diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Controllers/BridgeController.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Controllers/BridgeController.cs
index 4b1a1fac3e..f7711a7833 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Controllers/BridgeController.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Controllers/BridgeController.cs
@@ -36,7 +36,12 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Controllers
 		/// <summary>
 		/// If the content of bridge requests and responses should be logged.
 		/// </summary>
-		internal static bool LogContent { get; set; }
+		static bool LogContent => logContentDisableCounter == 0;
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Counter which, if not zero, indicates content logging should be disabled.
+		/// </summary>
+		static uint logContentDisableCounter;
 
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Static counter for the number of requests processed.
@@ -54,12 +59,14 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Controllers
 		readonly ILogger<BridgeController> logger;
 
 		/// <summary>
-		/// Initializes static members of the <see cref="BridgeController"/> class.
+		/// Temporarily disable content logging. Must be followed up with a call to <see cref="ReenableContentLogging"/>.
 		/// </summary>
-		static BridgeController()
-		{
-			LogContent = true;
-		}
+		internal static void TemporarilyDisableContentLogging() => Interlocked.Increment(ref logContentDisableCounter);
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Reenable content logging. Must be preceeded with a call to <see cref="TemporarilyDisableContentLogging"/>.
+		/// </summary>
+		internal static void ReenableContentLogging() => Interlocked.Decrement(ref logContentDisableCounter);
 
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="BridgeController"/> class.
diff --git a/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/Instance/WatchdogTest.cs b/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/Instance/WatchdogTest.cs
index ceb8e80fe7..4d5e1685a5 100644
--- a/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/Instance/WatchdogTest.cs
+++ b/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/Instance/WatchdogTest.cs
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Tests.Live.Instance
 		{
 			// first check the bridge limits
 			var bridgeTestsTcs = new TaskCompletionSource();
-			BridgeController.LogContent = false;
+			BridgeController.TemporarilyDisableContentLogging();
 			using (var loggerFactory = LoggerFactory.Create(builder =>
 			{
 				builder.AddConsole();
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Tests.Live.Instance
 				await bridgeTestsTcs.Task.WaitAsync(cancellationToken);
 			}
 
-			BridgeController.LogContent = true;
+			BridgeController.ReenableContentLogging();
 
 			// Time for DD to revert the bridge access identifier change
 			await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1), cancellationToken);