diff --git a/src/common.py b/src/common.py
index a54b48c4a..9008192db 100644
--- a/src/common.py
+++ b/src/common.py
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ else:
 import sys 
 if hasattr(sys, "frozen"):
     INSTALL_PREFIX = ''
-    os.chdir(os.path.dirname(unicode(sys.executable, sys.getfilesystemencoding( ))))
+    os.chdir(os.path.dirname(unicode(sys.executable, sys.getfilesystemencoding( ))))
+    sys.stdout = open("deluge.stdout.log", "w")
+    sys.stderr = open("deluge.stderr.log", "w")
 else:
     # the necessary substitutions are made at installation time
     INSTALL_PREFIX = '@datadir@'