diff --git a/src/mods/VR.cpp b/src/mods/VR.cpp
index 71487fa3..9992ffd1 100644
--- a/src/mods/VR.cpp
+++ b/src/mods/VR.cpp
@@ -1718,7 +1718,7 @@ void VR::on_present() {
     if (renderer == Framework::RendererType::D3D11) {
         // if we don't do this then D3D11 OpenXR freezes for some reason.
         if (!runtime->got_first_sync) {
-            spdlog::info("Attempting to sync!");
+            SPDLOG_INFO_EVERY_N_SEC(1, "Attempting to sync!");
             if (runtime->get_synchronize_stage() == VRRuntime::SynchronizeStage::LATE) {
                 runtime->synchronize_frame();
             }
diff --git a/src/mods/vr/D3D11Component.cpp b/src/mods/vr/D3D11Component.cpp
index e8d10ecb..c1c9863a 100644
--- a/src/mods/vr/D3D11Component.cpp
+++ b/src/mods/vr/D3D11Component.cpp
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ bool D3D11Component::TextureContext::clear_rtv(float* color) {
 vr::EVRCompositorError D3D11Component::on_frame(VR* vr) {
     if (m_force_reset || m_last_afr_state != vr->is_using_afr()) {
         if (!setup()) {
-            spdlog::error("Failed to setup D3D11Component, trying again next frame");
+            SPDLOG_ERROR_EVERY_N_SEC(1, "Failed to setup D3D11Component, trying again next frame");
             m_force_reset = true;
             return vr::VRCompositorError_None;
         }
diff --git a/src/mods/vr/D3D12Component.cpp b/src/mods/vr/D3D12Component.cpp
index 0c2e46e6..b2c5c67d 100644
--- a/src/mods/vr/D3D12Component.cpp
+++ b/src/mods/vr/D3D12Component.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ namespace vrmod {
 vr::EVRCompositorError D3D12Component::on_frame(VR* vr) {
     if (m_force_reset || m_last_afr_state != vr->is_using_afr()) {
         if (!setup()) {
-            spdlog::error("[D3D12 VR] Could not set up, trying again next frame");
+            SPDLOG_ERROR_EVERY_N_SEC(1, "[D3D12 VR] Could not set up, trying again next frame");
             m_force_reset = true;
             return vr::VRCompositorError_None;
         }