diff --git a/modules/ppcp-applepay/resources/js/ApplepayButton.js b/modules/ppcp-applepay/resources/js/ApplepayButton.js
index ce998f04c..d84870fd9 100644
--- a/modules/ppcp-applepay/resources/js/ApplepayButton.js
+++ b/modules/ppcp-applepay/resources/js/ApplepayButton.js
@@ -43,8 +43,10 @@ const CONTEXT = {
 	BlockCart: 'cart-block',
 	BlockCheckout: 'checkout-block',
 	Preview: 'preview',
+
 	// Block editor contexts.
 	Blocks: [ 'cart-block', 'checkout-block' ],
+
 	// Custom gateway contexts.
 	Gateways: [ 'checkout', 'pay-now' ],
 };
@@ -89,6 +91,8 @@ class ApplePayButton {
 	initialPaymentRequest = null;
 
 	constructor( context, externalHandler, buttonConfig, ppcpConfig ) {
+		this._initDebug( !! buttonConfig?.is_debug );
+
 		apmButtonsInit( ppcpConfig );
 
 		this.context = context;
@@ -103,25 +107,34 @@ class ApplePayButton {
 		);
 
 		this.refreshContextData();
+	}
 
-		this.log = () => {};
+	/**
+	 * NOOP log function to avoid errors when debugging is disabled.
+	 */
+	log() {}
 
-		// Debug helpers
-		if ( this.buttonConfig.is_debug ) {
-			document.ppcpApplepayButtons = document.ppcpApplepayButtons || {};
-			document.ppcpApplepayButtons[ this.context ] = this;
-
-			this.log = function () {
-				console.log(
-					`[ApplePayButton | ${ this.context }]`,
-					...arguments
-				);
-			};
-
-			jQuery( document ).on( 'ppcp-applepay-debug', () => {
-				this.log( this );
-			} );
+	/**
+	 * Enables debugging tools, when the button's is_debug flag is set.
+	 *
+	 * @param {boolean} enableDebugging If debugging features should be enabled for this instance.
+	 * @private
+	 */
+	_initDebug( enableDebugging ) {
+		if ( ! enableDebugging || this.#isInitialized ) {
+			return;
 		}
+
+		document.ppcpApplepayButtons = document.ppcpApplepayButtons || {};
+		document.ppcpApplepayButtons[ this.context ] = this;
+
+		this.log = ( ...args ) => {
+			console.log( `[ApplePayButton | ${ this.context }]`, ...args );
+		};
+
+		jQuery( document ).on( 'ppcp-applepay-debug', () => {
+			this.log( this );
+		} );
 	}
 
 	/**