diff --git a/core/jni/core/daemon.c b/core/jni/core/daemon.c
index 6720fab32..4101ac09c 100644
--- a/core/jni/core/daemon.c
+++ b/core/jni/core/daemon.c
@@ -262,9 +262,6 @@ void start_daemon() {
 		exit(1);
 	xlisten(fd, 10);
 
-	// Start the log monitor
-	monitor_logs();
-
 	if ((is_daemon_init = (access(MAGISKTMP, F_OK) == 0))) {
 		// Restart stuffs if the daemon is restarted
 		exec_command_sync("logcat", "-b", "all", "-c", NULL);
@@ -274,6 +271,9 @@ void start_daemon() {
 		daemon_init();
 	}
 
+	// Start the log monitor
+	monitor_logs();
+
 	LOGI("Magisk v" xstr(MAGISK_VERSION) "(" xstr(MAGISK_VER_CODE) ") daemon started\n");
 
 	// Change process name
diff --git a/core/jni/core/log_monitor.c b/core/jni/core/log_monitor.c
index 2b44f3e02..6ac5a1077 100644
--- a/core/jni/core/log_monitor.c
+++ b/core/jni/core/log_monitor.c
@@ -39,7 +39,14 @@ static void *logger_thread(void *args) {
 			if (kill(log_pid, 0))
 				break;
 		}
-		// Clear buffer if restart required
+
+		// Cleanup
+		close(log_fd);
+		log_fd = -1;
+		kill(log_pid, SIGTERM);
+		waitpid(log_pid, NULL, 0);
+
+		// Clear buffer before restart
 		exec_command_sync("logcat", "-b", "all", "-c", NULL);
 	}
 
@@ -54,7 +61,6 @@ static void *magisk_log_thread(void *args) {
 	struct vector logs;
 	vec_init(&logs);
 
-	FILE *log;
 	int pipefd[2];
 	if (xpipe2(pipefd, O_CLOEXEC) == -1)
 		return NULL;
@@ -64,14 +70,14 @@ static void *magisk_log_thread(void *args) {
 
 	LOGD("log_monitor: magisk log dumper start");
 
+	FILE *log;
+	char *ss;
 	for (char *line; xxread(pipefd[0], &line, sizeof(line)) > 0; free(line)) {
-		char *ss;
 		if ((ss = strstr(line, " Magisk")) && (ss[-1] != 'D') && (ss[-1] != 'V')) {
 			if (!have_data) {
 				if ((have_data = check_data())) {
 					// Dump buffered logs to file
-					rename(LOGFILE, LASTLOG);
-					log = xfopen(LOGFILE, "a");
+					log = xfopen(LOGFILE, "w");
 					setbuf(log, NULL);
 					char *tmp;
 					vec_for_each(&logs, tmp) {
diff --git a/core/jni/core/magiskinit.c b/core/jni/core/magiskinit.c
index 53b8db0fe..1b9389c12 100644
--- a/core/jni/core/magiskinit.c
+++ b/core/jni/core/magiskinit.c
@@ -380,9 +380,9 @@ static void magisk_init_daemon() {
 	destroy_policydb();
 
 	// Keep Magisk daemon always alive
-	struct sockaddr_un sun;
-	fd = setup_socket(&sun);
 	while (1) {
+		struct sockaddr_un sun;
+		fd = setup_socket(&sun);
 		while (connect(fd, (struct sockaddr*) &sun, sizeof(sun)))
 			usleep(10000); /* Wait 10 ms after each try */
 
@@ -391,6 +391,7 @@ static void magisk_init_daemon() {
 
 		/* If things went here, it means the other side of the socket is closed
 		 * We restart the daemon again */
+		close(fd);
 		if (fork_dont_care() == 0) {
 			execv("/sbin/magisk", (char *[]) { "resetprop", "magisk.daemon", "1", NULL } );
 			exit(1);
diff --git a/core/jni/include/magisk.h b/core/jni/include/magisk.h
index 8ab218e25..9baa64792 100644
--- a/core/jni/include/magisk.h
+++ b/core/jni/include/magisk.h
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #endif
 
 #define LOGFILE         "/cache/magisk.log"
-#define LASTLOG         "/cache/last_magisk.log"
 #define DEBUG_LOG       "/data/adb/magisk_debug.log"
 #define UNBLOCKFILE     "/dev/.magisk.unblock"
 #define PATCHDONE       "/dev/.magisk.patch.done"