diff --git a/Log.cpp b/Log.cpp
index fc37ebf..f600b90 100644
--- a/Log.cpp
+++ b/Log.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <Windows.h>
 #else
 #include <sys/time.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 
 #include <cstdio>
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ static std::string m_filePath;
 static std::string m_fileRoot;
 
 static FILE* m_fpLog = NULL;
+static bool m_daemon = false;
 
 static unsigned int m_displayLevel = 2U;
 
@@ -45,6 +47,8 @@ static char LEVELS[] = " DMIWEF";
 
 static bool LogOpen()
 {
+	bool status = false;
+	
 	if (m_fileLevel == 0U)
 		return true;
 
@@ -68,18 +72,28 @@ static bool LogOpen()
 	::sprintf(filename, "%s/%s-%04d-%02d-%02d.log", m_filePath.c_str(), m_fileRoot.c_str(), tm->tm_year + 1900, tm->tm_mon + 1, tm->tm_mday);
 #endif
 
-	m_fpLog = ::fopen(filename, "a+t");
+	if ((m_fpLog = ::fopen(filename, "a+t")) != NULL)
+	{
+		status = true;
+
+#if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(_WIN64)
+		if (m_daemon)
+			dup2(fileno(m_fpLog), fileno(stderr));
+#endif
+	}
+	
 	m_tm = *tm;
 
-    return m_fpLog != NULL;
+    return status;
 }
 
-bool LogInitialise(const std::string& filePath, const std::string& fileRoot, unsigned int fileLevel, unsigned int displayLevel)
+bool LogInitialise(bool daemon, const std::string& filePath, const std::string& fileRoot, unsigned int fileLevel, unsigned int displayLevel)
 {
 	m_filePath     = filePath;
 	m_fileRoot     = fileRoot;
 	m_fileLevel    = fileLevel;
 	m_displayLevel = displayLevel;
+	m_daemon       = daemon;
     return ::LogOpen();
 }
 
diff --git a/Log.h b/Log.h
index d671ef9..0d00653 100644
--- a/Log.h
+++ b/Log.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 extern void Log(unsigned int level, const char* fmt, ...);
 
-extern bool LogInitialise(const std::string& filePath, const std::string& fileRoot, unsigned int fileLevel, unsigned int displayLevel);
+extern bool LogInitialise(bool daemon, const std::string& filePath, const std::string& fileRoot, unsigned int fileLevel, unsigned int displayLevel);
 extern void LogFinalise();
 
 #endif
diff --git a/MMDVMHost.cpp b/MMDVMHost.cpp
index c6f5137..4e54bbd 100644
--- a/MMDVMHost.cpp
+++ b/MMDVMHost.cpp
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ int CMMDVMHost::run()
 #endif
 #endif
 
-	ret = ::LogInitialise(m_conf.getLogFilePath(), m_conf.getLogFileRoot(), m_conf.getLogFileLevel(), m_conf.getLogDisplayLevel());
+	ret = ::LogInitialise(m_daemon, m_conf.getLogFilePath(), m_conf.getLogFileRoot(), m_conf.getLogFileLevel(), m_conf.getLogDisplayLevel());
 	if (!ret) {
 		::fprintf(stderr, "MMDVMHost: unable to open the log file\n");
 		return 1;
@@ -250,7 +250,6 @@ int CMMDVMHost::run()
 	if (m_daemon) {
 		::close(STDIN_FILENO);
 		::close(STDOUT_FILENO);
-		::close(STDERR_FILENO);
 	}
 #endif
 
diff --git a/RemoteCommand.cpp b/RemoteCommand.cpp
index bf3fb1e..fd96e46 100644
--- a/RemoteCommand.cpp
+++ b/RemoteCommand.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 CRemoteCommand::CRemoteCommand(unsigned int port) :
 m_port(port)
 {
-	::LogInitialise(".", "RemoteCommand", 2U, 2U);
+	::LogInitialise(false, ".", "RemoteCommand", 2U, 2U);
 }
 
 CRemoteCommand::~CRemoteCommand()