diff --git a/src/controllers/admin.js b/src/controllers/admin.js
index 10c852a74d..8f007c7783 100644
--- a/src/controllers/admin.js
+++ b/src/controllers/admin.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ var adminController = {
 		widgets: {}
 	},
 	events: {},
+	logs: {},
 	database: {},
 	plugins: {},
 	languages: {},
@@ -172,6 +173,19 @@ adminController.events.get = function(req, res, next) {
 	});
 };
 
+adminController.logs.get = function(req, res, next) {
+	var logPath = path.join('logs', path.sep, 'output.log');
+	fs.readFile(logPath, function(err, data) {
+		if (err || !data) {
+			data = '';
+		}
+
+		res.render('admin/advanced/log', {
+			data: data.toString()
+		});
+	});
+};
+
 adminController.plugins.get = function(req, res, next) {
 	plugins.getAll(function(err, plugins) {
 		if (err || !Array.isArray(plugins)) {
diff --git a/src/database/mongo.js b/src/database/mongo.js
index bed8f542b7..253fd78fbe 100644
--- a/src/database/mongo.js
+++ b/src/database/mongo.js
@@ -53,7 +53,13 @@
 			winston.error('Unable to initialize MongoDB! Is MongoDB installed? Error :' + err.message);
 			process.exit();
 		}
-		var connString = 'mongodb://'+ nconf.get('mongo:host') + ':' + nconf.get('mongo:port') + '/' + nconf.get('mongo:database');
+
+		var usernamePassword = '';
+		if (nconf.get('mongo:username') && nconf.get('mongo:password')) {
+			usernamePassword = nconf.get('mongo:username') + ':' + nconf.get('mongo:password') + '@';
+		}
+
+		var connString = 'mongodb://' + usernamePassword + nconf.get('mongo:host') + ':' + nconf.get('mongo:port') + '/' + nconf.get('mongo:database');
 		var connOptions = {
 			server: {
 				poolSize: nconf.get('mongo:poolSize') || 10
diff --git a/src/middleware/middleware.js b/src/middleware/middleware.js
index 93080ea221..ee24f032ae 100644
--- a/src/middleware/middleware.js
+++ b/src/middleware/middleware.js
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ middleware.renderHeader = function(req, res, callback) {
 			templateValues.user = results.user;
 			templateValues.customCSS = results.customCSS;
 			templateValues.customJS = results.customJS;
-			templateValues.maintenanceHeader = meta.config.maintenanceMode === '1' ^ !!results.isAdmin
+			templateValues.maintenanceHeader = meta.config.maintenanceMode === '1' && !results.isAdmin
 
 			app.render('header', templateValues, callback);
 		});
diff --git a/src/routes/admin.js b/src/routes/admin.js
index 104f6c40f3..ab2d3c14b1 100644
--- a/src/routes/admin.js
+++ b/src/routes/admin.js
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ function addRoutes(router, middleware, controllers) {
 
 	router.get('/advanced/database', controllers.admin.database.get);
 	router.get('/advanced/events', controllers.admin.events.get);
+	router.get('/advanced/logs', controllers.admin.logs.get);
 
 	router.get('/development/logger', controllers.admin.logger.get);
 }
diff --git a/src/socket.io/admin.js b/src/socket.io/admin.js
index 17bc3d0e20..108356465b 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/admin.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/admin.js
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 "use strict";
 
-var	groups = require('../groups'),
+var	async = require('async'),
+	winston = require('winston'),
+	cluster = require('cluster'),
+	fs = require('fs'),
+	path = require('path'),
+
+	groups = require('../groups'),
 	meta = require('../meta'),
 	plugins = require('../plugins'),
 	widgets = require('../widgets'),
@@ -11,10 +17,8 @@ var	groups = require('../groups'),
 	events = require('../events'),
 	emailer = require('../emailer'),
 	db = require('../database'),
-	async = require('async'),
-	winston = require('winston'),
 	index = require('./index'),
-	cluster = require('cluster'),
+
 
 	SocketAdmin = {
 		user: require('./admin/user'),
@@ -232,4 +236,9 @@ function getHourlyStatsForSet(set, hours, callback) {
 	});
 }
 
+SocketAdmin.clearLog = function(socket, data, callback) {
+	var logPath = path.join('logs', path.sep, 'output.log');
+	fs.truncate(logPath, callback);
+};
+
 module.exports = SocketAdmin;
diff --git a/src/views/admin/advanced/log.tpl b/src/views/admin/advanced/log.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b396e003d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/views/admin/advanced/log.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<div class="logs">
+	<div class="col-sm-9">
+		<div class="panel panel-default">
+			<div class="panel-heading"><i class="fa fa-file-text-o"></i> Logs</div>
+			<div class="panel-body">
+				<pre>{data}</pre>
+			</div>
+		</div>
+	</div>
+</div>
+
+<div class="col-lg-3">
+	<div class="panel panel-default">
+		<div class="panel-body">
+			<button class="btn btn-primary btn-md" id="clearLog">Clear Log</button>
+		</div>
+	</div>
+</div>
+
+<script>
+$('#clearLog').on('click', function() {
+	socket.emit('admin.clearLog', {}, function(err) {
+		if (err) {
+			return app.alertError(err.message);
+		}
+
+		$('.logs .panel-body pre').text('');
+	});
+})
+</script
diff --git a/src/views/admin/header.tpl b/src/views/admin/header.tpl
index 1e2053723f..e55b3532e0 100644
--- a/src/views/admin/header.tpl
+++ b/src/views/admin/header.tpl
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@
 						<li class="nav-header"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-hdd-o"></i> Advanced</li>
 						<li><a href="{relative_path}/admin/advanced/database">Database</a></li>
 						<li><a href="{relative_path}/admin/advanced/events">Events</a></li>
+						<li><a href="{relative_path}/admin/advanced/logs">Logs</a></li>
 					</ul>
 				</div>
 				<div class="sidebar-nav">