diff --git a/bin/nova-objectstore b/bin/nova-objectstore
index 9385fd299bcd..c0fa815c0570 100755
--- a/bin/nova-objectstore
+++ b/bin/nova-objectstore
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
   Twisted daemon for nova objectstore. Supports S3 API.
 """
 
-import logging
-
 from nova import flags
 from nova import utils
 from nova import twistd
@@ -33,9 +31,6 @@ FLAGS = flags.FLAGS
 
 
 def main():
-    # FIXME: if this log statement isn't here, no logging
-    # appears from other files and app won't start daemonized
-    logging.debug('Started HTTP server on %s' % (FLAGS.s3_port))
     app = handler.get_application()
     print app
     return app
diff --git a/nova/twistd.py b/nova/twistd.py
index ecb6e2892d28..c83276daab07 100644
--- a/nova/twistd.py
+++ b/nova/twistd.py
@@ -214,6 +214,9 @@ def serve(filename):
         FLAGS.pidfile = '%s.pid' % name
     elif FLAGS.pidfile.endswith('twistd.pid'):
         FLAGS.pidfile = FLAGS.pidfile.replace('twistd.pid', '%s.pid' % name)
+    # NOTE(vish): if we're running nodaemon, redirect the log to stdout
+    if FLAGS.nodaemon and not FLAGS.logfile:
+        FLAGS.logfile = "-"
     if not FLAGS.logfile:
         FLAGS.logfile = '%s.log' % name
     elif FLAGS.logfile.endswith('twistd.log'):