diff --git a/src/sbin/lorax-composer b/src/sbin/lorax-composer
index f969eece..fce021d6 100755
--- a/src/sbin/lorax-composer
+++ b/src/sbin/lorax-composer
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import logging
 log = logging.getLogger("lorax-composer")
 program_log = logging.getLogger("program")
 pylorax_log = logging.getLogger("pylorax")
+server_log = logging.getLogger("server")
 
 import argparse
 import os
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ def setup_logging(logfile):
     log.addHandler(sh)
     pylorax_log.addHandler(sh)
 
-    fh = logging.FileHandler(filename=logfile, mode="w")
+    fh = logging.FileHandler(filename=logfile)
     fh.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
     fmt = logging.Formatter("%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(name)s: %(message)s")
     fh.setFormatter(fmt)
@@ -78,10 +79,27 @@ def setup_logging(logfile):
     # External program output log
     program_log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
     logfile = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(logfile))+"/program.log"
-    fh = logging.FileHandler(filename=logfile, mode="w")
+    fh = logging.FileHandler(filename=logfile)
     fh.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
     program_log.addHandler(fh)
 
+    # Server request logging
+    server_log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+    logfile = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(logfile))+"/server.log"
+    fh = logging.FileHandler(filename=logfile)
+    fh.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+    server_log.addHandler(fh)
+
+
+class LogWrapper(object):
+    """Wrapper for the WSGIServer which only calls write()"""
+    def __init__(self, log_obj):
+        self.log = log_obj
+
+    def write(self, msg):
+        """Log everything as INFO"""
+        self.log.info(msg.strip())
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     # parse the arguments
@@ -95,6 +113,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     if not os.path.isdir(logpath):
         os.makedirs(logpath)
     setup_logging(opts.logfile)
+    log.debug("opts=%s", opts)
 
     if not os.path.isdir(opts.RECIPES):
         log.warn("Creating empty recipe directory at %s", opts.RECIPES)
@@ -107,9 +126,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     # Import example recipes
     commit_recipe_directory(server.config["GITLOCK"].repo, "master", opts.RECIPES)
 
-    http_server = WSGIServer((opts.host, opts.port), server)
+    log.info("Starting %s on %s:%d with recipes from %s", VERSION, opts.host, opts.port, opts.RECIPES)
+
+    http_server = WSGIServer((opts.host, opts.port), server, log=LogWrapper(server_log))
     # The server writes directly to a file object, so point to our log directory
-    server_logfile = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(opts.logfile))+"/server.log"
-    server_log = open(server_logfile, "w")
-    http_server.log = server_log
     http_server.serve_forever()