diff --git a/libs/renderengine/skia/SkiaGLRenderEngine.cpp b/libs/renderengine/skia/SkiaGLRenderEngine.cpp
index 76ae2fc..e6acebb 100644
--- a/libs/renderengine/skia/SkiaGLRenderEngine.cpp
+++ b/libs/renderengine/skia/SkiaGLRenderEngine.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 namespace {
 // Debugging settings
 static const bool kPrintLayerSettings = false;
-static const bool kFlushAfterEveryLayer = false;
+static const bool kFlushAfterEveryLayer = kPrintLayerSettings;
 } // namespace
 
 bool checkGlError(const char* op, int lineNumber);
@@ -744,6 +744,23 @@
     return std::abs(expected - value) < margin;
 }
 
+namespace {
+template <typename T>
+void logSettings(const T& t) {
+    std::stringstream stream;
+    PrintTo(t, &stream);
+    auto string = stream.str();
+    size_t pos = 0;
+    // Perfetto ignores \n, so split up manually into separate ALOGD statements.
+    const size_t size = string.size();
+    while (pos < size) {
+        const size_t end = std::min(string.find("\n", pos), size);
+        ALOGD("%s", string.substr(pos, end - pos).c_str());
+        pos = end + 1;
+    }
+}
+} // namespace
+
 void SkiaGLRenderEngine::drawLayersInternal(
         const std::shared_ptr<std::promise<RenderEngineResult>>&& resultPromise,
         const DisplaySettings& display, const std::vector<LayerSettings>& layers,
@@ -853,18 +870,14 @@
     canvas->clear(SK_ColorTRANSPARENT);
     initCanvas(canvas, display);
 
+    if (kPrintLayerSettings) {
+        logSettings(display);
+    }
     for (const auto& layer : layers) {
         ATRACE_FORMAT("DrawLayer: %s", layer.name.c_str());
 
         if (kPrintLayerSettings) {
-            std::stringstream ls;
-            PrintTo(layer, &ls);
-            auto debugs = ls.str();
-            int pos = 0;
-            while (pos < debugs.size()) {
-                ALOGD("cache_debug %s", debugs.substr(pos, 1000).c_str());
-                pos += 1000;
-            }
+            logSettings(layer);
         }
 
         sk_sp<SkImage> blurInput;