dart/test/sentry_options_test.dart b/dart/test/sentry_options_test.dart
index 720c002c69..2912e009a3 100644
--- a/dart/test/sentry_options_test.dart
+++ b/dart/test/sentry_options_test.dart
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import 'package:sentry/sentry.dart';
 import 'package:sentry/src/noop_client.dart';
 import 'package:test/test.dart';
 
+import 'fake_platform_checker.dart';
 import 'mocks.dart';
 
 void main() {
@@ -32,13 +33,28 @@ void main() {
     expect(200, options.maxBreadcrumbs);
   });
 
-  test('$SentryLogger is NoOp by default', () {
-    final options = SentryOptions(dsn: fakeDsn);
+  test('SentryLogger is NoOp by default in release mode', () {
+    final options =
+        SentryOptions(dsn: fakeDsn, checker: FakePlatformChecker.releaseMode());
+
+    expect(noOpLogger, options.logger);
+  });
+
+  test('SentryLogger is NoOp by default in profile mode', () {
+    final options =
+        SentryOptions(dsn: fakeDsn, checker: FakePlatformChecker.profileMode());
 
     expect(noOpLogger, options.logger);
   });
 
-  test('$SentryLogger sets a diagnostic logger', () {
+  test('SentryLogger is dartLogger by default in debug mode', () {
+    final options =
+        SentryOptions(dsn: fakeDsn, checker: FakePlatformChecker.debugMode());
+
+    expect(dartLogger, options.logger);
+  });
+
+  test('SentryLogger sets a diagnostic logger', () {
     final options = SentryOptions(dsn: fakeDsn);
     options.logger = dartLogger;
 
diff --git a/dart/test/sentry_test.dart b/dart/test/sentry_test.dart
index cb0cc3ac7e..7350892c96 100644
--- a/dart/test/sentry_test.dart
+++ b/dart/test/sentry_test.dart
@@ -190,8 +190,9 @@ void main() {
   });
 
   test('options.environment profile', () async {
-    final sentryOptions = SentryOptions(dsn: fakeDsn)
-      ..platformChecker = FakePlatformChecker.profileMode();
+    final sentryOptions =
+        SentryOptions(dsn: fakeDsn, checker: FakePlatformChecker.profileMode());
+
     await Sentry.init((options) {
       options.dsn = fakeDsn;
       expect(options.environment, 'profile');
@@ -200,12 +201,26 @@ void main() {
   });
 
   test('options.environment production (defaultEnvironment)', () async {
-    final sentryOptions = SentryOptions(dsn: fakeDsn)
-      ..platformChecker = FakePlatformChecker.releaseMode();
+    final sentryOptions =
+        SentryOptions(dsn: fakeDsn, checker: FakePlatformChecker.releaseMode());
+
     await Sentry.init((options) {
       options.dsn = fakeDsn;
       expect(options.environment, 'production');
       expect(options.debug, false);
     }, options: sentryOptions);
   });
+
+  test('options.logger is not dartLogger after debug = false', () async {
+    final sentryOptions =
+        SentryOptions(dsn: fakeDsn, checker: FakePlatformChecker.debugMode());
+
+    await Sentry.init((options) {
+      options.dsn = fakeDsn;
+      expect(options.logger, dartLogger);
+      options.debug = false;
+    }, options: sentryOptions);
+
+    expect(sentryOptions.logger == dartLogger, false);
+  });
 }