diff --git a/osdep/mac/app_hub.swift b/osdep/mac/app_hub.swift
index e86e707dd3..997cc33847 100644
--- a/osdep/mac/app_hub.swift
+++ b/osdep/mac/app_hub.swift
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class AppHub: NSObject {
         event = EventHelper(self, mpv)
         if let mpv = event?.mpv {
             self.mpv = mpv
-            log.log = mp_log_new(UnsafeMutablePointer(mpv), mp_client_get_log(mpv), "app")
+            log.log = mp_log_new(nil, mp_client_get_log(mpv), "app")
             option = OptionHelper(UnsafeMutablePointer(mpv), mp_client_get_global(mpv))
             input.option = option
         }
diff --git a/osdep/mac/log_helper.swift b/osdep/mac/log_helper.swift
index 0f65975da1..3d349a487c 100644
--- a/osdep/mac/log_helper.swift
+++ b/osdep/mac/log_helper.swift
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class LogHelper {
     }
 
     func send(message: String, type: Int) {
-        guard let log = log, UnsafeRawPointer(log).load(as: UInt8.self) != 0 else {
+        guard let log = log else {
             logger.log(level: loggerMapping[type] ?? .default, "\(message, privacy: .public)")
             return
         }
@@ -58,4 +58,10 @@ class LogHelper {
         let args: [CVarArg] = [(message as NSString).utf8String ?? "NO MESSAGE"]
         mp_msg_va(log, Int32(type), "%s\n", getVaList(args))
     }
+
+    deinit {
+        // only a manual dereferencing will trigger this, cleanup properly in that case
+        ta_free(UnsafeMutablePointer(log))
+        log = nil
+    }
 }