diff --git a/posthog-core/src/index.ts b/posthog-core/src/index.ts
index d39be590..38ef51ce 100644
--- a/posthog-core/src/index.ts
+++ b/posthog-core/src/index.ts
@@ -113,11 +113,15 @@ export abstract class PostHogCoreStateless {
     this._isInitialized = true
   }
 
+  protected logMsgIfDebug(fn: () => void): void {
+    if (this.isDebug) {
+      fn()
+    }
+  }
+
   protected wrap(fn: () => void): void {
     if (this.disabled) {
-      if (this.isDebug) {
-        console.warn('[PostHog] The client is disabled')
-      }
+      this.logMsgIfDebug(() => console.warn('[PostHog] The client is disabled'))
       return
     }
 
@@ -500,7 +504,7 @@ export abstract class PostHogCoreStateless {
 
       if (queue.length >= this.maxQueueSize) {
         queue.shift()
-        console.info('Queue is full, the oldest event is dropped.')
+        this.logMsgIfDebug(() => console.info('Queue is full, the oldest event is dropped.'))
       }
 
       queue.push({ message })
@@ -695,7 +699,7 @@ export abstract class PostHogCoreStateless {
       if (!isPostHogFetchError(e)) {
         throw e
       }
-      console.error('Error while shutting down PostHog', e)
+      this.logMsgIfDebug(() => console.error('Error while shutting down PostHog', e))
     }
   }
 }
@@ -1167,9 +1171,11 @@ export abstract class PostHogCore extends PostHogCoreStateless {
             const sessionReplay = res?.sessionRecording
             if (sessionReplay) {
               this.setPersistedProperty(PostHogPersistedProperty.SessionReplay, sessionReplay)
-              console.log('PostHog Debug', 'Session replay config: ', JSON.stringify(sessionReplay))
+              this.logMsgIfDebug(() =>
+                console.log('PostHog Debug', 'Session replay config: ', JSON.stringify(sessionReplay))
+              )
             } else {
-              console.info('PostHog Debug', 'Session replay config disabled.')
+              this.logMsgIfDebug(() => console.info('PostHog Debug', 'Session replay config disabled.'))
               this.setPersistedProperty(PostHogPersistedProperty.SessionReplay, null)
             }
           }
@@ -1310,7 +1316,7 @@ export abstract class PostHogCore extends PostHogCoreStateless {
       .catch((e) => {
         cb?.(e, undefined)
         if (!cb) {
-          console.log('[PostHog] Error reloading feature flags', e)
+          this.logMsgIfDebug(() => console.log('[PostHog] Error reloading feature flags', e))
         }
       })
   }
diff --git a/posthog-node/CHANGELOG.md b/posthog-node/CHANGELOG.md
index a3385f24..aaefd5d2 100644
--- a/posthog-node/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/posthog-node/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Next
 
+# 4.2.1 - 2024-10-14
+
+1. fix: only log messages if debug is enabled
+
 # 4.2.0 - 2024-08-26
 
 1. Added `historicalMigration` option for use in tools that are migrating large data to PostHog
diff --git a/posthog-node/package.json b/posthog-node/package.json
index ad304d43..bceb9a35 100644
--- a/posthog-node/package.json
+++ b/posthog-node/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "posthog-node",
-  "version": "4.2.0",
+  "version": "4.2.1",
   "description": "PostHog Node.js integration",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/posthog-node/src/feature-flags.ts b/posthog-node/src/feature-flags.ts
index 45bb33c6..09b6eb5b 100644
--- a/posthog-node/src/feature-flags.ts
+++ b/posthog-node/src/feature-flags.ts
@@ -90,6 +90,12 @@ class FeatureFlagsPoller {
     this.debugMode = enabled
   }
 
+  private logMsgIfDebug(fn: () => void): void {
+    if (this.debugMode) {
+      fn()
+    }
+  }
+
   async getFeatureFlag(
     key: string,
     distinctId: string,
@@ -99,7 +105,7 @@ class FeatureFlagsPoller {
   ): Promise<string | boolean | undefined> {
     await this.loadFeatureFlags()
 
-    let response = undefined
+    let response: string | boolean | undefined = undefined
     let featureFlag = undefined
 
     if (!this.loadedSuccessfullyOnce) {
@@ -116,14 +122,10 @@ class FeatureFlagsPoller {
     if (featureFlag !== undefined) {
       try {
         response = this.computeFlagLocally(featureFlag, distinctId, groups, personProperties, groupProperties)
-        if (this.debugMode) {
-          console.debug(`Successfully computed flag locally: ${key} -> ${response}`)
-        }
+        this.logMsgIfDebug(() => console.debug(`Successfully computed flag locally: ${key} -> ${response}`))
       } catch (e) {
         if (e instanceof InconclusiveMatchError) {
-          if (this.debugMode) {
-            console.debug(`InconclusiveMatchError when computing flag locally: ${key}: ${e}`)
-          }
+          this.logMsgIfDebug(() => console.debug(`InconclusiveMatchError when computing flag locally: ${key}: ${e}`))
         } else if (e instanceof Error) {
           this.onError?.(new Error(`Error computing flag locally: ${key}: ${e}`))
         }
@@ -219,18 +221,18 @@ class FeatureFlagsPoller {
       const groupName = this.groupTypeMapping[String(aggregation_group_type_index)]
 
