diff --git a/src/logger.ts b/src/logger.ts
index 3e491bb..2c9f5b1 100644
--- a/src/logger.ts
+++ b/src/logger.ts
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ export interface LogChannelProvider {
 export interface LogChannel {
 	readonly name: string;
 	appendLine(value: string): void;
-	dispose(): void;
-	show(preserveFocus?: boolean): void;
+	dispose?(): void;
+	show?(preserveFocus?: boolean): void;
 }
 
 export const Logger = new (class Logger {
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export const Logger = new (class Logger {
 		this.level = toOrderedLevel(this._logLevel);
 
 		if (value === LogLevel.Off) {
-			this.output?.dispose();
+			this.output?.dispose?.();
 			this.output = undefined;
 		} else {
 			this.output = this.output ?? this.provider!.createChannel(this.provider!.name);
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ export const Logger = new (class Logger {
 	}
 
 	showOutputChannel(preserveFocus?: boolean): void {
-		this.output?.show(preserveFocus);
+		this.output?.show?.(preserveFocus);
 	}
 
 	toLoggable(o: any, sanitize?: ((key: string, value: any) => any) | undefined) {
diff --git a/src/webviews/apps/shared/appBase.ts b/src/webviews/apps/shared/appBase.ts
index 9e78167..6d32e81 100644
--- a/src/webviews/apps/shared/appBase.ts
+++ b/src/webviews/apps/shared/appBase.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import type { Disposable } from './events';
 import type { ThemeChangeEvent } from './theme';
 import { initializeAndWatchThemeColors, onDidChangeTheme } from './theme';
 
+declare const DEBUG: boolean;
+
 interface VsCodeApi {
 	postMessage(msg: unknown): void;
 	setState(state: unknown): void;
@@ -53,16 +55,10 @@ export abstract class App<State = undefined> {
 						appendLine: function (value: string) {
 							console.log(`[${name}] ${value}`);
 						},
-						dispose: function () {
-							// noop
-						},
-						show: function (_preserveFocus?: boolean) {
-							// noop
-						},
 					};
 				},
 			},
-			LogLevel.Debug,
+			DEBUG ? LogLevel.Debug : LogLevel.Off,
 		);
 
 		this.log(`ctor()`);
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index 9e37880..4c6182c 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const MiniCssExtractPlugin = require('mini-css-extract-plugin');
 const path = require('path');
 const { validate } = require('schema-utils');
 const TerserPlugin = require('terser-webpack-plugin');
-const { WebpackError, optimize, webpack } = require('webpack');
+const { DefinePlugin, optimize, WebpackError } = require('webpack');
 const WebpackRequireFromPlugin = require('webpack-require-from');
 
 module.exports =
@@ -285,6 +285,9 @@ function getWebviewsConfig(mode, env) {
 				  }
 				: undefined,
 		),
+		new DefinePlugin({
+			DEBUG: mode === 'development',
+		}),
 		new ForkTsCheckerPlugin({
 			async: false,
 			eslint: {