diff --git a/DaemonWin32.cpp b/DaemonWin32.cpp
index 4ab65040..bf5f938c 100644
--- a/DaemonWin32.cpp
+++ b/DaemonWin32.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,14 @@ namespace i2p
 			SetConsoleOutputCP(1251);
 			setlocale(LC_ALL, "Russian");
 
-			return Daemon_Singleton::start();
+			bool ret = Daemon_Singleton::start();
+			if (ret && IsLogToFile ())
+			{	
+				// TODO: find out where this garbage to console comes from
+				SetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE, INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE);
+				SetStdHandle(STD_ERROR_HANDLE, INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE);
+			}
+			return ret;
 		}
 
 		bool DaemonWin32::stop()
diff --git a/Log.h b/Log.h
index 5b07e2c9..363a23b5 100644
--- a/Log.h
+++ b/Log.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ class Log: public i2p::util::MsgQueue<LogMsg>
 		std::shared_ptr<std::ostream> GetLogStream () const { return m_LogStream; };	
 		const std::string& GetTimestamp ();
 		LogLevel GetLogLevel () { return m_MinLevel; };
+		const std::string& GetFullFilePath () const { return m_FullFilePath; };
 
 	private:
 
@@ -110,6 +111,11 @@ inline void ReopenLogFile ()
 		g_Log->ReopenLogFile ();
 }
 
+inline bool IsLogToFile ()
+{
+	return g_Log ? !g_Log->GetFullFilePath ().empty () : false;
+}	
+
 template<typename TValue>
 void LogPrint (std::stringstream& s, TValue arg) 
 {