diff --git a/src/bitmessagemain.py b/src/bitmessagemain.py
index 4ffc9f5b..cfbfdd6c 100644
--- a/src/bitmessagemain.py
+++ b/src/bitmessagemain.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ from class_singleListener import *
 from class_addressGenerator import *
 
 # Helper Functions
-import helper_startup
 import helper_bootstrap
 
 import sys
@@ -719,11 +718,9 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, helper_generic.signal_handler)
     # signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal.SIG_DFL)
 
-    helper_startup.loadConfig()
-
     helper_bootstrap.knownNodes()
     helper_bootstrap.dns()
-    
+
     # Start the address generation thread
     addressGeneratorThread = addressGenerator()
     addressGeneratorThread.daemon = True  # close the main program even if there are threads left
diff --git a/src/debug.py b/src/debug.py
index 14214686..034d3102 100644
--- a/src/debug.py
+++ b/src/debug.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Use: `from debug import logger` to import this facility into whatever module you
 '''
 import logging
 import logging.config
+import shared
 
 # TODO(xj9): Get from a config file.
 log_level = 'DEBUG'
@@ -40,9 +41,9 @@ logging.config.dictConfig({
             'class': 'logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler',
             'formatter': 'default',
             'level': log_level,
-            'filename': 'bm.log',
-            'maxBytes': 1024,
-            'backupCount': 0,
+            'filename': shared.appdata + 'debug.log',
+            'maxBytes': 2097152, # 2 MiB
+            'backupCount': 1,
         }
     },
     'loggers': {
@@ -65,4 +66,5 @@ logging.config.dictConfig({
     },
 })
 # TODO (xj9): Get from a config file.
-logger = logging.getLogger('console_only')
+#logger = logging.getLogger('console_only')
+logger = logging.getLogger('both')
diff --git a/src/shared.py b/src/shared.py
index c706038a..5abeeb96 100644
--- a/src/shared.py
+++ b/src/shared.py
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ import socket
 import random
 import highlevelcrypto
 import shared
-from debug import logger
+import helper_startup
+
 
 config = ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser()
 myECCryptorObjects = {}
@@ -63,8 +64,6 @@ ackdataForWhichImWatching = {}
 networkDefaultProofOfWorkNonceTrialsPerByte = 320 #The amount of work that should be performed (and demanded) per byte of the payload. Double this number to double the work.
 networkDefaultPayloadLengthExtraBytes = 14000 #To make sending short messages a little more difficult, this value is added to the payload length for use in calculating the proof of work target.
 
-
-
 def isInSqlInventory(hash):
     t = (hash,)
     shared.sqlLock.acquire()
@@ -306,3 +305,6 @@ def fixPotentiallyInvalidUTF8Data(text):
     except:
         output = 'Part of the message is corrupt. The message cannot be displayed the normal way.\n\n' + repr(text)
         return output
+
+helper_startup.loadConfig()
+from debug import logger
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