diff --git a/NzbDrone.Api/Commands/CommandModule.cs b/NzbDrone.Api/Commands/CommandModule.cs
index e80852a2f..b5d2c2c59 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Api/Commands/CommandModule.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Api/Commands/CommandModule.cs
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Api.Commands
                           .Single(c => c.Name.Replace("Command", "")
                           .Equals(resource.Command, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase));
 
-
-            var command = Request.Body.FromJson<ICommand>(commandType);
-
+            dynamic command = Request.Body.FromJson(commandType);
             _messageAggregator.PublishCommand(command);
 
             return resource;
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Api/Extensions/RequestExtensions.cs b/NzbDrone.Api/Extensions/RequestExtensions.cs
index e72fd86e7..17e3292b0 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Api/Extensions/RequestExtensions.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Api/Extensions/RequestExtensions.cs
@@ -16,11 +16,17 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Api.Extensions
         }
 
         public static T FromJson<T>(this Stream body, Type type)
+        {
+            return (T)FromJson(body, type);
+        }
+
+
+        public static object FromJson(this Stream body, Type type)
         {
             var reader = new StreamReader(body, true);
             body.Position = 0;
             var value = reader.ReadToEnd();
-            return (T)Json.Deserialize(value, type);
+            return Json.Deserialize(value, type);
         }
 
         public static JsonResponse<TModel> AsResponse<TModel>(this TModel model, HttpStatusCode statusCode = HttpStatusCode.OK)
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Api/NancyBootstrapper.cs b/NzbDrone.Api/NancyBootstrapper.cs
index 0707f4bb2..f31528274 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Api/NancyBootstrapper.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Api/NancyBootstrapper.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using NzbDrone.Api.Extensions;
 using NzbDrone.Api.Frontend;
 using NzbDrone.Common.Composition;
 using NzbDrone.Common.Messaging;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Instrumentation;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Lifecycle;
 using TinyIoC;
 
@@ -29,6 +30,8 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Api
             _logger.Info("Starting NzbDrone API");
             AutomapperBootstraper.InitializeAutomapper();
 
+            container.Resolve<DatabaseTarget>().Register();
+
             container.Resolve<IMessageAggregator>().PublishEvent(new ApplicationStartedEvent());
 
             ApplicationPipelines.OnError.AddItemToEndOfPipeline(container.Resolve<NzbDroneErrorPipeline>().HandleException);
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Common/PathExtensions.cs b/NzbDrone.Common/PathExtensions.cs
index b9eb70a53..4c320740b 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Common/PathExtensions.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Common/PathExtensions.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common
     {
         private static readonly string APP_CONFIG_FILE = "config.xml";
         private static readonly string NZBDRONE_DB = "nzbdrone.db";
+        private static readonly string NZBDRONE_LOG_DB = "logs.db";
         private static readonly string BACKUP_ZIP_FILE = "NzbDrone_Backup.zip";
 
         private static readonly string UPDATE_SANDBOX_FOLDER_NAME = "nzbdrone_update" + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar;
@@ -113,5 +114,10 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common
         {
             return Path.Combine(environmentProvider.GetAppDataPath(), NZBDRONE_DB);
         }
+
+        public static string GetLogDatabase(this IEnvironmentProvider environmentProvider)
+        {
+            return Path.Combine(environmentProvider.GetAppDataPath(), NZBDRONE_LOG_DB);
+        }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Instrumentation/DatabaseTarget.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Instrumentation/DatabaseTarget.cs
index 98c8c376b..b39a818b3 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/Instrumentation/DatabaseTarget.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Instrumentation/DatabaseTarget.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ using NLog.Config;
 using NLog;
 using NLog.Layouts;
 using NLog.Targets;
-using NzbDrone.Common;
 
 namespace NzbDrone.Core.Instrumentation
 {
@@ -21,12 +20,17 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Instrumentation
         {
             Layout = new SimpleLayout("${callsite:className=false:fileName=false:includeSourcePath=false:methodName=true}");
 
+            Rule = new LoggingRule("*", LogLevel.Debug, this);
+
             LogManager.Configuration.AddTarget("DbLogger", this);
-            LogManager.Configuration.LoggingRules.Add(new LoggingRule("*", LogLevel.Info, this));
+            LogManager.Configuration.LoggingRules.Add(Rule);
             LogManager.ConfigurationReloaded += (sender, args) => Register();
+            LogManager.ReconfigExistingLoggers();
         }
 
 
+        public LoggingRule Rule { get; set; }
+
         protected override void Write(LogEventInfo logEvent)
         {
             var log = new Log();
diff --git a/NzbDrone/MainAppContainerBuilder.cs b/NzbDrone/MainAppContainerBuilder.cs
index ab60ffd0a..82951d05f 100644
--- a/NzbDrone/MainAppContainerBuilder.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone/MainAppContainerBuilder.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ using NzbDrone.Api;
 using NzbDrone.Api.SignalR;
 using NzbDrone.Common;
 using NzbDrone.Common.Composition;
+using NzbDrone.Common.Messaging;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Datastore;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Instrumentation;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Notifications;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Organizer;
 using NzbDrone.Core.RootFolders;
@@ -53,6 +55,12 @@ namespace NzbDrone
             }
 
             Container.Register(c => c.Resolve<IDbFactory>().Create(environmentProvider.GetNzbDroneDatabase()));
+
+            Container.Register<ILogRepository>(c =>
+                {
+                    var db = c.Resolve<IDbFactory>().Create(environmentProvider.GetLogDatabase(), MigrationType.Log);
+                    return new LogRepository(db, c.Resolve<IMessageAggregator>());
+                });
         }
     }
 }
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