diff --git a/api/logic/BaseInstance.cpp b/api/logic/BaseInstance.cpp
index 335ef392..6d719c32 100644
--- a/api/logic/BaseInstance.cpp
+++ b/api/logic/BaseInstance.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ BaseInstance::BaseInstance(SettingsObjectPtr globalSettings, SettingsObjectPtr s
 	m_settings->registerOverride(globalSettings->getSetting("AutoCloseConsole"), consoleSetting);
 	m_settings->registerOverride(globalSettings->getSetting("ShowConsoleOnError"), consoleSetting);
 	m_settings->registerOverride(globalSettings->getSetting("LogPrePostOutput"), consoleSetting);
+
+	m_settings->registerPassthrough(globalSettings->getSetting("ConsoleMaxLines"), nullptr);
+	m_settings->registerPassthrough(globalSettings->getSetting("ConsoleOverflowStop"), nullptr);
 }
 
 QString BaseInstance::getPreLaunchCommand()
@@ -68,6 +71,24 @@ QString BaseInstance::getPostExitCommand()
 	return settings()->get("PostExitCommand").toString();
 }
 
+int BaseInstance::getConsoleMaxLines() const
+{
+	auto lineSetting = settings()->getSetting("ConsoleMaxLines");
+	bool conversionOk = false;
+	int maxLines = lineSetting->get().toInt(&conversionOk);
+	if(!conversionOk)
+	{
+		maxLines = lineSetting->defValue().toInt();
+		qWarning() << "ConsoleMaxLines has nonsensical value, defaulting to" << maxLines;
+	}
+	return maxLines;
+}
+
+bool BaseInstance::shouldStopOnConsoleOverflow() const
+{
+	return settings()->get("ConsoleOverflowStop").toBool();
+}
+
 void BaseInstance::iconUpdated(QString key)
 {
 	if(iconKey() == key)
diff --git a/api/logic/BaseInstance.h b/api/logic/BaseInstance.h
index 462b7c66..27b167a6 100644
--- a/api/logic/BaseInstance.h
+++ b/api/logic/BaseInstance.h
@@ -263,6 +263,9 @@ public:
 
 	Status currentStatus() const;
 
+	int getConsoleMaxLines() const;
+	bool shouldStopOnConsoleOverflow() const;
+
 protected:
 	void changeStatus(Status newStatus);
 
diff --git a/api/logic/launch/LaunchTask.cpp b/api/logic/launch/LaunchTask.cpp
index 9df5f85a..23c28f50 100644
--- a/api/logic/launch/LaunchTask.cpp
+++ b/api/logic/launch/LaunchTask.cpp
@@ -209,6 +209,12 @@ shared_qobject_ptr<LogModel> LaunchTask::getLogModel()
 	if(!m_logModel)
 	{
 		m_logModel.reset(new LogModel());
+		m_logModel->setMaxLines(m_instance->getConsoleMaxLines());
+		m_logModel->setStopOnOverflow(m_instance->shouldStopOnConsoleOverflow());
+		// FIXME: should this really be here?
+		m_logModel->setOverflowMessage(tr("MultiMC stopped watching the game log because the log length surpassed %1 lines.\n"
+			"You may have to fix your mods because the game is still logging to files and"
+			" likely wasting harddrive space at an alarming rate!").arg(m_logModel->getMaxLines()));
 	}
 	return m_logModel;
 }
diff --git a/api/logic/launch/LogModel.cpp b/api/logic/launch/LogModel.cpp
index 579aa654..042feeab 100644
--- a/api/logic/launch/LogModel.cpp
+++ b/api/logic/launch/LogModel.cpp
@@ -133,6 +133,11 @@ void LogModel::setMaxLines(int maxLines)
 	m_maxLines = maxLines;
 }
 
+int LogModel::getMaxLines()
+{
+	return m_maxLines;
+}
+
 void LogModel::setStopOnOverflow(bool stop)
 {
 	m_stopOnOverflow = stop;
diff --git a/api/logic/launch/LogModel.h b/api/logic/launch/LogModel.h
index 558242d8..57cd23b0 100644
--- a/api/logic/launch/LogModel.h
+++ b/api/logic/launch/LogModel.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ public:
 
 	QString toPlainText();
 
+	int getMaxLines();
 	void setMaxLines(int maxLines);
 	void setStopOnOverflow(bool stop);
 	void setOverflowMessage(const QString & overflowMessage);
diff --git a/api/logic/settings/PassthroughSetting.cpp b/api/logic/settings/PassthroughSetting.cpp
index 3839361c..2a407260 100644
--- a/api/logic/settings/PassthroughSetting.cpp
+++ b/api/logic/settings/PassthroughSetting.cpp
@@ -19,13 +19,16 @@ PassthroughSetting::PassthroughSetting(std::shared_ptr<Setting> other, std::shar
 	: Setting(other->configKeys(), QVariant())
 {
 	Q_ASSERT(other);
-	Q_ASSERT(gate);
 	m_other = other;
 	m_gate = gate;
 }
 
 bool PassthroughSetting::isOverriding() const
 {
+	if(!m_gate)
+	{
+		return false;
+	}
 	return m_gate->get().toBool();
 }
 
diff --git a/application/pages/LogPage.cpp b/application/pages/LogPage.cpp
index 31cf9ecd..75e1df7d 100644
--- a/application/pages/LogPage.cpp
+++ b/application/pages/LogPage.cpp
@@ -168,19 +168,6 @@ void LogPage::on_InstanceLaunchTask_changed(std::shared_ptr<LaunchTask> proc)
 	if(m_process)
 	{
 		m_model = proc->getLogModel();
-		auto lineSetting = MMC->settings()->getSetting("ConsoleMaxLines");
-		bool conversionOk = false;
-		int maxLines = lineSetting->get().toInt(&conversionOk);
-		if(!conversionOk)
-		{
-			maxLines = lineSetting->defValue().toInt();
-			qWarning() << "ConsoleMaxLines has nonsensical value, defaulting to" << maxLines;
-		}
-		m_model->setMaxLines(maxLines);
-		m_model->setStopOnOverflow(MMC->settings()->get("ConsoleOverflowStop").toBool());
-		m_model->setOverflowMessage(tr("MultiMC stopped watching the game log because the log length surpassed %1 lines.\n"
-			"You may have to fix your mods because the game is still logging to files and"
-			" likely wasting harddrive space at an alarming rate!").arg(maxLines));
 		m_proxy->setSourceModel(m_model.get());
 	}
 	else