diff --git a/lib/classes/database/class.Database.php b/lib/classes/database/class.Database.php
index 85ed594b..12c459ca 100644
--- a/lib/classes/database/class.Database.php
+++ b/lib/classes/database/class.Database.php
@@ -346,11 +346,10 @@ class Database {
 		if (!file_exists($sl_dir)) {
 			@mkdir($sl_dir, 0755);
 		}
-		$sl_file = makeCorrectFile($sl_dir."/sql-error.log");
-		$sqllog = @fopen($sl_file, 'a');
-		@fwrite($sqllog, date('d.m.Y H:i', time())." --- ".str_replace("\n", " ", $error_message)."\n");
-		@fwrite($sqllog, date('d.m.Y H:i', time())." --- DEBUG: \n".$error_trace."\n");
-		@fclose($sqllog);
+		openlog("froxlor", LOG_PID | LOG_PERROR, LOG_LOCAL0);
+		syslog(LOG_WARNING, str_replace("\n", " ", $error_message));
+		syslog(LOG_WARNING, str_replace("\n", " ", "--- DEBUG: ".$error_trace));
+		closelog();
 
 		/**
 		 * log error for reporting
@@ -400,7 +399,7 @@ class Database {
 					die($err_hint);
 				}
 			}
-			die("We are sorry, but a MySQL - error occurred. The administrator may find more information in in the sql-error.log in the logs/ directory");
+			die("We are sorry, but a MySQL - error occurred. The administrator may find more information in the syslog");
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/lib/classes/webserver/class.ConfigIO.php b/lib/classes/webserver/class.ConfigIO.php
index e2741557..9de1df92 100644
--- a/lib/classes/webserver/class.ConfigIO.php
+++ b/lib/classes/webserver/class.ConfigIO.php
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ class ConfigIO {
 	 * @return null
 	 */
 	public function cleanUp() {
+
+		// old error logs
+		$this->_cleanErrLogs();
+
 		// awstats files
 		$this->_cleanAwstatsFiles();
 
@@ -52,6 +56,17 @@ class ConfigIO {
 		$this->_cleanCustomerSslCerts();
 	}
 
+	private function _cleanErrLogs() {
+
+	    $err_dir = makeCorrectDir(FROXLOR_INSTALL_DIR."/logs/");
+	    if (@is_dir($err_dir)) {
+	        // now get rid of old stuff
+	        //(but append /*.log so we don't delete the directory)
+	        $err_dir.='/*.log';
+	        safe_exec('rm -rf '. makeCorrectFile($err_dir));
+	    }
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * remove customer-specified auto-generated ssl-certificates
 	 * (they are being regenerated)