diff --git a/client/internal/debug/debug_android.go b/client/internal/debug/debug_android.go
index 398e40872..a4e2b3e98 100644
--- a/client/internal/debug/debug_android.go
+++ b/client/internal/debug/debug_android.go
@@ -4,31 +4,38 @@ package debug
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"os/exec"
-	"strings"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
 func (g *BundleGenerator) addPlatformLog() error {
 	cmd := exec.Command("/system/bin/logcat", "-d")
-	out, err := cmd.Output()
+	stdout, err := cmd.StdoutPipe()
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("run logcat: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("logcat stdout pipe: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	var logReader *strings.Reader
+	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("start logcat: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	var logReader io.Reader = stdout
 	if g.anonymize {
-		anonymized := g.anonymizer.AnonymizeString(string(out))
-		logReader = strings.NewReader(anonymized)
-	} else {
-		logReader = strings.NewReader(string(out))
+		var pw *io.PipeWriter
+		logReader, pw = io.Pipe()
+		go anonymizeLog(stdout, pw, g.anonymizer)
 	}
 
 	if err := g.addFileToZip(logReader, "logcat.txt"); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("add logcat to zip: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	log.Debugf("added logcat output to debug bundle (%d bytes)", len(out))
+	if err := cmd.Wait(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("wait logcat: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	log.Debug("added logcat output to debug bundle")
 	return nil
 }