diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/Logs/LogsPlugin.ts b/backend/src/plugins/Logs/LogsPlugin.ts
index 2ed1e591..3173c507 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/Logs/LogsPlugin.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/Logs/LogsPlugin.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ const defaultOptions: PluginOptions<LogsPluginType> = {
       timestamp: FORMAT_NO_TIMESTAMP, // Legacy/deprecated, use timestamp_format below instead
       ...DefaultLogMessages,
     },
-    ping_user: true,
+    ping_user: true, // Legacy/deprecated, if below is false mentions wont actually ping. In case you really want the old behavior, set below to true
+    allow_user_mentions: false,
     timestamp_format: "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss z",
     include_embed_timestamp: true,
   },
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ const defaultOptions: PluginOptions<LogsPluginType> = {
     {
       level: ">=50",
       config: {
-        ping_user: false,
+        ping_user: false, // Legacy/deprecated, read comment on global ping_user option
       },
     },
   ],
diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/Logs/types.ts b/backend/src/plugins/Logs/types.ts
index c44c5d88..34e4b3d9 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/Logs/types.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/Logs/types.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ export const ConfigSchema = t.type({
       timestamp: t.string, // Legacy/deprecated
     }),
   ]),
-  ping_user: t.boolean,
+  ping_user: t.boolean, // Legacy/deprecated, if below is false mentions wont actually ping
+  allow_user_mentions: t.boolean,
   timestamp_format: t.string,
   include_embed_timestamp: t.boolean,
 });
diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/Logs/util/getLogMessage.ts b/backend/src/plugins/Logs/util/getLogMessage.ts
index 818acfde..41fc369b 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/Logs/util/getLogMessage.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/Logs/util/getLogMessage.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,12 @@ export async function getLogMessage(
 
         const memberConfig = pluginData.config.getMatchingConfig({ member, userId: user.id }) || ({} as any);
 
-        mentions.push(memberConfig.ping_user ? verboseUserMention(user) : verboseUserName(user));
+        // Revert to old behavior (verbose name w/o ping if allow_user_mentions is enabled (for whatever reason))
+        if (config.allow_user_mentions) {
+          mentions.push(memberConfig.ping_user ? verboseUserMention(user) : verboseUserName(user));
+        } else {
+          mentions.push(verboseUserMention(user));
+        }
       }
 
       return mentions.join(", ");
diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/Logs/util/log.ts b/backend/src/plugins/Logs/util/log.ts
index a2bccba5..aed24f3f 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/Logs/util/log.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/Logs/util/log.ts
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ export async function log(pluginData: GuildPluginData<LogsPluginType>, type: Log
         // Default to batched unless explicitly disabled
         const batched = opts.batched ?? true;
         const batchTime = opts.batch_time ?? 1000;
+        const cfg = pluginData.config.get();
 
         if (batched) {
           // If we're batching log messages, gather all log messages within the set batch_time into a single message
@@ -111,14 +112,14 @@ export async function log(pluginData: GuildPluginData<LogsPluginType>, type: Log
             setTimeout(async () => {
               const batchedMessage = pluginData.state.batches.get(channel.id)!.join("\n");
               pluginData.state.batches.delete(channel.id);
-              createChunkedMessage(channel, batchedMessage).catch(noop);
+              createChunkedMessage(channel, batchedMessage, { users: cfg.allow_user_mentions }).catch(noop);
             }, batchTime);
           }
 
           pluginData.state.batches.get(channel.id)!.push(message);
         } else {
           // If we're not batching log messages, just send them immediately
-          await createChunkedMessage(channel, message).catch(noop);
+          await createChunkedMessage(channel, message, { users: cfg.allow_user_mentions }).catch(noop);
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/backend/src/utils.ts b/backend/src/utils.ts
index fb7c3c7d..ee9a3033 100644
--- a/backend/src/utils.ts
+++ b/backend/src/utils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import {
+  AllowedMentions,
   Attachment,
   Client,
   Constants,
@@ -748,10 +749,14 @@ export function chunkMessageLines(str: string, maxChunkLength = 1990): string[]
   });
 }
 
-export async function createChunkedMessage(channel: TextableChannel, messageText: string) {
+export async function createChunkedMessage(
+  channel: TextableChannel,
+  messageText: string,
+  allowedMentions?: AllowedMentions,
+) {
   const chunks = chunkMessageLines(messageText);
   for (const chunk of chunks) {
-    await channel.createMessage(chunk);
+    await channel.createMessage({ content: chunk, allowedMentions });
   }
 }