diff --git a/scripts/deluge b/scripts/deluge
index b0a942c67..a8a607e32 100755
--- a/scripts/deluge
+++ b/scripts/deluge
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ parser.add_option("-c", "--config", dest="config",  help="Sets the configuration
 if (options.config != None):
     deluge.common.CONFIG_DIR = options.config
 
+if hasattr(sys, "frozen"):
+    sys.stdout = open(os.path.join(deluge.common.CONFIG_DIR,"deluge.stdout.log"), "w")
+    sys.stderr = open(os.path.join(deluge.common.CONFIG_DIR,"deluge.stderr.log"), "w")
+
 def upgrade_old_persistent_state():
     pstate_file_path = os.path.join(deluge.common.CONFIG_DIR, 
                                     deluge.core.STATE_FILENAME)
diff --git a/src/common.py b/src/common.py
index 12f593618..82a64eaa7 100644
--- a/src/common.py
+++ b/src/common.py
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ import sys
 if hasattr(sys, "frozen"):
     INSTALL_PREFIX = ''
     os.chdir(os.path.dirname(unicode(sys.executable, sys.getfilesystemencoding( ))))
-    sys.stdout = open("deluge.stdout.log", "w")
-    sys.stderr = open("deluge.stderr.log", "w")
 else:
     # the necessary substitutions are made at installation time
     INSTALL_PREFIX = '@datadir@'