diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/context.h b/include/spdlog/details/context.h
index ccf72e7f..80b437f1 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/context.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/context.h
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ class thread_pool;
 
 class SPDLOG_API context {
 public:
-    context();
-    ~context();
+    context() = default;
+    explicit context(std::unique_ptr<logger> global_logger);
+    ~context() = default;
     context(const context &) = delete;
     context &operator=(const context &) = delete;
 
diff --git a/src/details/context.cpp b/src/details/context.cpp
index a4137cd8..6b291f38 100644
--- a/src/details/context.cpp
+++ b/src/details/context.cpp
@@ -13,15 +13,10 @@
 namespace spdlog {
 namespace details {
 
-context::context() {
-#ifndef SPDLOG_DISABLE_GLOBAL_LOGGER
-    auto color_sink = std::make_shared<sinks::stdout_color_sink_mt>();
-    global_logger_ = std::make_shared<logger>(std::string(), std::move(color_sink));
-#endif  // SPDLOG_DISABLE_GLOBAL_LOGGER
+context::context(std::unique_ptr<logger> global_logger) {
+    global_logger_ = std::move(global_logger);
 }
 
-context::~context() = default;
-
 std::shared_ptr<logger> context::global_logger() {
     return global_logger_;
 }
diff --git a/src/spdlog.cpp b/src/spdlog.cpp
index 256c87cc..e5994bde 100644
--- a/src/spdlog.cpp
+++ b/src/spdlog.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@
 
 namespace spdlog {
 
-static std::shared_ptr<details::context> s_context = std::make_unique<details::context>();
+#ifndef SPDLOG_DISABLE_GLOBAL_LOGGER
+static std::shared_ptr s_context =
+    std::make_unique<details::context>(std::make_unique<logger>("", std::make_unique<sinks::stdout_color_sink_mt>()));
+#else
+static std::shared_ptr s_context = std::make_unique<details::context>();
+#endif
 
 void set_context(std::shared_ptr<details::context> context) { s_context = std::move(context); }