diff --git a/support/hololens/ServoApp/ServoControl/Servo.cpp b/support/hololens/ServoApp/ServoControl/Servo.cpp
index 2502ddad06b..83d926087fb 100644
--- a/support/hololens/ServoApp/ServoControl/Servo.cpp
+++ b/support/hololens/ServoApp/ServoControl/Servo.cpp
@@ -161,21 +161,31 @@ Servo::Servo(hstring url, hstring args, GLsizei width, GLsizei height,
 
   sServo = this; // FIXME;
 
-#ifdef _DEBUG
-  auto current = winrt::Windows::Storage::ApplicationData::Current();
-  auto filePath = std::wstring(current.LocalFolder().Path()) + L"\\stdout.txt";
-  sLogHandle =
-      CreateFile2(filePath.c_str(), GENERIC_WRITE, 0, CREATE_ALWAYS, nullptr);
-  if (sLogHandle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
-    throw std::runtime_error("Failed to open the log file: error code " +
-                             std::to_string(GetLastError()));
-
-  if (SetFilePointer(sLogHandle, 0, nullptr, FILE_END) ==
-      INVALID_SET_FILE_POINTER)
-    throw std::runtime_error(
-        "Failed to set file pointer to the end of file: error code " +
-        std::to_string(GetLastError()));
+#ifndef _DEBUG
+  char buffer[1024];
+  bool logToFile = GetEnvironmentVariableA("FirefoxRealityLogStdout", buffer,
+                                           sizeof(buffer)) != 0;
+#else
+  bool logToFile = true;
 #endif
+  if (logToFile) {
+    auto current = winrt::Windows::Storage::ApplicationData::Current();
+    auto filePath =
+        std::wstring(current.LocalFolder().Path()) + L"\\stdout.txt";
+    sLogHandle =
+        CreateFile2(filePath.c_str(), GENERIC_WRITE, 0, CREATE_ALWAYS, nullptr);
+    if (sLogHandle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+      throw std::runtime_error("Failed to open the log file: error code " +
+                               std::to_string(GetLastError()));
+    }
+
+    if (SetFilePointer(sLogHandle, 0, nullptr, FILE_END) ==
+        INVALID_SET_FILE_POINTER) {
+      throw std::runtime_error(
+          "Failed to set file pointer to the end of file: error code " +
+          std::to_string(GetLastError()));
+    }
+  }
 
   capi::CHostCallbacks c;
   c.on_load_started = &on_load_started;