diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageLog.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageLog.cpp
index 6195703fea..fa0f19a13c 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageLog.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageLog.cpp
@@ -213,15 +213,29 @@ void RageLog::Flush()
 	fflush( m_fileInfo );
 }
 
+
+static char g_AdditionalLogStr[10240] = "";
+static int g_AdditionalLogSize = 0;
+
 void RageLog::UpdateMappedLog()
 {
 	CString str;
 	for(map<CString, CString>::const_iterator i = LogMaps.begin(); i != LogMaps.end(); ++i)
 		str += ssprintf("%s\n", i->second.c_str());
 
+	g_AdditionalLogSize = min( sizeof(g_AdditionalLogStr), str.size() );
+	memcpy( g_AdditionalLogStr, str.c_str(), g_AdditionalLogSize );
+
+	/* XXX: deprecated */
 	HOOKS->AdditionalLog(str);
 }
 
+void RageLog::GetAdditionalLog( const char* &p, int &size )
+{
+	p = g_AdditionalLogStr;
+	size = g_AdditionalLogSize;
+}
+
 void RageLog::MapLog(const CString &key, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
     va_list	va;
diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageLog.h b/stepmania/src/RageLog.h
index c28ca814ec..93750fdc0d 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageLog.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageLog.h
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ public:
 	void MapLog(const CString &key, const char *fmt, ...);
 	void UnmapLog(const CString &key);
 
+	static void GetAdditionalLog( const char* &p, int &size );
+
 private:
 	FILE *m_fileLog, *m_fileInfo;
 	void Write( int, CString );