       if (!groupName) {
-        if (this.debugMode) {
+        this.logMsgIfDebug(() =>
           console.warn(
             `[FEATURE FLAGS] Unknown group type index ${aggregation_group_type_index} for feature flag ${flag.key}`
           )
-        }
+        )
         throw new InconclusiveMatchError('Flag has unknown group type index')
       }
 
       if (!(groupName in groups)) {
-        if (this.debugMode) {
+        this.logMsgIfDebug(() =>
           console.warn(`[FEATURE FLAGS] Can't compute group feature flag: ${flag.key} without group names passed in`)
-        }
+        )
         return false
       }
 
@@ -307,9 +309,7 @@ class FeatureFlagsPoller {
   ): boolean {
     const rolloutPercentage = condition.rollout_percentage
     const warnFunction = (msg: string): void => {
-      if (this.debugMode) {
-        console.warn(msg)
-      }
+      this.logMsgIfDebug(() => console.warn(msg))
     }
     if ((condition.properties || []).length > 0) {
       for (const prop of condition.properties) {
diff --git a/posthog-react-native/CHANGELOG.md b/posthog-react-native/CHANGELOG.md
index 64cf9098..384deeb5 100644
--- a/posthog-react-native/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/posthog-react-native/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Next
 
+# 3.3.4 - 2024-10-14
+
+1. fix: only log messages if debug is enabled
+
 # 3.3.3 - 2024-10-11
 
 1. fix: bootstrap flags do not overwrite the current values
diff --git a/posthog-react-native/package.json b/posthog-react-native/package.json
index 462a8db0..763c2aad 100644
--- a/posthog-react-native/package.json
+++ b/posthog-react-native/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "posthog-react-native",
-  "version": "3.3.3",
+  "version": "3.3.4",
   "main": "lib/posthog-react-native/index.js",
   "files": [
     "lib/"
diff --git a/posthog-react-native/src/posthog-rn.ts b/posthog-react-native/src/posthog-rn.ts
index 0fd7f9e6..fc28d2fb 100644
--- a/posthog-react-native/src/posthog-rn.ts
+++ b/posthog-react-native/src/posthog-rn.ts
@@ -130,8 +130,10 @@ export class PostHog extends PostHogCore {
 
       if (options?.captureNativeAppLifecycleEvents) {
         if (this._persistence === 'memory') {
-          console.warn(
-            'PostHog was initialised with persistence set to "memory", capturing native app events is not supported.'
+          this.logMsgIfDebug(() =>
+            console.warn(
+              'PostHog was initialised with persistence set to "memory", capturing native app events is not supported.'
+            )
           )
         } else {
           void this.captureNativeAppLifecycleEvents()
@@ -223,9 +225,11 @@ export class PostHog extends PostHogCore {
         try {
           OptionalReactNativeSessionReplay.endSession()
           OptionalReactNativeSessionReplay.startSession(sessionId)
-          console.info('PostHog Debug', `Session replay started with sessionId ${sessionId}.`)
+          this.logMsgIfDebug(() => console.info('PostHog Debug', `Session replay started with sessionId ${sessionId}.`))
         } catch (e) {
-          console.error('PostHog Debug', `Session replay failed to start with sessionId: ${e}.`)
+          this.logMsgIfDebug(() =>
+            console.error('PostHog Debug', `Session replay failed to start with sessionId: ${e}.`)
+          )
         }
       }
       this._currentSessionId = sessionId
@@ -239,9 +243,9 @@ export class PostHog extends PostHogCore {
     if (this._enableSessionReplay && OptionalReactNativeSessionReplay) {
       try {
         OptionalReactNativeSessionReplay.endSession()
-        console.info('PostHog Debug', `Session replay ended.`)
+        this.logMsgIfDebug(() => console.info('PostHog Debug', `Session replay ended.`))
       } catch (e) {
-        console.error('PostHog Debug', `Session replay failed to end: ${e}.`)
+        this.logMsgIfDebug(() => console.error('PostHog Debug', `Session replay failed to end: ${e}.`))
       }
     }
   }
@@ -254,9 +258,11 @@ export class PostHog extends PostHogCore {
       try {
         distinctId = distinctId || previousDistinctId
         OptionalReactNativeSessionReplay.identify(distinctId, this.getAnonymousId())
-        console.info('PostHog Debug', `Session replay identified with distinctId ${distinctId}.`)
+        this.logMsgIfDebug(() =>
+          console.info('PostHog Debug', `Session replay identified with distinctId ${distinctId}.`)
+        )
       } catch (e) {
-        console.error('PostHog Debug', `Session replay failed to identify: ${e}.`)
+        this.logMsgIfDebug(() => console.error('PostHog Debug', `Session replay failed to identify: ${e}.`))
       }
     }
   }
@@ -268,7 +274,7 @@ export class PostHog extends PostHogCore {
   private async startSessionReplay(options?: PostHogOptions): Promise<void> {
     this._enableSessionReplay = options?.enableSessionReplay
     if (!this._enableSessionReplay) {
-      console.info('PostHog Debug', 'Session replay is not enabled.')
+      this.logMsgIfDebug(() => console.info('PostHog Debug', 'Session replay is not enabled.'))
       return
     }
 
