diff --git a/code/__HELPERS/_logging.dm b/code/__HELPERS/_logging.dm
index e5f45121244..ac17df57738 100644
--- a/code/__HELPERS/_logging.dm
+++ b/code/__HELPERS/_logging.dm
@@ -139,7 +139,9 @@
 
 /* Log to both DD and the logfile. */
 /proc/log_world(text)
+#ifdef USE_CUSTOM_ERROR_HANDLER
 	WRITE_LOG(GLOB.world_runtime_log, text)
+#endif
 	SEND_TEXT(world.log, text)
 
 /* Log to the logfile only. */
diff --git a/code/_compile_options.dm b/code/_compile_options.dm
index 67bbe24e38c..3ec2510cc78 100644
--- a/code/_compile_options.dm
+++ b/code/_compile_options.dm
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 
 //#define DATUMVAR_DEBUGGING_MODE	//Enables the ability to cache datum vars and retrieve later for debugging which vars changed.
 
+// Comment this out if you are debugging problems that might be obscured by custom error handling in world/Error
+#ifdef DEBUG
+#define USE_CUSTOM_ERROR_HANDLER
+#endif
+
 #ifdef TESTING
 #define DATUMVAR_DEBUGGING_MODE
 
diff --git a/code/game/world.dm b/code/game/world.dm
index a15782a20a7..0c7d256579a 100644
--- a/code/game/world.dm
+++ b/code/game/world.dm
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ GLOBAL_VAR(restart_counter)
 //This happens after the Master subsystem new(s) (it's a global datum)
 //So subsystems globals exist, but are not initialised
 /world/New()
+
 	log_world("World loaded at [time_stamp()]!")
 
 	SetupExternalRSC()
@@ -25,6 +26,10 @@ GLOBAL_VAR(restart_counter)
 	SSdbcore.SetRoundID()
 	SetupLogs()
 
+#ifndef USE_CUSTOM_ERROR_HANDLER
+	world.log = file("[GLOB.log_directory]/dd.log")
+#endif
+
 	load_admins()
 	LoadVerbs(/datum/verbs/menu)
 	if(CONFIG_GET(flag/usewhitelist))
diff --git a/code/modules/error_handler/error_handler.dm b/code/modules/error_handler/error_handler.dm
index 280cf87f6e9..1c26a09c30e 100644
--- a/code/modules/error_handler/error_handler.dm
+++ b/code/modules/error_handler/error_handler.dm
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 GLOBAL_VAR_INIT(total_runtimes, GLOB.total_runtimes || 0)
 GLOBAL_VAR_INIT(total_runtimes_skipped, 0)
 
-#ifdef DEBUG
-
+#ifdef USE_CUSTOM_ERROR_HANDLER
 #define ERROR_USEFUL_LEN 2
 
 /world/Error(exception/E, datum/e_src)
@@ -128,5 +127,4 @@ GLOBAL_VAR_INIT(total_runtimes_skipped, 0)
 
 	// This writes the regular format (unwrapping newlines and inserting timestamps as needed).
 	log_runtime("runtime error: [E.name]\n[E.desc]")
-
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif
diff --git a/code/modules/error_handler/error_viewer.dm b/code/modules/error_handler/error_viewer.dm
index 1f93bba9a0f..adcbb8fb57f 100644
--- a/code/modules/error_handler/error_viewer.dm
+++ b/code/modules/error_handler/error_viewer.dm
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 //   logged errors. Only one instance of this datum should ever exist, and it's
 //   right here:
 
-#ifdef DEBUG
+#ifdef USE_CUSTOM_ERROR_HANDLER
 GLOBAL_DATUM_INIT(error_cache, /datum/error_viewer/error_cache, new)
 #else
 // If debugging is disabled, there's nothing useful to log, so don't bother.
@@ -192,4 +192,4 @@ GLOBAL_DATUM(error_cache, /datum/error_viewer/error_cache)
 	browse_to(user, html)
 
 /datum/error_viewer/error_entry/make_link(linktext, datum/error_viewer/back_to, linear)
-	return is_skip_count ? name : ..()
\ No newline at end of file
+	return is_skip_count ? name : ..()