diff --git a/src/plugin/bridges/common.h b/src/plugin/bridges/common.h
index 578186f2..77753f43 100644
--- a/src/plugin/bridges/common.h
+++ b/src/plugin/bridges/common.h
@@ -82,13 +82,13 @@ class PluginBridge {
                  const ghc::filesystem::path& plugin_path,
                  F&& create_socket_instance)
         : io_context_(),
+          // This works for both individual files (VST2 and CLAP) and entire
+          // directories (VST3)
+          config_(load_config_for(plugin_path)),
+          info_(plugin_type, plugin_path, config_.vst3_prefer_32bit),
           sockets_(create_socket_instance(io_context_, info_)),
           generic_logger_(Logger::create_from_environment(
               create_logger_prefix(sockets_.base_dir_))),
-          // This works for both individual files (VST2 and CLAP) and entire
-          // directories (VST3)
-          config_(load_config_for(plugin_path, generic_logger_)),
-          info_(plugin_type, plugin_path, config_.vst3_prefer_32bit),
           plugin_host_(
               config_.group
                   ? std::unique_ptr<HostProcess>(std::make_unique<GroupHost>(
@@ -440,6 +440,19 @@ class PluginBridge {
 
     asio::io_context io_context_;
 
+    /**
+     * The configuration for this instance of yabridge. Set based on the values
+     * from a `yabridge.toml`, if it exists.
+     *
+     * @see ../utils.h:load_config_for
+     */
+    Configuration config_;
+
+    /**
+     * Information about the plugin we're bridging.
+     */
+    const PluginInfo info_;
+
     /**
      * The sockets used for communication with the Wine process.
      *
@@ -458,19 +471,6 @@ class PluginBridge {
      */
     Logger generic_logger_;
 
-    /**
-     * The configuration for this instance of yabridge. Set based on the values
-     * from a `yabridge.toml`, if it exists.
-     *
-     * @see ../utils.h:load_config_for
-     */
-    Configuration config_;
-
-    /**
-     * Information about the plugin we're bridging.
-     */
-    const PluginInfo info_;
-
     /**
      * The Wine process hosting our plugins. In the case of group hosts a
      * `PluginBridge` instance doesn't actually own a process, but rather either
diff --git a/src/plugin/utils.cpp b/src/plugin/utils.cpp
index 65f3189c..82db99a5 100644
--- a/src/plugin/utils.cpp
+++ b/src/plugin/utils.cpp
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ ghc::filesystem::path generate_group_endpoint(
     return get_temporary_directory() / socket_name.str();
 }
 
-Configuration load_config_for(const fs::path& yabridge_path, Logger& logger) {
+Configuration load_config_for(const fs::path& yabridge_path) {
     // First find the closest `yabridge.tmol` file for the plugin, falling back
     // to default configuration settings if it doesn't exist
     const std::optional<fs::path> config_file =
@@ -410,6 +410,8 @@ Configuration load_config_for(const fs::path& yabridge_path, Logger& logger) {
     try {
         return Configuration(*config_file, yabridge_path);
     } catch (const toml::parse_error& error) {
+        Logger logger = Logger::create_exception_logger();
+
         // Parsing failures should be non-fatal since that leads to a pretty
         // confusing user experience (see
         // https://github.com/robbert-vdh/yabridge/issues/282). They should,
diff --git a/src/plugin/utils.h b/src/plugin/utils.h
index 6bb09c55..f198bae6 100644
--- a/src/plugin/utils.h
+++ b/src/plugin/utils.h
@@ -248,8 +248,6 @@ ghc::filesystem::path generate_group_endpoint(
  * @param yabridge_path The path to the .so file that's being loaded.by the VST
  *   host. This will be used both for the starting location of the search and to
  *   determine which section in the config file to use.
- * @param logger The logger used to log parsing errors to. Parsing errors are
- *   non-fatal, but they should still be very visible.
  *
  * @return Either a configuration object populated with values from matched glob
  *   pattern within the found configuration file, or an empty configuration
@@ -258,8 +256,7 @@ ghc::filesystem::path generate_group_endpoint(
  *
  * @see Configuration
  */
-Configuration load_config_for(const ghc::filesystem::path& yabridge_path,
-                              Logger& logger);
+Configuration load_config_for(const ghc::filesystem::path& yabridge_path);
 
 /**
  * Starting from the starting file or directory, go up in the directory