diff --git a/base/src/main/kotlin/de/staropensource/engine/base/Engine.kt b/base/src/main/kotlin/de/staropensource/engine/base/Engine.kt
index a98224f..c5f75f0 100644
--- a/base/src/main/kotlin/de/staropensource/engine/base/Engine.kt
+++ b/base/src/main/kotlin/de/staropensource/engine/base/Engine.kt
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ class Engine private constructor() {
         /**
          * Initializes the engine.
          *
+         * The request is ignored if the engine
+         * is bootstrapping itself, initializing,
+         * shutting down or has crashed fatally.
+         *
          * @throws EngineInitializationFailureException on initialization error
          * @since v1-alpha10
          */
@@ -143,6 +147,9 @@ class Engine private constructor() {
         /**
          * Shuts the engine down.
          *
+         * The request is ignored if
+         * the engine isn't running.
+         *
          * @since v1-alpha10
          */
         @JvmStatic
@@ -162,6 +169,9 @@ class Engine private constructor() {
          * Shuts the engine down and
          * terminates the application.
          *
+         * The request is ignored if
+         * the engine isn't running.
+         *
          * @since v1-alpha10
          */
         @JvmStatic
diff --git a/base/src/main/kotlin/de/staropensource/engine/base/EngineConfiguration.kt b/base/src/main/kotlin/de/staropensource/engine/base/EngineConfiguration.kt
index 3a19212..638b290 100644
--- a/base/src/main/kotlin/de/staropensource/engine/base/EngineConfiguration.kt
+++ b/base/src/main/kotlin/de/staropensource/engine/base/EngineConfiguration.kt
@@ -128,7 +128,16 @@ class EngineConfiguration private constructor() {
          * @since v1-alpha10
          */
         @JvmStatic
-        var logChannelSettings: MutableMap<String, ChannelSettings> = mutableMapOf()
+        var logChannelSettings: MutableMap<String, ChannelSettings> = mutableMapOf(
+            Pair("engine-core", ChannelSettings(
+                enable = null,
+                sanitizeMessage = true,
+                permitFormatting = true,
+                applicationName = "The StarOpenSource Engine",
+                formatter = null,
+                adapters = null
+            ))
+        )
 
         /**
          * Holds all registered [CrashCategory]s
diff --git a/base/src/main/kotlin/de/staropensource/engine/base/type/logging/ChannelSettings.kt b/base/src/main/kotlin/de/staropensource/engine/base/type/logging/ChannelSettings.kt
index 75a4901..6136a55 100644
--- a/base/src/main/kotlin/de/staropensource/engine/base/type/logging/ChannelSettings.kt
+++ b/base/src/main/kotlin/de/staropensource/engine/base/type/logging/ChannelSettings.kt
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ data class ChannelSettings(
     private val permitFormatting: Boolean? = null,
     private val applicationName: String? = null,
     private val formatter: Formatter? = null,
-    private val adapters: Set<Adapter>? = null,
+    private val adapters: LinkedHashSet<Adapter>? = null,
 ) {
     /**
      * Companion object of [ChannelSettings].
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ data class ChannelSettings(
          * @since v1-alpha10
          */
         @JvmStatic
-        val global: ChannelSettings = ChannelSettings(
+        var global: ChannelSettings = ChannelSettings(
             enable = null,
             sanitizeMessage = null,
             permitFormatting = null,
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ data class ChannelSettings(
                 "permitFormatting" -> (settings?.permitFormatting ?: global.permitFormatting) != false
                 "applicationName" -> settings?.applicationName ?: global.applicationName ?: "This application"
                 "formatter" -> settings?.formatter ?: global.formatter ?: NoOperationFormatter.instance
-                "adapters" -> settings?.adapters ?: global.adapters ?: setOf(PrintlnAdapter.instance)
+                "adapters" -> settings?.adapters ?: global.adapters ?: linkedSetOf(PrintlnAdapter.instance)
                 else -> null
             }
         }