diff --git a/verbosity.c b/verbosity.c
index 83dca5d02f..368067fa96 100644
--- a/verbosity.c
+++ b/verbosity.c
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@
 
 /* If this is non-NULL. RARCH_LOG and friends
  * will write to this file. */
-static RFILE *log_file           = NULL;
 static FILE *log_file_fp         = NULL;
+static void* log_file_buf        = NULL;
 static bool main_verbosity       = false;
 static bool log_file_initialized = false;
 
@@ -96,17 +96,21 @@ void retro_main_log_file_init(const char *path)
    if (path == NULL)
       return;
 
-   log_file             = filestream_open(path, RFILE_MODE_WRITE, -1);
-   log_file_fp          = filestream_get_fp(log_file);
+   log_file_fp          = fopen(path, "wb");
    log_file_initialized = true;
+   
+   /* TODO: this is only useful for a few platforms, find which and add ifdef */
+   log_file_buf = (char*)calloc(1, 0x4000);
+   setvbuf(log_file_fp, log_file_buf, _IOFBF, 0x4000);
 }
 
 void retro_main_log_file_deinit(void)
 {
-   if (log_file && log_file_fp != stderr)
-      filestream_close(log_file);
-   log_file = NULL;
+   if (log_file_fp && log_file_fp != stderr)
+      fclose(log_file_fp);
+   if (log_file_buf) free(log_file_buf);
    log_file_fp = NULL;
+   log_file_buf = NULL;
 }
 
 #if !defined(HAVE_LOGGER)