diff --git a/box.js b/box.js
index 20e1971f0..d693b376d 100755
--- a/box.js
+++ b/box.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const NOOP_CALLBACK = function () { };
 function setupLogging(callback) {
     if (process.env.BOX_ENV === 'test') return callback();
 
-    var logfileStream = fs.createWriteStream(paths.BOX_LOG_FILE, { flags:'a' });
+    const logfileStream = fs.createWriteStream(paths.BOX_LOG_FILE, { flags:'a' });
     process.stdout.write = process.stderr.write = logfileStream.write.bind(logfileStream);
 
     callback();
diff --git a/src/taskworker.js b/src/taskworker.js
index 05ab81bed..fd40a052f 100755
--- a/src/taskworker.js
+++ b/src/taskworker.js
@@ -43,15 +43,10 @@ const taskId = process.argv[2];
 const logFile = process.argv[3];
 
 function setupLogging(callback) {
-    fs.open(logFile, 'a', function (error, fd) {
-        if (error) return callback(error);
+    const logfileStream = fs.createWriteStream(logFile, { flags:'a' });
+    process.stdout.write = process.stderr.write = logfileStream.write.bind(logfileStream);
 
-        require('debug').log = function (...args) {
-            fs.appendFileSync(fd, util.format(...args) + '\n');
-        };
-
-        callback();
-    });
+    callback();
 }
 
 // Main process starts here