diff --git a/qt/i2pd_qt/.gitignore b/qt/i2pd_qt/.gitignore
index 3abca1bd..f1d57c58 100644
--- a/qt/i2pd_qt/.gitignore
+++ b/qt/i2pd_qt/.gitignore
@@ -6,4 +6,6 @@ i2pd_qt
 Makefile*
 *.stash
 object_script.*
-i2pd_qt_plugin_import.cpp
\ No newline at end of file
+i2pd_qt_plugin_import.cpp
+i2pd_qt.pro.autosave*
+
diff --git a/qt/i2pd_qt/DaemonQT.cpp b/qt/i2pd_qt/DaemonQT.cpp
index f5e6d62b..1e45c583 100644
--- a/qt/i2pd_qt/DaemonQT.cpp
+++ b/qt/i2pd_qt/DaemonQT.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 #include <QMutexLocker>
 #include <QThread>
 
+//#define DEBUG_WITH_DEFAULT_LOGGING (1)
+
 namespace i2p
 {
 namespace qt
@@ -151,10 +153,16 @@ namespace qt
         int result;
 
         {
-            std::shared_ptr<std::iostream> logstreamptr=std::make_shared<std::stringstream>();
+            std::shared_ptr<std::iostream> logstreamptr=
+#ifdef DEBUG_WITH_DEFAULT_LOGGING
+                    nullptr
+#else
+                    std::make_shared<std::stringstream>()
+#endif
+            ;
             //TODO move daemon init deinit to a bg thread
             DaemonQTImpl daemon;
-            (*logstreamptr) << "Initialising the daemon..." << std::endl;
+            if(logstreamptr) (*logstreamptr) << "Initialising the daemon..." << std::endl;
             bool daemonInitSuccess = daemon.init(argc, argv, logstreamptr);
             if(!daemonInitSuccess)
             {
diff --git a/qt/i2pd_qt/i2pd_qt.pro b/qt/i2pd_qt/i2pd_qt.pro
index 9a978731..51aa4246 100644
--- a/qt/i2pd_qt/i2pd_qt.pro
+++ b/qt/i2pd_qt/i2pd_qt.pro
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@ greaterThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 4): QT += widgets
 TARGET = i2pd_qt
 TEMPLATE = app
 QMAKE_CXXFLAGS *= -std=c++11 -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-maybe-uninitialized
-DEFINES += USE_UPNP
+
+# For now, disable UPnP which currently crashes on Stop() -- https://github.com/PurpleI2P/i2pd/issues/1387
+#DEFINES += USE_UPNP
+DEFINES -= USE_UPNP
+
+debug: DEFINES += DEBUG_WITH_DEFAULT_LOGGING
 
 SOURCES += DaemonQT.cpp mainwindow.cpp \
     ../../libi2pd/api.cpp \
diff --git a/qt/i2pd_qt/logviewermanager.cpp b/qt/i2pd_qt/logviewermanager.cpp
index 30fc904a..823956b2 100644
--- a/qt/i2pd_qt/logviewermanager.cpp
+++ b/qt/i2pd_qt/logviewermanager.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace logviewer {
 
 QString Worker::pollAndShootATimerForInfiniteRetries() {
     std::shared_ptr<std::iostream> logStream=logViewerManager.getLogStream();
-    assert(logStream!=nullptr);
+    if(!logStream)return "";
     std::streamsize MAX_SZ=64*1024;
     char*buf=(char*)malloc(MAX_SZ*sizeof(char));
     if(buf==nullptr)return "";