diff --git a/config/config.example.js b/config/config.example.js
index 2ae63dc08..1fae5ae9c 100644
--- a/config/config.example.js
+++ b/config/config.example.js
@@ -291,11 +291,6 @@ module.exports = {
      */
     verbose: false,
 
-    /*  RPC errors are shown by default, but if you really don't care,
-     *  you can suppress them
-     */
-    suppressRPCErrors: false,
-
     /*  clients can use the /settings/ app to opt out of usage feedback
      *  which informs the server of things like how much each app is being
      *  used, and whether certain clientside features are supported by
diff --git a/lib/log.js b/lib/log.js
index 7170fd0e2..941150530 100644
--- a/lib/log.js
+++ b/lib/log.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ var messageTemplate = function (type, time, tag, info) {
 };
 
 var write = function (ctx, content) {
+    if (!ctx.store) { return; }
     ctx.store.log(ctx.channelName, content);
 };
 
@@ -44,7 +45,12 @@ var handlers = {
     }
 };
 
+var noop = function () {};
+
 var createLogType = function (ctx, type) {
+    if (logLevels.indexOf(type) < logLevels.indexOf(ctx.logLevel)) {
+        return noop;
+    }
     return function (tag, info) {
         var time = new Date().toISOString();
         var content;
@@ -53,7 +59,6 @@ var createLogType = function (ctx, type) {
         } catch (e) {
             return;
         }
-
         if (ctx.logToStdout && typeof(handlers[type]) === 'function') {
             handlers[type](ctx, time, tag, info);
         }
@@ -61,17 +66,29 @@ var createLogType = function (ctx, type) {
     };
 };
 
-// Log.verbose('THING', x);
+var createMethods = function (ctx) {
+    var log = {};
+    logLevels.forEach(function (type) {
+        log[type] = createLogType(ctx, type);
+    });
+    return log;
+};
+
 Logger.create = function (config, cb) {
-    if (!config.logPath) {
-        // XXX don't crash, print that you won't log to file
-        throw new Error("Logger: Expected filePath");
+    if (typeof(config.logLevel) !== 'string') {
+        config.logLevel = 'info';
     }
 
-    /* config: {
-        filePath: '???',
-        logLevel: 'silly',
-    } */
+    var ctx = {
+        channelName: launchTime,
+        logFeedback: Boolean(config.logFeedback),
+        logLevel: config.logLevel,
+    };
+
+    if (!config.logPath) {
+        console.log("No logPath configured. Logging to file disabled");
+        return void cb(Object.freeze(createMethods(ctx)));
+    }
 
     var date = new Date();
     var launchTime = ('' + date.getUTCFullYear()).slice(-2) + date.toISOString();
@@ -79,20 +96,8 @@ Logger.create = function (config, cb) {
     Store.create({
         filePath: config.logPath,
     }, function (store) {
-        var ctx = {
-            store: store,
-            channelName: launchTime,
-            logFeedback: Boolean(config.logFeedback),
-    // TODO respect configured log settings
-            logLevel: logLevels.indexOf(config.logLevel), // 0 for silly, 1 for debug
-        };
-
-        var log = {};
-        logLevels.forEach(function (type) {
-            log[type] = createLogType(ctx, type);
-        });
-
-        cb(Object.freeze(log));
+        ctx.store = store;
+        cb(Object.freeze(createMethods(ctx)));
     });
 };
 
diff --git a/rpc.js b/rpc.js
index 9993f3a19..00ab2949b 100644
--- a/rpc.js
+++ b/rpc.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ var Fse = require("fs-extra");
 var Path = require("path");
 var Https = require("https");
 const Package = require('./package.json');
-const Pinned = require('./pinned');
+const Pinned = require('./scripts/pinned');
 const Saferphore = require("saferphore");
 const nThen = require("nthen");
 const getFolderSize = require("get-folder-size");
@@ -25,15 +25,16 @@ var Store = require("./storage/file");
 
 var DEFAULT_LIMIT = 50 * 1024 * 1024;
 var SESSION_EXPIRATION_TIME = 60 * 1000;
-var SUPPRESS_RPC_ERRORS = false;
 
 var Log;
 
 var WARN = function (e, output) {
-    if (!SUPPRESS_RPC_ERRORS && e && output) {
-        console.error(new Date().toISOString() + ' [' + String(e) + ']', output);
-        console.error(new Error(e).stack);
-        console.error();
+    if (e && output) {
+        Log.warn(e, {
+            output: output,
+            message: String(e),
+            stack: new Error(e).stack,
+        });
     }
 };
 
@@ -1629,8 +1630,6 @@ RPC.create = function (
     // load pin-store...
     Log.silly('LOADING RPC MODULE');
 
-    if (config.suppressRPCErrors) { SUPPRESS_RPC_ERRORS = true; }
-
     var keyOrDefaultString = function (key, def) {
         return typeof(config[key]) === 'string'? config[key]: def;
     };
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 8f7b493fa..24d7fecc3 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ httpServer.listen(config.httpPort,config.httpAddress,function(){
     var port = config.httpPort;
     var ps = port === 80? '': ':' + port;
 
-    console.log('\n[%s] server available http://%s%s', new Date().toISOString(), hostName, ps);
+    console.log('[%s] server available http://%s%s', new Date().toISOString(), hostName, ps);
 });
 if (config.httpSafePort) {
     Http.createServer(app).listen(config.httpSafePort, config.httpAddress);
@@ -254,17 +254,19 @@ var wsConfig = { server: httpServer };
 var rpc;
 var historyKeeper;
 
+var log;
+
 // Initialize tasks, then rpc, then store, then history keeper and then start the server
 var nt = nThen(function (w) {
     // set up logger
     var Logger = require("./lib/log");
-    console.log("Loading logging module");
+    //console.log("Loading logging module");
     Logger.create(config, w(function (_log) {
-        config.log = _log;
+        log = config.log = _log;
     }));
 }).nThen(function (w) {
     var Tasks = require("./storage/tasks");
-    console.log("loading task scheduler");
+    //log.debug('loading task scheduler');
     Tasks.create(config, w(function (e, tasks) {
         config.tasks = tasks;
     }));
@@ -297,7 +299,7 @@ var nt = nThen(function (w) {
 }).nThen(function () {
     if (config.useExternalWebsocket) { return; }
     if (websocketPort !== config.httpPort) {
-        console.log("setting up a new websocket server");
+        log.debug("setting up a new websocket server");
         wsConfig = { port: websocketPort};
     }
     var wsSrv = new WebSocketServer(wsConfig);