diff --git a/daemon/unbound.c b/daemon/unbound.c
index 6dba9aa51..bbc89de14 100644
--- a/daemon/unbound.c
+++ b/daemon/unbound.c
@@ -128,10 +128,6 @@ apply_dir(struct daemon* daemon, struct config_file* cfg, int cmdline_verbose,
 				log_err("cwd: malloc failed");
 		}
 	}
-	/*** TODO this has bad permissions on the logfile 
-	if(!debug_mode) {
-		log_init(cfg->logfile, cfg->use_syslog);
-	} */
 	if(!daemon->env->msg_cache ||
 	   cfg->msg_cache_size != slabhash_get_size(daemon->env->msg_cache) ||
 	   cfg->msg_cache_slabs != daemon->env->msg_cache->size) {
diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index b289b6387..8f87fd895 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+6 October 2007: Wouter
+	- removed logfile open early. It did not have the proper permissions;
+	  it was opened as root instead of the user. And we cannot change user
+	  id yet, since chroot and bind ports need to be done.
+
 5 October 2007: Wouter
 	- function pointer whitelist.