diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/content/backend_log.ts b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/content/backend_log.ts
index 150591fae..b6f78f9fa 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/content/backend_log.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/content/backend_log.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import server from "../../../services/server.js";
 import AbstractCodeTypeWidget from "../abstract_code_type_widget.js";
 import type { EventData } from "../../../components/app_context.js";
+import type { EditorConfig } from "@triliumnext/codemirror";
 
 const TPL = /*html*/`<div style="height: 100%; display: flex; flex-direction: column;">
     <style>
@@ -38,9 +39,10 @@ export default class BackendLogWidget extends AbstractCodeTypeWidget {
         this.refresh();
     }
 
-    getExtraOpts(): Partial<CodeMirrorOpts> {
+    getExtraOpts(): Partial<EditorConfig> {
         return {
-            readOnly: true
+            readOnly: true,
+            preferPerformance: true
         };
     }
 
diff --git a/docs/Release Notes/Release Notes/v0.94.0.md b/docs/Release Notes/Release Notes/v0.94.0.md
index 631d87847..c024d3424 100644
--- a/docs/Release Notes/Release Notes/v0.94.0.md	
+++ b/docs/Release Notes/Release Notes/v0.94.0.md	
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 *   Slight organization in Appearance settings: code block themes are now in "Text Notes", added a "Related settings" section in Appearance.
 *   [Added support for opening and activating a note in a new tab using Ctrl+Shift+click on notes in the launcher pane, note tree, or note images](https://github.com/TriliumNext/Notes/pull/1854) by @SiriusXT
 *   [Style and footnote improvements](https://github.com/TriliumNext/Notes/pull/1913) by @SiriusXT
+*   Backend log: disable some editor features in order to increase performance for large logs (syntax highlighting, folding, etc.).
 
 ## 📖 Documentation
 
diff --git a/packages/codemirror/src/index.ts b/packages/codemirror/src/index.ts
index 64f3156a4..8d6687be8 100644
--- a/packages/codemirror/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/codemirror/src/index.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ export interface EditorConfig {
     lineWrapping?: boolean;
     vimKeybindings?: boolean;
     readOnly?: boolean;
+    /** Disables some of the nice-to-have features (bracket matching, syntax highlighting, indentation markers) in order to improve performance. */
+    preferPerformance?: boolean;
     tabIndex?: number;
     onContentChanged?: ContentChangedListener;
 }
@@ -51,19 +53,10 @@ export default class CodeMirror extends EditorView {
             ...extensions,
             languageCompartment.of([]),
             lineWrappingCompartment.of(config.lineWrapping ? EditorView.lineWrapping : []),
-            themeCompartment.of([
-                syntaxHighlighting(defaultHighlightStyle, { fallback: true })
-            ]),
-
             searchMatchHighlightTheme,
             searchHighlightCompartment.of([]),
-
             highlightActiveLine(),
-            highlightSelectionMatches(),
-            bracketMatching(),
             lineNumbers(),
-            foldGutter(),
-            indentationMarkers(),
             indentUnit.of(" ".repeat(4)),
             keymap.of([
                 ...defaultKeymap,
@@ -72,6 +65,19 @@ export default class CodeMirror extends EditorView {
             ])
         ]
 
+        if (!config.preferPerformance) {
+            extensions = [
+                ...extensions,
+                themeCompartment.of([
+                    syntaxHighlighting(defaultHighlightStyle, { fallback: true })
+                ]),
+                highlightSelectionMatches(),
+                bracketMatching(),
+                foldGutter(),
+                indentationMarkers(),
+            ];
+        }
+
         if (!config.readOnly) {
             // Logic specific to editable notes
             if (config.placeholder) {