diff --git a/loader.js b/loader.js
index 6ae585812f..0119f10f60 100644
--- a/loader.js
+++ b/loader.js
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ var	nconf = require('nconf'),
 	path = require('path'),
 	cluster = require('cluster'),
 	async = require('async'),
+	logrotate = require('logrotate-stream'),
 	pidFilePath = __dirname + '/pidfile',
-	output = fs.openSync(__dirname + '/logs/output.log', 'a'),
+	output = logrotate({ file: __dirname + '/logs/output.log', size: '1m', keep: 3, compress: true }),
+	silent = process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'development' ? true : false,
 	numCPUs,
 	Loader = {
 		timesStarted: 0,
@@ -24,9 +26,15 @@ var	nconf = require('nconf'),
 Loader.init = function() {
 	cluster.setupMaster({
 		exec: "app.js",
-		silent: false
+		silent: silent
 	});
 
+	if (silent) {
+		console.log = function(value) {
+			output.write(value + '\n');
+		};
+	}
+
 	cluster.on('fork', function(worker) {
 		worker.on('message', function(message) {
 			if (message && typeof message === 'object' && message.action) {
@@ -132,7 +140,7 @@ Loader.init = function() {
 					Loader.timesStarted = 0;
 				});
 			} else {
-				console.log(numCPUs*3, 'restarts in 10 seconds, most likely an error on startup. Halting.');
+				console.log(numCPUs*3 + ' restarts in 10 seconds, most likely an error on startup. Halting.');
 				process.exit();
 			}
 		}
@@ -154,14 +162,21 @@ Loader.init = function() {
 };
 
 Loader.start = function() {
+	var worker;
+
 	Loader.primaryWorker = 1;
 
 	for(var x=0;x<numCPUs;x++) {
 		// Only the first worker sets up templates/sounds/jobs/etc
-		cluster.fork({
+		worker = cluster.fork({
 			cluster_setup: x === 0,
-			handle_jobs: x ===0
+			handle_jobs: x === 0
 		});
+
+		// Logging
+		if (silent) {
+			worker.process.stdout.pipe(output);
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -200,9 +215,7 @@ if (nconf.get('daemon') !== false) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	require('daemon')({
-		stdout: output
-	});
+	require('daemon')();
 
 	fs.writeFile(__dirname + '/pidfile', process.pid);
 }
diff --git a/nodebb b/nodebb
index 9e5efe0b2b..25b43bd1bb 100755
--- a/nodebb
+++ b/nodebb
@@ -28,11 +28,6 @@ case "$1" in
 		echo "  \"./nodebb stop\" to stop the NodeBB server";
 		echo "  \"./nodebb log\" to view server output";
 
-		if [ -f "./logs/output.log" ];	# Preserve the last output log
-			then
-				mv ./logs/output.log ./logs/output.1.log;
-		fi;
-
 		# Start the loader daemon
 		"$node" loader -d "$@"
 		;;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7a318b3191..4d569cee4f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,15 +31,16 @@
     "gm": "1.16.0",
     "gravatar": "1.0.6",
     "less": "~1.7.3",
+    "logrotate-stream": "^0.2.3",
     "mkdirp": "~0.5.0",
     "morgan": "^1.0.0",
     "nconf": "~0.6.7",
-    "nodebb-plugin-downvote-post": "^0.1.0",
-    "nodebb-plugin-upvote-post": "^1.0.0",
     "nodebb-plugin-dbsearch": "0.0.13",
+    "nodebb-plugin-downvote-post": "^0.1.0",
     "nodebb-plugin-markdown": "~0.6.3",
     "nodebb-plugin-mentions": "~0.6.0",
     "nodebb-plugin-soundpack-default": "~0.1.1",
+    "nodebb-plugin-upvote-post": "^1.0.0",
     "nodebb-theme-lavender": "~0.1.0",
     "nodebb-theme-vanilla": "~0.1.0",
     "nodebb-widget-essentials": "~0.1.1",