diff --git a/dial.go b/dial.go
index 4597bf4..ecddb5e 100644
--- a/dial.go
+++ b/dial.go
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ func DialContext(ctx context.Context, address string) (*Conn, error) {
 // Dialer allows dialing a RakNet connection with specific configuration, such
 // as the protocol version of the connection and the logger used.
 type Dialer struct {
-	// ErrorLog is a logger that errors from packet decoding are logged to. It
-	// may be set to a logger that simply discards the messages. The default
-	// value is slog.Default().
+	// ErrorLog is a logger that errors from packet decoding are logged to. By
+	// default, ErrorLog is set to a new slog.Logger with a slog.Handler that
+	// is always disabled. Error messages are thus not logged by default.
 	ErrorLog *slog.Logger
 
 	// UpstreamDialer is a dialer that will override the default dialer for
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ func (dialer Dialer) DialTimeout(address string, timeout time.Duration) (*Conn,
 // context.Context is closed.
 func (dialer Dialer) DialContext(ctx context.Context, address string) (*Conn, error) {
 	if dialer.ErrorLog == nil {
-		dialer.ErrorLog = slog.Default()
+		dialer.ErrorLog = slog.New(internal.DiscardHandler{})
 	}
 
 	conn, err := dialer.dial(ctx, address)
diff --git a/handler.go b/handler.go
index 4d8f28a..a55fe0d 100644
--- a/handler.go
+++ b/handler.go
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func (h listenerConnectionHandler) handleOpenConnectionRequest2(b []byte, addr n
 		case <-h.l.closed:
 			_ = conn.Close()
 		case <-t.C:
-			// It took too long to complete this connection. We closed it and go
+			// It took too long to complete this connection. We close it and go
 			// back to accepting.
 			_ = conn.Close()
 		}
diff --git a/internal/log.go b/internal/log.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce9b121
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/log.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package internal
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"log/slog"
+)
+
+// DiscardHandler implements a slog.Handler that is always disabled. Each of its
+// methods return immediately without any code running.
+type DiscardHandler struct{}
+
+func (d DiscardHandler) Enabled(context.Context, slog.Level) bool  { return false }
+func (d DiscardHandler) Handle(context.Context, slog.Record) error { return nil }
+func (d DiscardHandler) WithAttrs([]slog.Attr) slog.Handler        { return d }
+func (d DiscardHandler) WithGroup(string) slog.Handler             { return d }
diff --git a/listener.go b/listener.go
index 9b0825d..a40a372 100644
--- a/listener.go
+++ b/listener.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package raknet
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/sandertv/go-raknet/internal"
 	"log/slog"
 	"maps"
 	"math"
@@ -19,9 +20,9 @@ type UpstreamPacketListener interface {
 
 // ListenConfig may be used to pass additional configuration to a Listener.
 type ListenConfig struct {
-	// ErrorLog is a logger that errors from packet decoding are logged to. It
-	// may be set to a logger that simply discards the messages. The default
-	// value is slog.Default().
+	// ErrorLog is a logger that errors from packet decoding are logged to. By
+	// default, ErrorLog is set to a new slog.Logger with a slog.Handler that
+	// is always disabled. Error messages are thus not logged by default.
 	ErrorLog *slog.Logger
 
 	// UpstreamPacketListener adds an abstraction for net.ListenPacket.
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ var listenerID = rand.Int64()
 // as the used log and/or the accepted protocol.
 func (conf ListenConfig) Listen(address string) (*Listener, error) {
 	if conf.ErrorLog == nil {
-		conf.ErrorLog = slog.Default()
+		conf.ErrorLog = slog.New(internal.DiscardHandler{})
 	}
 	if conf.BlockDuration == 0 {
 		conf.BlockDuration = time.Second * 10