diff --git a/src/events.js b/src/events.js
index 283c1f3d5e..54953f6b67 100644
--- a/src/events.js
+++ b/src/events.js
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 				return;
 			}
 
-			var msg = '[' + new Date().toUTCString() + '] - ' + username + '(uid ' + uid + ') ' + string + '\n';
+			var msg = '[' + new Date().toUTCString() + '] - ' + username + '(uid ' + uid + ') ' + string;
 			log(msg);
 		});
 	}
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 	events.log = function(msg) {
 		var logFile = path.join(nconf.get('base_dir'), logFileName);
 
-		fs.appendFile(logFile, msg, function(err) {
+		fs.appendFile(logFile, msg + '\n', function(err) {
 			if(err) {
 				winston.error('Error logging event. ' + err.message);
 				return;
diff --git a/src/notifications.js b/src/notifications.js
index f546ebdd3e..e1d5f3ed35 100644
--- a/src/notifications.js
+++ b/src/notifications.js
@@ -197,6 +197,8 @@ var async = require('async'),
 	};
 
 	Notifications.prune = function(cutoff) {
+		var start = process.hrtime();
+
 		if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
 			winston.info('[notifications.prune] Removing expired notifications from the database.');
 		}
@@ -269,6 +271,9 @@ var async = require('async'),
 				if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
 					winston.info('[notifications.prune] Notification pruning completed. ' + numPruned + ' expired notification' + (numPruned !== 1 ? 's' : '') + ' removed.');
 				}
+				var diff = process.hrtime(start);
+				events.log('Pruning notifications took : ' + (diff[0] * 1e3 + diff[1] / 1e6) + ' ms');
+
 			});
 
 		});