diff --git a/loader.js b/loader.js
index 998bd9bd5e..5781fefa54 100644
--- a/loader.js
+++ b/loader.js
@@ -192,9 +192,10 @@ Loader.start = function(callback) {
 
 function forkWorker(isPrimary) {
 	var worker = cluster.fork({
-		cluster_setup: isPrimary,
-		handle_jobs: isPrimary
-	});
+			cluster_setup: isPrimary,
+			handle_jobs: isPrimary
+		}),
+		output = logrotate({ file: __dirname + '/logs/output.log', size: '1m', keep: 3, compress: true });
 
 	if (silent) {
 		worker.process.stdout.pipe(output);
diff --git a/nodebb b/nodebb
index a75c075b2f..0df5899454 100755
--- a/nodebb
+++ b/nodebb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ case "$1" in
 		echo "  \"./nodebb log\" to view server output";
 
 		# Start the loader daemon
-		"$node" loader -d "$@"
+		"$node" loader "$@"
 		;;
 
 	stop)