diff --git a/shared/AppInsightsCore/src/JavaScriptSDK.Interfaces/IDiagnosticLogger.ts b/shared/AppInsightsCore/src/JavaScriptSDK.Interfaces/IDiagnosticLogger.ts
index 5b79e6d90..13e48bd3b 100644
--- a/shared/AppInsightsCore/src/JavaScriptSDK.Interfaces/IDiagnosticLogger.ts
+++ b/shared/AppInsightsCore/src/JavaScriptSDK.Interfaces/IDiagnosticLogger.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ export interface IDiagnosticLogger {
      */
     warnToConsole(message: string): void;
 
+    /**
+     * This will write an error to the console if possible.
+     * Provided by the default DiagnosticLogger instance, and internally the SDK will fall back to warnToConsole, however,
+     * direct callers MUST check for its existence on the logger as you can provide your own IDiagnosticLogger instance.
+     * @param message {string} - The error message
+     */
+    errorToConsole?(message: string): void;
+
     /**
      * Resets the internal message count
      */
diff --git a/shared/AppInsightsCore/src/JavaScriptSDK/BaseCore.ts b/shared/AppInsightsCore/src/JavaScriptSDK/BaseCore.ts
index 0643b0a00..3c2ea5033 100644
--- a/shared/AppInsightsCore/src/JavaScriptSDK/BaseCore.ts
+++ b/shared/AppInsightsCore/src/JavaScriptSDK/BaseCore.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import { ICookieMgr } from "../JavaScriptSDK.Interfaces/ICookieMgr";
 import { createCookieMgr } from "./CookieMgr";
 import { arrForEach, isNullOrUndefined, toISOString, getSetValue, setValue, throwError, isNotTruthy, isFunction } from "./HelperFuncs";
 import { strExtensionConfig, strIKey } from "./Constants";
+import { DiagnosticLogger } from "./DiagnosticLogger";
 
 const validationError = "Extensions must provide callback to initialize";
 
@@ -56,11 +57,8 @@ export class BaseCore implements IAppInsightsCore {
         dynamicProto(BaseCore, this, (_self) => {
             _self._extensions = new Array<IPlugin>();
             _channelController = new ChannelController();
-            _self.logger = objCreateFn({
-                throwInternal: (severity: LoggingSeverity, msgId: _InternalMessageId, msg: string, properties?: Object, isUserAct = false) => { },
-                warnToConsole: (message: string) => { },
-                resetInternalMessageCount: () => { }
-            });
+            // Use a default logger so initialization errors are not dropped on the floor with full logging
+            _self.logger = new DiagnosticLogger({ loggingLevelConsole: LoggingSeverity.CRITICAL });
             
             _eventQueue = [];
             _self.isInitialized = () => _isInitialized;
@@ -74,7 +72,7 @@ export class BaseCore implements IAppInsightsCore {
                 if (!config || isNullOrUndefined(config.instrumentationKey)) {
                     throwError("Please provide instrumentation key");
                 }
-        
+
                 _notificationManager = notificationManager;
 
                 // For backward compatibility only
@@ -95,7 +93,7 @@ export class BaseCore implements IAppInsightsCore {
                 if (logger) {
                     _self.logger = logger;
                 }
-        
+
                 // Concat all available extensions
                 let allExtensions = [];
                 allExtensions.push(...extensions, ...config.extensions);
diff --git a/shared/AppInsightsCore/src/JavaScriptSDK/DiagnosticLogger.ts b/shared/AppInsightsCore/src/JavaScriptSDK/DiagnosticLogger.ts
index 3a9488779..3fa335ece 100644
--- a/shared/AppInsightsCore/src/JavaScriptSDK/DiagnosticLogger.ts
+++ b/shared/AppInsightsCore/src/JavaScriptSDK/DiagnosticLogger.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ const AiUserActionablePrefix = "AI: ";
  */
 const AIInternalMessagePrefix = "AITR_";
 
+const strErrorToConsole = "errorToConsole";
+const strWarnToConsole = "warnToConsole";
 
 function _sanitizeDiagnosticText(text: string) {
     if (text) {
@@ -33,6 +35,20 @@ function _sanitizeDiagnosticText(text: string) {
     return "";
 }
 
+function _logToConsole(func: string, message: string) {
+    let theConsole = getConsole();
+    if (!!theConsole) {
+        let logFunc = "log";
+        if (theConsole[func]) {
+            logFunc = "func";
+        }
+
+        if (isFunction(theConsole[logFunc])) {
+            theConsole[logFunc](message);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 export class _InternalLogMessage{
     public static dataType: string = "MessageData";
 
@@ -107,20 +123,23 @@ export class DiagnosticLogger implements IDiagnosticLogger {
                 if (_self.enableDebugExceptions()) {
                     throw message;
                 } else {
+                    // Get the logging function and fallback to warnToConsole of for some reason errorToConsole doesn't exist
+                    let logFunc = severity === LoggingSeverity.CRITICAL ? strErrorToConsole : strWarnToConsole;
+
                     if (!isUndefined(message.message)) {
                         const logLevel = _self.consoleLoggingLevel();
                         if (isUserAct) {
                             // check if this message type was already logged to console for this page view and if so, don't log it again
                             const messageKey: number = +message.messageId;
 
-                            if (!_messageLogged[messageKey] && logLevel >= LoggingSeverity.WARNING) {
-                                _self.warnToConsole(message.message);
+                            if (!_messageLogged[messageKey] && logLevel >= severity) {
+                                _self[logFunc](message.message);
                                 _messageLogged[messageKey] = true;
                             }
                         } else {
-                            // don't log internal AI traces in the console, unless the verbose logging is enabled
-                            if (logLevel >= LoggingSeverity.WARNING) {
-                                _self.warnToConsole(message.message);
+                            // Only log traces if the console Logging Level is >= the throwInternal severity level
+                            if (logLevel >= severity) {
+                                _self[logFunc](message.message);
                             }
                         }
 
@@ -134,17 +153,15 @@ export class DiagnosticLogger implements IDiagnosticLogger {
              * @param message {string} - The warning message
              */
             _self.warnToConsole = (message: string) => {
-                let theConsole = getConsole();
-                if (!!theConsole) {
-                    let logFunc = "log";
-                    if (theConsole.warn) {
-                        logFunc = "warn";
-                    }
+                _logToConsole("warn", message);
+            }
 
-                    if (isFunction(theConsole[logFunc])) {
-                        theConsole[logFunc](message);
-                    }
-                }
+            /**
+             * This will write an error to the console if possible
+             * @param message {string} - The error message
+             */
+             _self.errorToConsole = (message: string) => {
+                _logToConsole("error", message);
             }
 
             /**
@@ -261,6 +278,14 @@ export class DiagnosticLogger implements IDiagnosticLogger {
         // @DynamicProtoStub -- DO NOT add any code as this will be removed during packaging
     }
 
+    /**
+     * This will write an error to the console if possible
+     * @param message {string} - The warning message
+     */
+    public errorToConsole(message: string) {
+        // @DynamicProtoStub -- DO NOT add any code as this will be removed during packaging
+    }
+
     /**
      * Resets the internal message count
      */