diff --git a/nimbus/nimbus.nim b/nimbus/nimbus.nim
index 2d4f03326..32aed66ce 100644
--- a/nimbus/nimbus.nim
+++ b/nimbus/nimbus.nim
@@ -41,8 +41,10 @@ proc start(): NimbusObject =
   var nimbus = NimbusObject()
   var conf = getConfiguration()
 
+  ## logging
   setLogLevel(conf.debug.logLevel)
   if len(conf.debug.logFile) != 0:
+    defaultChroniclesStream.output.outFile = nil # to avoid closing stdout
     discard defaultChroniclesStream.output.open(conf.debug.logFile, fmAppend)
 
   ## Creating RPC Server
diff --git a/vendor/nim-chronicles b/vendor/nim-chronicles
index 2424b4747..a064c4035 160000
--- a/vendor/nim-chronicles
+++ b/vendor/nim-chronicles
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 2424b4747b0257287e5f59fa22e37c017975bbbd
+Subproject commit a064c403538d274c9e9aba0995f3e05587b4f3ac
diff --git a/vendor/nim-eth b/vendor/nim-eth
index bb7990239..14513b3bd 160000
--- a/vendor/nim-eth
+++ b/vendor/nim-eth
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit bb79902399500abc4ef22c151d105e14b000ef9e
+Subproject commit 14513b3bd83dc1de3f6c5da17331d7eac95b9332