diff --git a/src/libcalamaresui/viewpages/ExecutionViewStep.cpp b/src/libcalamaresui/viewpages/ExecutionViewStep.cpp
index 4cf9a06a0..998d9f38b 100644
--- a/src/libcalamaresui/viewpages/ExecutionViewStep.cpp
+++ b/src/libcalamaresui/viewpages/ExecutionViewStep.cpp
@@ -94,7 +94,12 @@ ExecutionViewStep::ExecutionViewStep( QObject* parent )
     bottomLayout->addWidget( m_label );
 
     QToolBar* toolBar = new QToolBar;
-    auto toggleLogAction = toolBar->addAction( QIcon::fromTheme( "utilities-terminal" ), "Toggle log" );
+    const auto logButtonIcon = QIcon::fromTheme( "utilities-terminal" );
+    auto toggleLogAction = toolBar->addAction(
+        Branding::instance()->image(
+            { "utilities-log-viewer", "utilities-terminal", "text-x-log", "text-x-changelog", "preferences-log" },
+            QSize( 32, 32 ) ),
+        "Toggle log" );
     auto toggleLogButton = dynamic_cast< QToolButton* >( toolBar->widgetForAction( toggleLogAction ) );
     connect( toggleLogButton, &QToolButton::clicked, this, &ExecutionViewStep::toggleLog );
 
@@ -228,12 +233,22 @@ ExecutionViewStep::updateFromJobQueue( qreal percent, const QString& message )
 void
 ExecutionViewStep::toggleLog()
 {
-    m_tab_widget->setCurrentIndex( ( m_tab_widget->currentIndex() + 1 ) % m_tab_widget->count() );
+    const bool logBecomesVisible = m_tab_widget->currentIndex() == 0;  // ie. is not visible right now
+    if ( logBecomesVisible )
+    {
+        m_log_widget->start();
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        m_log_widget->stop();
+    }
+    m_tab_widget->setCurrentIndex( logBecomesVisible ? 1 : 0 );
 }
 
 void
 ExecutionViewStep::onLeave()
 {
+    m_log_widget->stop();
     m_slideshow->changeSlideShowState( Slideshow::Stop );
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libcalamaresui/widgets/LogWidget.cpp b/src/libcalamaresui/widgets/LogWidget.cpp
index 7a253b78c..fb5772023 100644
--- a/src/libcalamaresui/widgets/LogWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/libcalamaresui/widgets/LogWidget.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,18 @@
+/* === This file is part of Calamares - <https://calamares.io> ===
+ *
+ *   SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Bob van der Linden <bobvanderlinden@gmail.com>
+ *   SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+ *
+ *   Calamares is Free Software: see the License-Identifier above.
+ *
+ */
+
 #include "LogWidget.h"
+
 #include "utils/Logger.h"
+
 #include <QFile>
+#include <QScrollBar>
 #include <QStackedLayout>
 #include <QTextStream>
 #include <QThread>
@@ -61,6 +73,7 @@ LogWidget::LogWidget( QWidget* parent )
     setLayout( layout );
 
     m_text->setReadOnly( true );
+    m_text->setVerticalScrollBarPolicy( Qt::ScrollBarPolicy::ScrollBarAlwaysOn );
 
     QFont monospaceFont( "monospace" );
     monospaceFont.setStyleHint( QFont::Monospace );
@@ -70,6 +83,7 @@ LogWidget::LogWidget( QWidget* parent )
 
     connect( &m_log_thread, &LogThread::onLogChunk, this, &LogWidget::handleLogChunk );
 
+    m_log_thread.setPriority( QThread::LowestPriority );
     m_log_thread.start();
 }
 
@@ -77,8 +91,23 @@ void
 LogWidget::handleLogChunk( const QString& logChunk )
 {
     m_text->appendPlainText( logChunk );
-    m_text->moveCursor( QTextCursor::End );
-    m_text->ensureCursorVisible();
 }
 
+void
+LogWidget::start()
+{
+    if ( !m_log_thread.isRunning() )
+    {
+        m_text->clear();
+        m_log_thread.start();
+    }
+}
+
+void
+LogWidget::stop()
+{
+    m_log_thread.requestInterruption();
+}
+
+
 }  // namespace Calamares
diff --git a/src/libcalamaresui/widgets/LogWidget.h b/src/libcalamaresui/widgets/LogWidget.h
index 2d0ef9ab5..5b3ef17a9 100644
--- a/src/libcalamaresui/widgets/LogWidget.h
+++ b/src/libcalamaresui/widgets/LogWidget.h
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+/* === This file is part of Calamares - <https://calamares.io> ===
+ *
+ *   SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Bob van der Linden <bobvanderlinden@gmail.com>
+ *   SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+ *
+ *   Calamares is Free Software: see the License-Identifier above.
+ *
+ */
+
 #ifndef LIBCALAMARESUI_LOGWIDGET_H
 #define LIBCALAMARESUI_LOGWIDGET_H
 
@@ -18,7 +27,7 @@ public:
     explicit LogThread( QObject* parent = nullptr );
     ~LogThread() override;
 
-signals:
+Q_SIGNALS:
     void onLogChunk( const QString& logChunk );
 };
 
@@ -32,7 +41,14 @@ class LogWidget : public QWidget
 public:
     explicit LogWidget( QWidget* parent = nullptr );
 
+public Q_SLOTS:
+    /// @brief Called by the thread when there is new data
     void handleLogChunk( const QString& logChunk );
+
+    /// @brief Stop watching for log data
+    void stop();
+    /// @brief Start watching for new log data
+    void start();
 };
 
 }  // namespace Calamares