diff --git a/maloja/__pkginfo__.py b/maloja/__pkginfo__.py
index 807f5a6..299c8fc 100644
--- a/maloja/__pkginfo__.py
+++ b/maloja/__pkginfo__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ author = {
 	"email":"maloja@krateng.dev",
 	"github": "krateng"
 }
-version = 2,4,11
+version = 2,4,12
 versionstr = ".".join(str(n) for n in version)
 links = {
 	"pypi":"malojaserver",
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ links = {
 requires = [
 	"bottle>=0.12.16",
 	"waitress>=1.3",
-	"doreah>=1.5.6",
+	"doreah>=1.6.3",
 	"nimrodel>=0.6.3",
 	"setproctitle>=1.1.10",
 	"wand>=0.5.4",
diff --git a/maloja/data_files/settings/default.ini b/maloja/data_files/settings/default.ini
index 38f0bed..37d2ab4 100644
--- a/maloja/data_files/settings/default.ini
+++ b/maloja/data_files/settings/default.ini
@@ -70,3 +70,4 @@ FEDERATION = yes #does nothing yet
 UPDATE_AFTER_CRASH = no #update when server is automatically restarted
 DAILY_RESTART = 2 # hour of day. no / none means no daily restarts
 SKIP_SETUP = no
+LOGGING = true
diff --git a/maloja/globalconf.py b/maloja/globalconf.py
index 3717d35..5ed516f 100644
--- a/maloja/globalconf.py
+++ b/maloja/globalconf.py
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@ config(
 	pyhp={
 		"version": 2
 	},
-	logging={
-		"logfolder": datadir("logs")
-	},
 	settings={
 		"files":[
 			datadir("settings/default.ini"),
@@ -58,6 +55,14 @@ config(
 # because we loaded a doreah module already before setting the config, we need to to that manually
 settingsconfig._readpreconfig()
 
+config(
+	logging={
+		"logfolder": datadir("logs") if get_settings("LOGGING") else None
+	}
+)
+
+settingsconfig._readpreconfig()
+
 
 
 # thumbor