diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index a19c2c09e..efcbc6203 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -288,10 +288,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     int err = 0;
     lua_State *L;
     setup_signal_handler();
-    /* parse args once to read config file location */
-    if (parse_args(argc, argv, &err) != 0) {
-        return err;
-    }
     /* ini file sets defaults for arguments*/
     parse_config(inifile);
     if (!global.inifile) {
diff --git a/src/util/log.c b/src/util/log.c
index 1cc3836db..958e26e2f 100644
--- a/src/util/log.c
+++ b/src/util/log.c
@@ -236,7 +236,6 @@ void log_printf(FILE * io, const char *format, ...)
     va_end(args);
 }
 
-
 static FILE *logfile;
 
 void log_close(void)
@@ -257,9 +256,6 @@ void log_close(void)
 
 void log_open(const char *filename)
 {
-    if (logfile) {
-        log_close();
-    }
     log_rotate(filename, LOG_MAXBACKUPS);
     logfile = fopen(filename, "a");
     if (logfile) {