diff --git a/scripts/seafile.sh b/scripts/seafile.sh
index 9b8b6a8cb3..9a02a836bf 100755
--- a/scripts/seafile.sh
+++ b/scripts/seafile.sh
@@ -175,7 +175,11 @@ function start_seafile_server () {
     sleep 2
 
     # seafile-monitor
-    ${INSTALLPATH}/seafile-monitor.sh &>> ${TOPDIR}/logs/seafile-monitor.log &
+    if [[ $SEAFILE_LOG_TO_STDOUT = "true" ]]; then
+        ${INSTALLPATH}/seafile-monitor.sh &
+    else
+        ${INSTALLPATH}/seafile-monitor.sh &>> ${TOPDIR}/logs/seafile-monitor.log &
+    fi
 
     sleep 1
 
diff --git a/scripts/seahub.sh b/scripts/seahub.sh
index d9cbfea254..87edbf7c4d 100755
--- a/scripts/seahub.sh
+++ b/scripts/seahub.sh
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ function start_seahub () {
     check_init_admin;
 
     export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=seahub.settings
-    $PYTHON $gunicorn_exe seahub.wsgi:application -c "${gunicorn_conf}" --preload
+    $PYTHON $gunicorn_exe seahub.wsgi:application -c "${gunicorn_conf}" --preload &
 
     # Ensure seahub is started successfully
     sleep 5
diff --git a/seahub/settings.py b/seahub/settings.py
index 253f684646..3de2ffa5bb 100644
--- a/seahub/settings.py
+++ b/seahub/settings.py
@@ -647,12 +647,8 @@ TERMS_OF_SERVICE_LINK = ''
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['*']
 
 # Logging
-seafile_log_to_stdout = os.getenv('SEAFILE_LOG_TO_STDOUT', 0)
-try:
-    enable_log_to_stdout = int(seafile_log_to_stdout)
-except ValueError:
-    enable_log_to_stdout = 0
-if enable_log_to_stdout:
+seafile_log_to_stdout = os.getenv('SEAFILE_LOG_TO_STDOUT', 'false') == 'true'
+if seafile_log_to_stdout:
     LOGGING = {
         'version': 1,
         # Enable existing loggers so that gunicorn errors will be bubbled up when