diff -ru longview-5bcc9b60896b72de2d14f046f911477c26eb70ba-src.orig/Linode/Longview/Logger.pm longview-5bcc9b60896b72de2d14f046f911477c26eb70ba-src/Linode/Longview/Logger.pm
--- longview-5bcc9b60896b72de2d14f046f911477c26eb70ba-src.orig/Linode/Longview/Logger.pm	2015-10-28 17:15:32.816515318 +0000
+++ longview-5bcc9b60896b72de2d14f046f911477c26eb70ba-src/Linode/Longview/Logger.pm	2015-10-28 18:00:50.760332026 +0000
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@
         my ( $self, $message ) = @_;
 
         my $ts = strftime( '%m/%d %T', localtime );
-        $self->{logger}->write(
-            sprintf( '%s %s Longview[%i] - %s', $ts, uc($level), $$, $message ),
-            $levels->{$level} );
+        printf( "%s %s Longview[%i] - %s\n", $ts, uc($level), $$, $message );
         die "$message" if $level eq 'logdie';
     };
 }
@@ -37,12 +35,6 @@
     my ( $class, $level ) = @_;
     my $self = {};
 
-    mkpath($LOGDIR) unless (-d $LOGDIR);
-    $self->{logger}
-        = Log::LogLite->new( $LOGDIR . 'longview.log', $level )
-        or die "Couldn't create logger object: $!";
-    $self->{logger}->template("<message>\n");
-
     return bless $self, $class;
 }
 
diff -ru longview-5bcc9b60896b72de2d14f046f911477c26eb70ba-src.orig/Linode/Longview/Util.pm longview-5bcc9b60896b72de2d14f046f911477c26eb70ba-src/Linode/Longview/Util.pm
--- longview-5bcc9b60896b72de2d14f046f911477c26eb70ba-src.orig/Linode/Longview/Util.pm	2015-10-28 17:15:32.816515318 +0000
+++ longview-5bcc9b60896b72de2d14f046f911477c26eb70ba-src/Linode/Longview/Util.pm	2015-10-28 19:20:30.894314658 +0000
@@ -225,7 +225,6 @@
  	#<<<   perltidy ignore
  	chdir '/'                      or $logger->logdie("Can't chdir to /: $!");
  	open STDIN, '<', '/dev/null'   or $logger->logdie("Can't read /dev/null: $!");
- 	open STDOUT, '>>', '/dev/null' or $logger->logdie("Can't write to /dev/null: $!");
  	open STDERR, '>>', '/dev/null' or $logger->logdie("Can't write to /dev/null: $!");
 	tie *STDERR, "Linode::Longview::STDERRLogger";
  	defined( my $pid = fork )      or $logger->logdie("Can't fork: $!");