diff --git a/application/ManiaControl.php b/application/ManiaControl.php
index 3c268806..81f92a3b 100644
--- a/application/ManiaControl.php
+++ b/application/ManiaControl.php
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 error_reporting(E_ALL);
 
 // Run configuration
+define('DEV_MODE', false); // Development mode to not send error reports etc.
 define('LOG_NAME_USE_DATE', true); // Use current date as suffix for log file name in logs folder
 define('LOG_NAME_USE_PID', true); // Use current process id as suffix for log file name in logs folder
-define('DEV_MODE', false); // Development mode to not send error reports etc.
 
 // Define base dir
 define('ManiaControlDir', __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
@@ -33,37 +33,20 @@ if (LOG_NAME_USE_PID) {
 	$logFileName .= '_' . getmypid();
 }
 $logFileName .= '.log';
-define('LOG_FILE', $logFileName);
-ini_set('error_log', LOG_FILE);
-@file_put_contents(LOG_FILE, '');
+ini_set('error_log', $logFileName);
 
 /**
  * Log and echo the given text
  *
  * @param string $message
  * @param bool   $eol
- * @param bool   $date
  */
-function logMessage($message, $eol = true, $date = true) {
-	if ($date) {
-		$date    = date('d.M y H:i:s');
-		$message = $date . ' ' . $message;
-	}
-	if ($eol) {
-		$message .= PHP_EOL;
-	}
-	if (defined('LOG_CURRENT_FILE')) {
-		if (!is_writable(LOG_CURRENT_FILE) || !file_put_contents(LOG_CURRENT_FILE, $message, FILE_APPEND)) {
-			echo 'Current-Logfile not write-able, please check the File Permissions!';
-		}
-	}
-	if (!is_writable(LOG_FILE) || !file_put_contents(LOG_FILE, $message, FILE_APPEND)) {
-		echo 'Logfile not write-able, please check the File Permissions!';
-	}
-	echo $message;
+function logMessage($message, $eol = true) {
+	error_log($message);
+	echo $message . ($eol ? PHP_EOL : '');
 }
 
-logMessage('Starting ManiaControl ...');
+logMessage('Starting ManiaControl...');
 
 /**
  * Check for Min PHP version
@@ -71,10 +54,10 @@ logMessage('Starting ManiaControl ...');
 define('MIN_PHP_VERSION', '5.4');
 logMessage('Checking for minimum required PHP-Version ' . MIN_PHP_VERSION . ' ... ', false);
 if (phpversion() >= MIN_PHP_VERSION) {
-	logMessage(phpversion() . " OK!", true, false);
+	logMessage(phpversion() . " OK!", true);
 } else {
-	logMessage('TOO OLD VERSION!', true, false);
-	logMessage(' -- Make sure that you install at least PHP 5.4', true, false);
+	logMessage('TOO OLD VERSION!', true);
+	logMessage(' -- Make sure that you install at least PHP 5.4', true);
 	exit();
 }
 
@@ -85,19 +68,19 @@ if (phpversion() >= MIN_PHP_VERSION) {
  */
 logMessage('Checking for installed MySQLi ... ', false);
 if (extension_loaded('mysqli')) {
-	logMessage('FOUND!', true, false);
+	logMessage('FOUND!', true);
 } else {
-	logMessage('NOT FOUND!', true, false);
-	logMessage(' -- You don\'t have MySQLi installed, make sure to check: http://www.php.net/manual/en/mysqli.installation.php', true, false);
+	logMessage('NOT FOUND!', true);
+	logMessage(' -- You don\'t have MySQLi installed, make sure to check: http://www.php.net/manual/en/mysqli.installation.php', true);
 	exit();
 }
 
 logMessage('Checking for installed cURL   ... ', false);
 if (extension_loaded('curl')) {
-	logMessage('FOUND!', true, false);
+	logMessage('FOUND!', true);
 } else {
-	logMessage('NOT FOUND!', true, false);
-	logMessage('You don\'t have cURL installed, make sure to check: http://www.php.net/manual/en/curl.installation.php', true, false);
+	logMessage('NOT FOUND!', true);
+	logMessage('You don\'t have cURL installed, make sure to check: http://www.php.net/manual/en/curl.installation.php', true);
 	exit();
 }