diff --git a/lbrynet/core/log_support.py b/lbrynet/core/log_support.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..208157d3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lbrynet/core/log_support.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import logging
+import logging.handlers
+import sys
+
+
+DEFAULT_FORMAT = "%(asctime)s %(levelname)-8s %(name)s:%(lineno)d: %(message)s"
+DEFAULT_FORMATTER = logging.Formatter(DEFAULT_FORMAT)
+
+
+def configureConsole(log=None, level=logging.INFO):
+    """Convenience function to configure a logger that outputs to stdout"""
+    log = log or logging.getLogger()
+    handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
+    handler.setFormatter(DEFAULT_FORMATTER)
+    log.addHandler(handler)
+    log.setLevel(level=level)
+
+
+def configureFileHandler(file_name, log=None, level=logging.INFO):
+    log = log or logging.getLogger()
+    handler = logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler(file_name, maxBytes=2097152, backupCount=5)
+    handler.setFormatter(DEFAULT_FORMATTER)
+    log.addHandler(handler)
+    log.setLevel(level=level)
diff --git a/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/LBRYDaemon.py b/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/LBRYDaemon.py
index 4d59fe9f0..ded4643f8 100644
--- a/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/LBRYDaemon.py
+++ b/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/LBRYDaemon.py
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ from lbrynet.lbryfile.LBRYFileMetadataManager import DBLBRYFileMetadataManager,
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+# TODO: this code snippet is everywhere. Make it go away
 if sys.platform != "darwin":
     log_dir = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), ".lbrynet")
 else:
@@ -68,25 +69,10 @@ lbrynet_log = os.path.join(log_dir, LOG_FILE_NAME)
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-# TODO: configuring a logger on module import drastically reduces the
-# amount of control the caller of this code has over logging
-#
-# Better would be to configure all logging at runtime.
-handler = logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler(lbrynet_log, maxBytes=2097152, backupCount=5)
-log.addHandler(handler)
-log.setLevel(logging.INFO)
-
-# if os.path.isfile(lbryum_log):
-#     f = open(lbryum_log, 'r')
-#     PREVIOUS_LBRYUM_LOG = len(f.read())
-#     f.close()
-# else:
-#     PREVIOUS_LBRYUM_LOG = 0
 
 if os.path.isfile(lbrynet_log):
-    f = open(lbrynet_log, 'r')
-    PREVIOUS_LBRYNET_LOG = len(f.read())
-    f.close()
+    with open(lbrynet_log, 'r') as f:
+        PREVIOUS_LBRYNET_LOG = len(f.read())
 else:
     PREVIOUS_LBRYNET_LOG = 0
 
diff --git a/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/LBRYDaemonControl.py b/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/LBRYDaemonControl.py
index b25f73a95..1bfa62eab 100644
--- a/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/LBRYDaemonControl.py
+++ b/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/LBRYDaemonControl.py
@@ -12,10 +12,12 @@ from twisted.web import server
 from twisted.internet import reactor, defer
 from jsonrpc.proxy import JSONRPCProxy
 
+from lbrynet.core import log_support
 from lbrynet.lbrynet_daemon.LBRYDaemonServer import LBRYDaemonServer, LBRYDaemonRequest
 from lbrynet.conf import API_CONNECTION_STRING, API_INTERFACE, API_ADDRESS, API_PORT, \
                             DEFAULT_WALLET, UI_ADDRESS, DEFAULT_UI_BRANCH, LOG_FILE_NAME
 
+# TODO: stop it!
 if sys.platform != "darwin":
     log_dir = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), ".lbrynet")
 else:
@@ -25,15 +27,8 @@ if not os.path.isdir(log_dir):
     os.mkdir(log_dir)
 
 lbrynet_log = os.path.join(log_dir, LOG_FILE_NAME)
-
-DEFAULT_FORMAT = "%(asctime)s %(levelname)-8s %(name)s:%(lineno)d: %(message)s"
-DEFAULT_FORMATTER = logging.Formatter(DEFAULT_FORMAT)
-
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-handler = logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler(lbrynet_log, maxBytes=2097152, backupCount=5)
-handler.setFormatter(DEFAULT_FORMATTER)
-log.addHandler(handler)
-log.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+
 
