diff --git a/native/jni/core/logging.cpp b/native/jni/core/logging.cpp
index 75a49d11e..3075113e7 100644
--- a/native/jni/core/logging.cpp
+++ b/native/jni/core/logging.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ void setup_logfile(bool reset) {
 // Maximum message length for pipes to transfer atomically
 #define MAX_MSG_LEN  (PIPE_BUF - sizeof(log_meta))
 
-static void logfile_writer(int pipefd) {
+static void *logfile_writer(void *arg) {
+    int pipefd = (long) arg;
+
     run_finally close_pipes([=] {
         // Close up all logging pipes when thread dies
         close(pipefd);
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ static void logfile_writer(int pipefd) {
     for (;;) {
         // Read meta data
         if (read(pipefd, &meta, sizeof(meta)) != sizeof(meta))
-            return;
+            return nullptr;
 
         if (meta.prio < 0) {
             if (!switched) {
@@ -75,7 +77,7 @@ static void logfile_writer(int pipefd) {
                 rename(LOGFILE, LOGFILE ".bak");
                 int fd = open(LOGFILE, O_WRONLY | O_APPEND | O_CREAT | O_CLOEXEC, 0644);
                 if (fd < 0)
-                    return;
+                    return nullptr;
                 if (tmp.data)
                     write(fd, tmp.data, tmp.len);
 
@@ -87,7 +89,7 @@ static void logfile_writer(int pipefd) {
 
         // Read message
         if (read(pipefd, buf, meta.len) != meta.len)
-            return;
+            return nullptr;
 
         timeval tv;
         tm tm;
@@ -186,6 +188,7 @@ void start_log_daemon() {
     int fds[2];
     if (pipe2(fds, O_CLOEXEC) == 0) {
         logd_fd = fds[1];
-        exec_task([fd = fds[0]] { logfile_writer(fd); });
+        long fd = fds[0];
+        new_daemon_thread(logfile_writer, (void *) fd);
     }
 }
diff --git a/native/jni/core/thread.cpp b/native/jni/core/thread.cpp
index fca12180a..667d66a7b 100644
--- a/native/jni/core/thread.cpp
+++ b/native/jni/core/thread.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ void exec_task(function<void()> &&task) {
     pending_task.swap(task);
     if (available_threads == 0) {
         ++active_threads;
-        long is_core_pool = active_threads > CORE_POOL_SIZE;
+        long is_core_pool = active_threads <= CORE_POOL_SIZE;
         new_daemon_thread(thread_pool_loop, (void *) is_core_pool);
     } else {
         pthread_cond_signal(&send_task);