diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index af8f0c4..814424d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [3.1.0] - 2026-10-05
+
+### Changed
+
+- `wpLogMakeLogger` to be compile time constant
+
 ## [3.0.0] - 2026-09-30
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 4a36342..fd2a018 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.0.0
+3.1.0
diff --git a/src/log/log.c b/src/log/log.c
index 0b2b29b..a366857 100644
--- a/src/log/log.c
+++ b/src/log/log.c
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@ void wpLogConfigure(WpFile *outlog, WpFile *errlog, WpLogLevel level) {
 	LOG_CONFIG.level  = level;
 }
 
-WpLogger wpLogMakeLogger(WpStr8 name) {
-	return (WpLogger){ .name = name };
-}
-
 void wpLogDebug(const WpLogger *logger, WpStr8 msg) {
 	wpDebugAssert(logger != NULL, "`logger` should not be NULL");
 	if (LOG_CONFIG.level < WP_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG) { return; }
diff --git a/src/log/log.h b/src/log/log.h
index c52ca49..bac9e15 100644
--- a/src/log/log.h
+++ b/src/log/log.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #ifndef LOG_H
 #define LOG_H
 
+#include "../common/platform/platform.h"
 #include "../os/file/file.h"
 #include "../base/strings/str8/str8.h"
 
@@ -22,12 +23,17 @@ typedef enum WpLogLevel {
 } WpLogLevel;
 
 typedef struct WpLogger {
-	WpStr8 name;
+	WpStr8RO name;
 } WpLogger;
 
+#ifdef WP_PLATFORM_CPP
+#define wpLogMakeLogger(NAME) (WpLogger{NAME})
+#else
+#define wpLogMakeLogger(NAME) ((WpLogger){ .name = NAME })
+#endif
+
 void     wpLogSetLevel(WpLogLevel level);
 void     wpLogConfigure(WpFile *outlog, WpFile *errlog, WpLogLevel level);
-WpLogger wpLogMakeLogger(WpStr8 name);
 void     wpLogDebug(const WpLogger *logger, WpStr8 msg);
 void     wpLogInfo(const WpLogger *logger, WpStr8 msg);
 void     wpLogWarning(const WpLogger *logger, WpStr8 msg);