 REMOTE_SERVER = "www.google.com"
 
@@ -62,13 +57,6 @@ def stop():
     d.callback(None)
 
 
-def configureConsoleLogger():
-    handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
-    handler.setFormatter(DEFAULT_FORMATTER)
-    logging.getLogger().addHandler(handler)
-    logging.getLogger().setLevel(level=logging.INFO)
-
-
 def start():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Launch lbrynet-daemon")
     parser.add_argument("--wallet",
@@ -86,10 +74,11 @@ def start():
     parser.set_defaults(branch=False, launchui=True, logtoconsole=False, quiet=False)
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
-    if args.logtoconsole:
-        configureConsoleLogger()
 
-    args = parser.parse_args()
+    log_support.configureFileHandler(lbrynet_log)
+    if args.logtoconsole:
+        log_support.configureConsole()
+
 
     try:
         JSONRPCProxy.from_url(API_CONNECTION_STRING).is_running()
diff --git a/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/LBRYDaemonServer.py b/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/LBRYDaemonServer.py
index 1ddaf8d49..3f2107079 100644
--- a/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/LBRYDaemonServer.py
+++ b/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/LBRYDaemonServer.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ from lbrynet.lbrynet_daemon.LBRYDaemon import LBRYDaemon
 from lbrynet.conf import API_CONNECTION_STRING, API_ADDRESS, DEFAULT_WALLET, UI_ADDRESS, DEFAULT_UI_BRANCH, LOG_FILE_NAME
 
 
+# TODO: omg, this code is essentially duplicated in LBRYDaemon
 if sys.platform != "darwin":
     data_dir = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), ".lbrynet")
 else:
@@ -29,9 +30,7 @@ if not os.path.isdir(data_dir):
 
 lbrynet_log = os.path.join(data_dir, LOG_FILE_NAME)
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-handler = logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler(lbrynet_log, maxBytes=2097152, backupCount=5)
-log.addHandler(handler)
-log.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+
 
 class LBRYDaemonRequest(server.Request):
     """
diff --git a/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/LBRYDownloader.py b/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/LBRYDownloader.py
index e2aa74ead..0fceb441d 100644
--- a/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/LBRYDownloader.py
+++ b/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/LBRYDownloader.py
@@ -37,9 +37,7 @@ if not os.path.isdir(log_dir):
 
 lbrynet_log = os.path.join(log_dir, LOG_FILE_NAME)
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-handler = logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler(lbrynet_log, maxBytes=2097152, backupCount=5)
-log.addHandler(handler)
-log.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+
 
 class GetStream(object):
     def __init__(self, sd_identifier, session, wallet, lbry_file_manager, max_key_fee, data_rate=0.5,
diff --git a/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/LBRYPublisher.py b/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/LBRYPublisher.py
index bd5c50e4b..2839e46cb 100644
--- a/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/LBRYPublisher.py
+++ b/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/LBRYPublisher.py
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ if not os.path.isdir(log_dir):
 
 lbrynet_log = os.path.join(log_dir, LOG_FILE_NAME)
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-handler = logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler(lbrynet_log, maxBytes=2097152, backupCount=5)
-log.addHandler(handler)
-log.setLevel(logging.INFO)
 
 
 class Publisher(object):
diff --git a/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/LBRYUIManager.py b/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/LBRYUIManager.py
index 0f0aa2a53..346a6e37b 100644
--- a/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/LBRYUIManager.py
+++ b/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/LBRYUIManager.py
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ if not os.path.isdir(log_dir):
 
 lbrynet_log = os.path.join(log_dir, LOG_FILE_NAME)
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-handler = logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler(lbrynet_log, maxBytes=2097152, backupCount=5)
-log.addHandler(handler)
-log.setLevel(logging.INFO)
 
 
 class LBRYUIManager(object):
@@ -239,4 +236,4 @@ class LBRYUIManager(object):
     def _load_ui(self):
         for d in [i[0] for i in os.walk(self.active_dir) if os.path.dirname(i[0]) == self.active_dir]:
             self.root.putChild(os.path.basename(d), static.File(d))
-        return defer.succeed(True)
\ No newline at end of file
+        return defer.succeed(True)