diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6d206af3..b3d2dbb8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.50])
-AC_INIT([shairport-sync], [5.2], [4265913+mikebrady@users.noreply.github.com])
+AC_INIT([shairport-sync], [5.2.1], [4265913+mikebrady@users.noreply.github.com])
 : ${CFLAGS="-O3"}
 : ${CXXFLAGS="-O3"}
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects])
diff --git a/shairport.c b/shairport.c
index 3c3b0ab5..d64538dd 100644
--- a/shairport.c
+++ b/shairport.c
@@ -2627,8 +2627,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     } else { /* pid == 0 means we are the daemon */
 
       this_is_the_daemon_process = 1;
+/*
       if (log_to_default != 0) // if a specific logging mode has not been selected
         log_to_syslog();       // automatically send logs to the daemon_log
+*/
 
       /* Close FDs */
       if (daemon_close_all(-1) < 0) {