@@ -281,7 +287,9 @@ export class PostHog extends PostHogCore {
       androidDebouncerDelayMs: 500,
     }
 
-    console.log('PostHog Debug', `Session replay sdk config: ${JSON.stringify(sdkReplayConfig)}`)
+    this.logMsgIfDebug(() =>
+      console.log('PostHog Debug', `Session replay sdk config: ${JSON.stringify(sdkReplayConfig)}`)
+    )
 
     // if Decide has not returned yet, we will start session replay with default config.
     const sessionReplay = this.getPersistedProperty(PostHogPersistedProperty.SessionReplay) ?? {}
@@ -289,13 +297,15 @@ export class PostHog extends PostHogCore {
     // sessionReplay is always an object, if its a boolean, its false if disabled
     if (sessionReplay) {
       const decideReplayConfig = (sessionReplay as { [key: string]: JsonType }) ?? {}
-      console.log('PostHog Debug', `Session replay decide cached config: ${JSON.stringify(decideReplayConfig)}`)
+      this.logMsgIfDebug(() =>
+        console.log('PostHog Debug', `Session replay decide cached config: ${JSON.stringify(decideReplayConfig)}`)
+      )
 
       if (OptionalReactNativeSessionReplay) {
         const sessionId = this.getSessionId()
 
         if (sessionId.length === 0) {
-          console.warn('PostHog Debug', 'Session replay enabled but no sessionId found.')
+          this.logMsgIfDebug(() => console.warn('PostHog Debug', 'Session replay enabled but no sessionId found.'))
           return
         }
 
@@ -308,23 +318,27 @@ export class PostHog extends PostHogCore {
           sdkVersion: this.getLibraryVersion(),
         }
 
-        console.log('PostHog Debug', `Session replay sdk options: ${JSON.stringify(sdkOptions)}`)
+        this.logMsgIfDebug(() =>
+          console.log('PostHog Debug', `Session replay sdk options: ${JSON.stringify(sdkOptions)}`)
+        )
 
         try {
           if (!(await OptionalReactNativeSessionReplay.isEnabled())) {
             await OptionalReactNativeSessionReplay.start(sessionId, sdkOptions, sdkReplayConfig, decideReplayConfig)
-            console.info('PostHog Debug', `Session replay started with sessionId ${sessionId}.`)
+            this.logMsgIfDebug(() =>
+              console.info('PostHog Debug', `Session replay started with sessionId ${sessionId}.`)
+            )
           } else {
-            console.log('PostHog Debug', `Session replay already started.`)
+            this.logMsgIfDebug(() => console.log('PostHog Debug', `Session replay already started.`))
           }
         } catch (e) {
-          console.error('PostHog Debug', `Session replay failed to start: ${e}.`)
+          this.logMsgIfDebug(() => console.error('PostHog Debug', `Session replay failed to start: ${e}.`))
         }
       } else {
-        console.warn('PostHog Debug', 'Session replay enabled but not installed.')
+        this.logMsgIfDebug(() => console.warn('PostHog Debug', 'Session replay enabled but not installed.'))
       }
     } else {
-      console.info('PostHog Debug', 'Session replay disabled.')
+      this.logMsgIfDebug(() => console.info('PostHog Debug', 'Session replay disabled.'))
     }
   }
 
@@ -340,10 +354,12 @@ export class PostHog extends PostHogCore {
     const appVersion = this._appProperties.$app_version
 
     if (!appBuild || !appVersion) {
-      console.warn(
-        'PostHog could not track installation/update/open, as the build and version were not set. ' +
-          'This can happen if some dependencies are not installed correctly, or if you have provided' +
-          'customAppProperties but not included $app_build or $app_version.'
+      this.logMsgIfDebug(() =>
+        console.warn(
+          'PostHog could not track installation/update/open, as the build and version were not set. ' +
+            'This can happen if some dependencies are not installed correctly, or if you have provided' +
+            'customAppProperties but not included $app_build or $app_version.'
+        )
       )
     }
     if (appBuild) {