diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/amplifyframework/core/category/Category.java b/core/src/main/java/com/amplifyframework/core/category/Category.java
index eee534a9c0..21bd3e71dc 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/amplifyframework/core/category/Category.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/amplifyframework/core/category/Category.java
@@ -149,13 +149,13 @@ public synchronized CategoryInitializationResult initialize(@NonNull Context con
         if (!State.CONFIGURED.equals(state.get())) {
             for (P plugin : getPlugins()) {
                 InitializationResult result = InitializationResult.failure(new AmplifyException(
-                    "Tried to init before category was not configured.",
+                    "Tried to init before category was configured.",
                     "Call configure() on category, first."
                 ));
                 pluginInitializationResults.put(plugin.getPluginKey(), result);
             }
         } else {
-            state.set(State.CONFIGURING);
+            state.set(State.INITIALIZING);
             for (P plugin : getPlugins()) {
                 InitializationResult result;
                 try {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/amplifyframework/logging/LoggingCategory.java b/core/src/main/java/com/amplifyframework/logging/LoggingCategory.java
index e8d18e6f30..27088f2995 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/amplifyframework/logging/LoggingCategory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/amplifyframework/logging/LoggingCategory.java
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ public synchronized void configure(@NonNull CategoryConfiguration configuration,
     @InternalAmplifyApi
     public synchronized void configure(@NonNull AmplifyOutputsData configuration, @NonNull Context context)
         throws AmplifyException {
+        super.configure(configuration, context);
         // Logging plugin config is read from a separate file
         configure(context);
     }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/amplifyframework/logging/LoggingCategoryTest.java b/core/src/test/java/com/amplifyframework/logging/LoggingCategoryTest.java
index d3c79dd120..9e15686ed4 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/com/amplifyframework/logging/LoggingCategoryTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/amplifyframework/logging/LoggingCategoryTest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 import com.amplifyframework.AmplifyException;
 import com.amplifyframework.core.category.CategoryConfiguration;
+import com.amplifyframework.core.category.CategoryInitializationResult;
+import com.amplifyframework.core.configuration.AmplifyOutputsData;
 import com.amplifyframework.testutils.random.RandomString;
 
 import org.json.JSONException;
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
 import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner;
 
 import java.util.List;
@@ -135,6 +138,28 @@ public void configuredPluginUsedWhenProvided() throws AmplifyException {
         firstLog.assertEquals(LogLevel.WARN, message, issue);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Category should initialize as normal when using a Gen2 configuration.
+     * @throws AmplifyException Not expected; possible from addPlugin() call
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void initializationSucceedsForGen2() throws AmplifyException {
+        FakeLogger userLogger = FakeLogger.instance(RandomString.string(), LogLevel.VERBOSE);
+        FakeLoggingPlugin<Void> userPlugin = FakeLoggingPlugin.instance(userLogger);
+        realLoggingCategory.addPlugin(userPlugin);
+
+        AmplifyOutputsData data = Mockito.mock(AmplifyOutputsData.class);
+        realLoggingCategory.configure(data, getApplicationContext());
+
+        // Ensure initialization succeeds
+        CategoryInitializationResult result = realLoggingCategory.initialize(getApplicationContext());
+        assertTrue(result.isSuccess());
+
+        // Ensure we can fetch the plugin
+        LoggingPlugin<?> plugin = realLoggingCategory.getPlugin(userPlugin.getPluginKey());
+        assertEquals(userPlugin, plugin);
+    }
+
     private static LoggingCategoryConfiguration loggingConfiguration() {
         LoggingCategoryConfiguration configuration = new LoggingCategoryConfiguration();
         try {