diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a6eabef..4f48f7d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ BIND_ADDRESS=:4050 DATABASE_TYPE=sqlite3 DATABASE_URL=go-neb.db?_busy_timeout=50
  - `DATABASE_URL` is where to find the database file. One will be created if it does not exist. It is a URL so parameters can be passed to it. We recommend setting `_busy_timeout=5000` to prevent sqlite3 "database is locked" errors.
  - `BASE_URL` should be the public-facing endpoint that sites like Github can send webhooks to.
  - `CONFIG_FILE` is the path to the configuration file to read from. This isn't included in the example above, so Go-NEB will operate in HTTP mode.
-
+ - `LOG_DIR` is a directory that log files will be written to, with log rotation enabled. If set, logging to stderr will be disabled.
 Go-NEB needs to be "configured" with clients and services before it will do anything useful. It can be configured via a configuration file OR by an HTTP API.
 
 ## Configuration file
diff --git a/src/github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/goneb.go b/src/github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/goneb.go
index c3463b3..444fd70 100644
--- a/src/github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/goneb.go
+++ b/src/github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/goneb.go
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ func main() {
 				DisableSorting:   false,
 			}, &dugong.DailyRotationSchedule{GZip: false},
 		))
+		log.SetOutput(ioutil.Discard)
 	}
 
 	log.Infof("Go-NEB (%+v)", e)