diff --git a/src/Signal/libsignal.ts b/src/Signal/libsignal.ts
index b098a2a8..566f445c 100644
--- a/src/Signal/libsignal.ts
+++ b/src/Signal/libsignal.ts
@@ -22,42 +22,8 @@ import { SenderKeyRecord } from './Group/sender-key-record'
 import { GroupCipher, GroupSessionBuilder, SenderKeyDistributionMessage } from './Group'
 import { LIDMappingStore } from './lid-mapping'
 
-// Suppress verbose logs from libsignal native library
-// These are raw console.log calls that dump internal state and transient errors
-// that are already handled by our retry logic and session recovery system
-const _origConsoleLog = console.log
-console.log = function(...args: unknown[]) {
-	if (args.length > 0 && typeof args[0] === 'string') {
-		const msg = args[0]
-
-		// Check if this log comes from libsignal by examining the call stack
-		// This prevents suppressing unrelated logs from other modules
-		const stack = new Error().stack || ''
-		const isFromLibsignal = stack.includes('libsignal') || stack.includes('session_cipher')
-
-		if (isFromLibsignal) {
-			// Suppress session lifecycle dumps (cryptographic details on every encrypt/decrypt)
-			if (msg.startsWith('Closing session')) {
-				return
-			}
-
-			// Suppress transient decryption errors that are auto-recovered by retry logic
-			// These flood logs during normal operation when sessions are being re-established
-			// Final failures are still logged via our structured logger (see decode-wa-message.ts)
-			if (
-				msg.includes('Session error') ||
-				msg.includes('Bad MAC') ||
-				msg.includes('MessageCounterError') ||
-				msg.includes('Key used already or never filled') ||
-				msg.includes('Failed to decrypt message with any known session')
-			) {
-				return // suppress - our retry system handles these gracefully
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	_origConsoleLog.apply(console, args)
-}
+// NOTE: Console.log suppression has been moved to src/index.ts
+// to ensure it runs BEFORE libsignal is loaded
 
 // ============================================
 // Identity Key Detection Constants
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index de16f702..627985c3 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,38 @@
+// ============================================
+// Suppress verbose logs from libsignal BEFORE any imports
+// This MUST be at the very top to intercept console.log before libsignal loads
+// ============================================
+const _origConsoleLog = console.log
+console.log = function(...args: unknown[]) {
+	if (args.length > 0 && typeof args[0] === 'string') {
+		const msg = args[0]
+
+		// Check if this log comes from libsignal by examining the call stack
+		const stack = new Error().stack || ''
+		const isFromLibsignal = stack.includes('libsignal') || stack.includes('session_cipher')
+
+		if (isFromLibsignal) {
+			// Suppress session lifecycle dumps
+			if (msg.startsWith('Closing session')) {
+				return
+			}
+
+			// Suppress transient decryption errors auto-recovered by retry logic
+			if (
+				msg.includes('Session error') ||
+				msg.includes('Bad MAC') ||
+				msg.includes('MessageCounterError') ||
+				msg.includes('Key used already or never filled') ||
+				msg.includes('Failed to decrypt message with any known session')
+			) {
+				return
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	_origConsoleLog.apply(console, args)
+}
+
 import makeWASocket, { makeWASocketAutoVersion } from './Socket/index'
 
 export * from '../WAProto/index.js'