diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e1e1c7521b..5b1d516b8c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 .vscode
 .vs
 .idea
+.kdev4
+*.kdev4
 /[Bb]uild
 
 # Ignore executables (Linux, macOS, Windows)
diff --git a/src/Core/Misc/PlogLogger.cpp b/src/Core/Misc/PlogLogger.cpp
index 6ddf62ab58..41366543c6 100644
--- a/src/Core/Misc/PlogLogger.cpp
+++ b/src/Core/Misc/PlogLogger.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #include <cstdio>
+#include <cstring>
+
 namespace plog {
 
     /**
@@ -84,7 +86,31 @@ PlogLogger::PlogLogger() {
 }
 
 void PlogLogger::log(Core::ILogger::Severity logLevel, const std::string_view message) {
-    PLOG(PlogLogger::convertSeverity(logLevel)) << message;
+    PLOG(PlogLogger::convertSeverity(logLevel)) << fmt::format("NORMAL PLOGGER: {}", message);
+    
+    std::string log;
+    Core::ILogger::Severity severity;
+    this->mutex.lock();
+    if (!this->last_msg.empty()) {
+        if (message == this->last_msg) {
+            this->count++;
+        } else {
+            log = this->last_msg.append(this->count > 0? fmt::format(FMT_STRING(" (x{})"), std::to_string(this->count + 1)) : "");
+            severity = Core::ILogger::Severity{this->last_severity};
+
+            this->last_msg = std::string{message};
+            this->last_severity = logLevel;
+            this->count = 0;
+        }
+    } else {
+        this->last_msg = std::string{message};
+        this->last_severity = logLevel;
+    }
+    this->mutex.unlock();
+
+    if (!log.empty()) {
+        PLOG(PlogLogger::convertSeverity(severity)) << log;
+    }
 }
 
 void PlogLogger::setLogLevel(Core::ILogger::Severity logLevel) {
diff --git a/src/Core/Misc/PlogLogger.hpp b/src/Core/Misc/PlogLogger.hpp
index aebec31611..a7ccc540a3 100644
--- a/src/Core/Misc/PlogLogger.hpp
+++ b/src/Core/Misc/PlogLogger.hpp
@@ -4,8 +4,15 @@
 #include "Core/Services/ILogger.hpp"
 #include <plog/Log.h>
 
+#include <mutex>
+
 class PlogLogger : public Core::ILogger {
 public:
+    int count = 0;
+    Core::ILogger::Severity last_severity;
+    std::string last_msg;
+    std::mutex mutex;
+
     PlogLogger();
     void setLogLevel(ILogger::Severity logLevel) override;
 	std::string getLogFile() override;
diff --git a/src/RageUtil/File/RageFile.h b/src/RageUtil/File/RageFile.h
index 288afd1135..667cbb9cb0 100644
--- a/src/RageUtil/File/RageFile.h
+++ b/src/RageUtil/File/RageFile.h
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #ifndef RAGE_FILE_H
 #define RAGE_FILE_H
 
+#include <cstdint>
+
 #include "RageFileBasic.h"
 
 struct lua_State;