diff --git a/src/audio/external.c b/src/audio/external.c
index e5a952170..a0fadc2f9 100644
--- a/src/audio/external.c
+++ b/src/audio/external.c
@@ -2186,9 +2186,7 @@ void play_music(u8 player, u16 seqArgs, u16 fadeTimer) {
 
     // Abort if the queue is already full.
     if (sBackgroundMusicQueueSize >= MAX_BACKGROUND_MUSIC_QUEUE_SIZE) {
-#ifdef PUPPYPRINT_DEBUG
         append_puppyprint_log("Sequence queue full, aborting.");
-#endif
         return;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/audio/heap.c b/src/audio/heap.c
index 2239bb2b7..205817501 100644
--- a/src/audio/heap.c
+++ b/src/audio/heap.c
@@ -1437,13 +1437,7 @@ void audio_reset_session(void) {
         gAudioLoadLock = AUDIO_LOCK_NOT_LOADING;
     }
 #endif
-#ifdef PUPPYPRINT_DEBUG
-#ifdef PUPPYPRINT_DEBUG_CYCLES
-    append_puppyprint_log("Audio Initialised in %dc.", (s32)(osGetTime() - first));
-#else
-    append_puppyprint_log("Audio Initialised in %dus.", (s32)OS_CYCLES_TO_USEC(osGetTime() - first));
-#endif
-#endif
+    append_puppyprint_log("Audio Initialised in %d" PP_CYCLE_STRING ".", (s32)PP_CYCLE_CONV(osGetTime() - first));
 
     sAudioIsInitialized = TRUE;
 }
diff --git a/src/engine/level_script.c b/src/engine/level_script.c
index 8b41a2d92..fc6280c6f 100644
--- a/src/engine/level_script.c
+++ b/src/engine/level_script.c
@@ -826,9 +826,7 @@ static void level_cmd_puppyvolume(void) {
     if ((sPuppyVolumeStack[gPuppyVolumeCount] = mem_pool_alloc(gPuppyMemoryPool, sizeof(struct sPuppyVolume))) == NULL) {
         sCurrentCmd = CMD_NEXT;
         gPuppyError |= PUPPY_ERROR_POOL_FULL;
-#ifdef PUPPYPRINT_DEBUG
         append_puppyprint_log("Puppycamera volume allocation failed.");
-#endif
         return;
     }
 
@@ -876,9 +874,7 @@ static void level_cmd_puppylight_node(void) {
 #ifdef PUPPYLIGHTS
     gPuppyLights[gNumLights] = mem_pool_alloc(gLightsPool, sizeof(struct PuppyLight));
     if (gPuppyLights[gNumLights] == NULL) {
-#ifdef PUPPYPRINT_DEBUG
         append_puppyprint_log("Puppylight allocation failed.");
-#endif
         sCurrentCmd = CMD_NEXT;
         return;
     }
diff --git a/src/game/level_update.c b/src/game/level_update.c
index 7ce902f0a..e2f7b0a7a 100644
--- a/src/game/level_update.c
+++ b/src/game/level_update.c
@@ -1287,13 +1287,7 @@ s32 init_level(void) {
     puppylights_allocate();
 #endif
 
-#ifdef PUPPYPRINT_DEBUG
-#ifdef PUPPYPRINT_DEBUG_CYCLES
-    append_puppyprint_log("Level loaded in %dc", (s32)(osGetTime() - first));
-#else
-    append_puppyprint_log("Level loaded in %dus", (s32)(OS_CYCLES_TO_USEC(osGetTime() - first)));
-#endif
-#endif
+    append_puppyprint_log("Level loaded in %d" PP_CYCLE_STRING ".", (s32)(PP_CYCLE_CONV(osGetTime() - first)));
     return TRUE;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/game/puppyprint.h b/src/game/puppyprint.h
index 39708df6c..cbfa7b992 100644
--- a/src/game/puppyprint.h
+++ b/src/game/puppyprint.h
@@ -13,10 +13,21 @@
 #define PUPPYPRINT_ADD_COUNTER(x) x++
 #define PUPPYPRINT_GET_SNAPSHOT() u32 first = osGetCount()
 #define PUPPYPRINT_GET_SNAPSHOT_TYPE(type) u32 first = profiler_get_delta(type)
+void append_puppyprint_log(const char *str, ...);
 #else
 #define PUPPYPRINT_ADD_COUNTER(x)
 #define PUPPYPRINT_GET_SNAPSHOT()
 #define PUPPYPRINT_GET_SNAPSHOT_TYPE(type)
+#define append_puppyprint_log(...)
+#endif
+
+
+#ifdef PUPPYPRINT_DEBUG_CYCLES
+    #define PP_CYCLE_CONV(x) (x)
+    #define PP_CYCLE_STRING " cycles"
+#else
+    #define PP_CYCLE_CONV(x) OS_CYCLES_TO_USEC(x)
+    #define PP_CYCLE_STRING "us"
 #endif
 
 struct PPTextFont {
@@ -130,7 +141,6 @@ extern void prepare_blank_box(void);
 extern void finish_blank_box(void);
 extern void render_blank_box(s32 x1, s32 y1, s32 x2, s32 y2, u8 r, u8 g, u8 b, u8 a);
 extern void render_blank_box_rounded(s32 x1, s32 y1, s32 x2, s32 y2, u8 r, u8 g, u8 b, u8 a);
-extern void append_puppyprint_log(const char *str, ...);
 extern char consoleLogTable[LOG_BUFFER_SIZE][255];
 extern void print_small_text_buffered(s32 x, s32 y, const char *str, u8 align, s32 amount, u8 font);
 extern void puppyprint_print_deferred(void);