diff --git a/NzbDrone.Common/LogConfiguration.cs b/NzbDrone.Common/LogConfiguration.cs
index 7d09b7203..1770cfe70 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Common/LogConfiguration.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Common/LogConfiguration.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.IO;
 using NLog;
 using NLog.Config;
 using NLog.Targets;
@@ -74,6 +75,20 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common
             }
         }
 
+
+        public static void RegisterFileLogger(string fileName)
+        {
+            var fileTarget = new FileTarget();
+            fileTarget.AutoFlush = true;
+            fileTarget.ConcurrentWrites = false;
+            fileTarget.FileName = fileName;
+            fileTarget.KeepFileOpen = false;
+            fileTarget.Layout = "${longdate} - ${logger}: ${message} ${exception:format=ToString}";
+
+            LogManager.Configuration.AddTarget(fileTarget.GetType().Name, fileTarget);
+            LogManager.Configuration.LoggingRules.Add(new LoggingRule("*", LogLevel.Trace, fileTarget));
+        }
+
         public static void RegisterExceptioneer()
         {
             if (EnviromentProvider.IsProduction)
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Update/Program.cs b/NzbDrone.Update/Program.cs
index 2c8409f12..0e3ef7dfe 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Update/Program.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Update/Program.cs
@@ -62,20 +62,14 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Update
 
         private static void InitLoggers()
         {
+            LogConfiguration.RegisterExceptioneer();
+
             LogConfiguration.RegisterConsoleLogger(LogLevel.Trace);
             LogConfiguration.RegisterUdpLogger();
 
-            var lastUpgradeLog = new FileTarget();
-            lastUpgradeLog.AutoFlush = true;
-            lastUpgradeLog.ConcurrentWrites = false;
-            lastUpgradeLog.FileName = Path.Combine(new EnviromentProvider().GetSandboxLogFolder(), DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy.MM.dd-H-mm") + ".txt");
-            lastUpgradeLog.KeepFileOpen = false;
-            lastUpgradeLog.Layout = "${longdate} - ${logger}: ${message} ${exception:format=ToString}";
-
-            LogManager.Configuration.AddTarget(lastUpgradeLog.GetType().Name, lastUpgradeLog);
-            LogManager.Configuration.LoggingRules.Add(new LoggingRule("*", LogLevel.Trace, lastUpgradeLog));
-
-            LogConfiguration.RegisterExceptioneer();
+            var logPath = Path.Combine(new EnviromentProvider().GetSandboxLogFolder(), DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy.MM.dd-H-mm") + ".txt");
+            LogConfiguration.RegisterFileLogger(logPath);
+            
             LogConfiguration.Reload();
         }
 
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Web.UI.Test/AutomationTestBase.cs b/NzbDrone.Web.UI.Test/AutomationTestBase.cs
index bfef1ecde..d6ad7a9ac 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Web.UI.Test/AutomationTestBase.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Web.UI.Test/AutomationTestBase.cs
@@ -113,9 +113,29 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Web.UI.Automation
 
         static void StartNzbDrone()
         {
-            Process.Start(Path.Combine(testFolder, "nzbdrone.exe"));
+
+            var startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo
+            {
+                FileName = Path.Combine(testFolder, "nzbdrone.exe"),
+                RedirectStandardOutput = true,
+                UseShellExecute = false
+            };
+
+            var nzbDroneProcess = new Process
+                                      {
+                                          StartInfo = startInfo
+                                      };
+            nzbDroneProcess.OutputDataReceived +=
+                    delegate(object o, DataReceivedEventArgs args)
+                        {
+                            Console.WriteLine(args.Data);
+                        };
+
+            nzbDroneProcess.Start();
         }
 
+
+
         public static void StopNzbDrone()
         {
             foreach (var process in Process.GetProcessesByName("nzbdrone"))
diff --git a/NzbDrone/CentralDispatch.cs b/NzbDrone/CentralDispatch.cs
index 3e1f9c60d..ddb8ab6ab 100644
--- a/NzbDrone/CentralDispatch.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone/CentralDispatch.cs
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone
 
         private static void InitilizeApp()
         {
+            LogConfiguration.RegisterFileLogger("nzbdrone.log");
             LogConfiguration.RegisterConsoleLogger(LogLevel.Debug);
             LogConfiguration.RegisterUdpLogger();
             LogConfiguration.RegisterExceptioneer();