glGetShaderInfoLog Returns Gibberish

Question

I'm having some issues getting debug info from openGL. I don't know if it makes any difference but I'm using glfw3 and glew (dynamically linked)

I can't seem to compile shaders and error messages I get is just gibberish.

Here's a sample code:

shader.ID = glCreateShader(shader.type);
const GLchar *source = (const GLchar *)shader.source.c_str();
glShaderSource(shader.ID, 1, &source, 0);
glCompileShader(shader.ID);
GLint compiled = 0;
glGetShaderiv(shader.ID, GL_COMPILE_STATUS, &compiled);
if (compiled == GL_FALSE) {
    GLint logLength = 0;
    glGetShaderiv(shader.ID, GL_INFO_LOG_LENGTH, &logLength); //won't update logLength
    //std::cout << logLength << std::endl;
    GLchar* infoLog = new char[logLength + 1];
    glGetShaderInfoLog(shader.ID, logLength, NULL, infoLog);
    std::cerr << infoLog << std::endl;
    delete[] infoLog;
    glDeleteShader(shader.ID);
}

glGetShaderiv won't update logLength, and the output I get will be something like this:

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This is the first time I'm trying to compile shaders, am I missing something?

EDIT: Context Creation

#include <GL\glew\glew.h>
#include <GL\GLFW\glfw3.h>

void setupGLFW() {
    //glfwSetErrorCallback(glfwErrorCallback);
    if (GL_FALSE == glfwInit()) {
        std::cerr << "Error Initializing GLFW" << std::endl;
        exit(-1);
    }
    GLFWwindow* window = glfwCreateWindow(640, 480, "TEST", NULL, NULL);
    glfwMakeContextCurrent(window);
    glfwSwapInterval(1); 
}

void setupGLEW() {
    glewExperimental = GL_TRUE;
    const GLenum glewErr = glewInit();
    if (glewErr != GLEW_OK) {
        cerr << "GLEW failed to initialize." << endl;
        exit(-1);
    }
}
void testshaderLoader()
{
    setupGLFW();
    setupGLEW();
    glEnable(GL_DEBUG_OUTPUT);
    ShaderLoader sloader;
    string pathToShader = "absolute/path/to/shader"
    GLenum shaderType = GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER;
    sloader.loadShader(pathToShader, shaderType);
}
int main()
{
    testshaderLoader();
    return 0;
}