diff --git a/src/switch.c b/src/switch.c
index cf99369233..156f2e369b 100644
--- a/src/switch.c
+++ b/src/switch.c
@@ -107,6 +107,19 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (bg) {
 		//snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s%c%s", SWITCH_GLOBAL_dirs.log_dir, sep, lfile);
 		ppath = lfile;
+
+		signal(SIGHUP, (void *) handle_SIGHUP);
+		signal(SIGTERM, (void *) handle_SIGHUP);
+
+#ifdef WIN32
+		FreeConsole();
+#else
+		if ((pid = fork())) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "%d Backgrounding.\n", (int)pid);
+			exit(0);
+		}
+#endif
+	
 	}
 
 
@@ -132,19 +145,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 
 
-	if (bg) {
-		signal(SIGHUP, (void *) handle_SIGHUP);
-		signal(SIGTERM, (void *) handle_SIGHUP);
 
-#ifdef WIN32
-		FreeConsole();
-#else
-		if ((pid = fork())) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "%d Backgrounding.\n", (int)pid);
-			exit(0);
-		}
-#endif
-	}
 
 	snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s%s%s", SWITCH_GLOBAL_dirs.log_dir, SWITCH_PATH_SEPARATOR, pfile);
 	if ((f = fopen(path, "w")) == 0) {
diff --git a/src/switch_core.c b/src/switch_core.c
index cba3335065..81e0a5355b 100644
--- a/src/switch_core.c
+++ b/src/switch_core.c
@@ -2361,10 +2361,10 @@ static void *SWITCH_THREAD_FUNC switch_core_sql_thread(switch_thread *thread, vo
 	switch_time_t last_commit = switch_time_now();
 	uint32_t work = 0, freq = 1000, target = 500, diff = 0;
 	
-	if (!runtime.event_db) {
-		runtime.event_db = switch_core_db_handle();
-	}
 
+	runtime.event_db = switch_core_db_handle();
+	switch_queue_create(&runtime.sql_queue, SWITCH_SQL_QUEUE_LEN, runtime.memory_pool);
+	
 	for(;;) {
 		if (switch_queue_trypop(runtime.sql_queue, &pop) == SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
 			char *sql = (char *) pop;
@@ -2565,18 +2565,15 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status) switch_core_init(char *console)
 	/* INIT APR and Create the pool context */
 	if (apr_initialize() != SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
 		apr_terminate();
+		fprintf(stderr, "FATAL ERROR! Could not initilize APR\n");
 		return SWITCH_STATUS_MEMERR;
 	}
 
-	
 	if (apr_pool_create(&runtime.memory_pool, NULL) != SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
-		switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_CRIT, "Could not allocate memory pool\n");
+		fprintf(stderr, "FATAL ERROR! Could not allocate memory pool\n");
 		switch_core_destroy();
 		return SWITCH_STATUS_MEMERR;
 	}
-	assert(runtime.memory_pool != NULL);
-	switch_log_init(runtime.memory_pool);
-	switch_core_sql_thread_launch();
 
 	if(console) {
 		if (*console != '/') {
@@ -2589,9 +2586,9 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status) switch_core_init(char *console)
 		runtime.console = stdout;
 	}
 
-
-	switch_queue_create(&runtime.sql_queue, SWITCH_SQL_QUEUE_LEN, runtime.memory_pool);
-
+	assert(runtime.memory_pool != NULL);
+	switch_log_init(runtime.memory_pool);
+	switch_core_sql_thread_launch();
 
 	switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_DEBUG, "Allocated memory pool. Sessions are %u bytes\n", sizeof(struct switch_core_session));
 	switch_event_init(runtime.memory_pool);
diff --git a/src/switch_log.c b/src/switch_log.c
index 7bb08d2b5c..daed611ea5 100644
--- a/src/switch_log.c
+++ b/src/switch_log.c
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ static void *SWITCH_THREAD_FUNC log_thread(switch_thread *thread, void *obj)
 			free(node);
 		}
 	}
+
 	THREAD_RUNNING = 0;
 	switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_CONSOLE, "Logger Ended.\n");
 	return NULL;