diff --git a/bin/linspector b/bin/linspector
index 555db0a..08a1178 100755
--- a/bin/linspector
+++ b/bin/linspector
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ from linspector.environment import Environment
 from linspector.linspector import Linspector
 from linspector.monitors import Monitors
 
-__version__ = '0.26.1'
+__version__ = '0.27.0'
 __author__ = 'Johannes Findeisen <you@hanez.org>'
 
+sys.stderr = open('/dev/null', 'w')
+
 
 def parse_args():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
@@ -58,28 +60,15 @@ def linspector():
     services = {}
     tasks = {}
 
+    try:
+        configuration = Configuration(args.configuration_path)
+    except Exception as err:
+        print('configuration error: {0}'.format(err))
+        sys.exit(1)
+
     log.remove()
     default_log_format = 'timestamp={time:YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss.SSSSSS ZZ} uptime={elapsed} level={level} ' \
                          'name=linspector exec={name}:{function} line={line} {message}'
-    log_level = "INFO"
-    log.add(sys.stderr, backtrace=True, colorize=True, diagnose=True, format=default_log_format, level=log_level)
-
-    try:
-        configuration = Configuration(args.configuration_path, log)
-    except Exception as err:
-        log.error('configuration error: {0}'.format(err))
-        sys.exit(1)
-
-    if configuration.get_option('linspector', 'log_format') or configuration.get_option('linspector', 'log_level'):
-        log.remove()
-        log_format = default_log_format
-        if configuration.get_option('linspector', 'log_format'):
-            log_format = configuration.get_option('linspector', 'log_format')
-
-        if configuration.get_option('linspector', 'log_level'):
-            log_level = configuration.get_option('linspector', 'log_level')
-
-        log.add(sys.stderr, backtrace=True, colorize=True, diagnose=True, format=log_format, level=log_level)
 
     if configuration.get_option('linspector', 'logfile'):
         logfile_count = '10'
@@ -90,7 +79,7 @@ def linspector():
         if configuration.get_option('linspector', 'logfile_format'):
             logfile_format = configuration.get_option('linspector', 'logfile_format')
 
-        logfile_level = log_level
+        logfile_level = 'INFO'
         if configuration.get_option('linspector', 'logfile_level'):
             logfile_level = configuration.get_option('linspector', 'logfile_level')
 
@@ -105,7 +94,8 @@ def linspector():
 
     try:
         if configuration.get_option('linspector', 'tasks'):
-            log.info('Loading tasks: ' + configuration.get_option('linspector', 'tasks'))
+            log.info('loading tasks: ' + configuration.get_option('linspector', 'tasks'))
+            print('Loading tasks: ' + configuration.get_option('linspector', 'tasks'))
             task_list = configuration.get_option('linspector', 'tasks')
             task_list = task_list.split(',')
             for task_name in task_list:
@@ -155,6 +145,7 @@ def linspector():
             signal.pause()
         except KeyboardInterrupt:
             log.info('program terminated by user!')
+            print('Program terminated by user!')
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/etc/linspector.conf b/etc/linspector.conf
index 251510e..89cf166 100644
--- a/etc/linspector.conf
+++ b/etc/linspector.conf
@@ -9,19 +9,16 @@ max_processes = 1
 max_threads = 2048
 pid_file = /var/run/user/1000/linspector.pid
 
-; log format. this overrides the default configured in the code
-log_format = <green>[{time:YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss.SSSSSS ZZ}]</green> <yellow>[{elapsed}]</yellow> <magenta>[{level}]</magenta> <blue>[linspector]</blue> <cyan>[{name}:{function}:{line}]</cyan><red>:</red> {message}
-; log level for stderr logging (default: INFO)
-log_level = INFO
-; logfile to use
+; logfile to use (if not set set no output will be logged somewhere)
 logfile = /home/hanez/code/linspector/linspector/log/linspector.log
 ; number of logfiles to keep (default: 10)
-logfile_count = 5
+logfile_count = 10
 ; logfile format. this overrides the default configured in the code
 ;logfile_format = [{time:YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss.SSSSSS ZZ}] [{elapsed}] [{level}] [linspector] [{name}:{function}:{line}]: {message}
-; log level for file based logging
-logfile_level = DEBUG
-; size of logfiles (default: 1MB)
+logfile_format = [{time:YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss.SSSSSS ZZ}] [{elapsed}] [{level}] [linspector]: {message}
+; log level (default: INFO)
+logfile_level = INFO
+; max logfile size (default: 1MB)
 logfile_size = 10MB
 
 notifications =
diff --git a/linspector/configuration.py b/linspector/configuration.py
index 289fea3..ab0c2d7 100644
--- a/linspector/configuration.py
+++ b/linspector/configuration.py
@@ -10,13 +10,11 @@ import os
 
 
 class Configuration:
-    def __init__(self, configuration_path, log):
+    def __init__(self, configuration_path):
         self._configuration = configparser.ConfigParser()
         self._configuration_path = configuration_path
-        self._log = log
 
-        log.info('message=reading configuration configfile=' + configuration_path +
-                 '/linspector.conf')
+        print('Reading configuration file: ' + configuration_path + '/linspector.conf')
         if os.path.isfile(configuration_path + '/linspector.conf'):
             try:
                 self._configuration.read(configuration_path + '/linspector.conf', 'utf-8')