diff --git a/selfdrive/common/swaglog.cc b/selfdrive/common/swaglog.cc
index 9d90347547..c6bf5fa2c6 100644
--- a/selfdrive/common/swaglog.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/common/swaglog.cc
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 
-#include <pthread.h>
+#include <mutex>
 #include <zmq.h>
 
 #include "json11.hpp"
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #include "swaglog.h"
 
 typedef struct LogState {
-  pthread_mutex_t lock;
+  std::mutex lock;
   bool inited;
   json11::Json::object ctx_j;
   void *zctx;
@@ -25,9 +25,7 @@ typedef struct LogState {
   int print_level;
 } LogState;
 
-static LogState s = {
-  .lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER,
-};
+static LogState s = {};
 
 static void cloudlog_bind_locked(const char* k, const char* v) {
   s.ctx_j[k] = v;
@@ -65,7 +63,7 @@ static void cloudlog_init() {
 
 void cloudlog_e(int levelnum, const char* filename, int lineno, const char* func,
                 const char* fmt, ...) {
-  pthread_mutex_lock(&s.lock);
+  std::lock_guard lk(s.lock);
   cloudlog_init();
 
   char* msg_buf = NULL;
@@ -75,7 +73,6 @@ void cloudlog_e(int levelnum, const char* filename, int lineno, const char* func
   va_end(args);
 
   if (!msg_buf) {
-    pthread_mutex_unlock(&s.lock);
     return;
   }
 
@@ -101,12 +98,10 @@ void cloudlog_e(int levelnum, const char* filename, int lineno, const char* func
   zmq_send(s.sock, &levelnum_c, 1, ZMQ_NOBLOCK | ZMQ_SNDMORE);
   zmq_send(s.sock, log_s.c_str(), log_s.length(), ZMQ_NOBLOCK);
 
-  pthread_mutex_unlock(&s.lock);
 }
 
 void cloudlog_bind(const char* k, const char* v) {
-  pthread_mutex_lock(&s.lock);
+  std::lock_guard lk(s.lock);
   cloudlog_init();
   cloudlog_bind_locked(k, v);
-  pthread_mutex_unlock(&s.lock);
 }
diff --git a/selfdrive/common/swaglog.h b/selfdrive/common/swaglog.h
index 3a828ed49b..fae44152da 100644
--- a/selfdrive/common/swaglog.h
+++ b/selfdrive/common/swaglog.h
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-#ifndef SWAGLOG_H
-#define SWAGLOG_H
+#pragma once
 
 #include "selfdrive/common/timing.h"
 
@@ -9,19 +8,11 @@
 #define CLOUDLOG_ERROR 40
 #define CLOUDLOG_CRITICAL 50
 
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
 void cloudlog_e(int levelnum, const char* filename, int lineno, const char* func,
                 const char* fmt, ...) /*__attribute__ ((format (printf, 6, 7)))*/;
 
 void cloudlog_bind(const char* k, const char* v);
 
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
-
 #define cloudlog(lvl, fmt, ...) cloudlog_e(lvl, __FILE__, __LINE__, \
                                            __func__, \
                                            fmt, ## __VA_ARGS__)
@@ -64,5 +55,3 @@ void cloudlog_bind(const char* k, const char* v);
 #define LOG_100(fmt, ...) cloudlog_rl(2, 100, CLOUDLOG_INFO, fmt, ## __VA_ARGS__)
 #define LOGW_100(fmt, ...) cloudlog_rl(2, 100, CLOUDLOG_WARNING, fmt, ## __VA_ARGS__)
 #define LOGE_100(fmt, ...) cloudlog_rl(2, 100, CLOUDLOG_ERROR, fmt, ## __VA_ARGS__)
-
-#endif