diff --git a/src/erasurecode.c b/src/erasurecode.c
index 239e081..2d6d293 100644
--- a/src/erasurecode.c
+++ b/src/erasurecode.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ int liberasurecode_backend_close(ec_backend_t instance)
 void __attribute__ ((constructor))
 liberasurecode_init(void) {
     /* init logging */
-    openlog("liberasurecode", LOG_PID | LOG_CONS | LOG_NDELAY | LOG_PERROR, LOG_USER);
+    openlog("liberasurecode", LOG_PID | LOG_CONS, LOG_USER);
 
     /* populate supported backends list as a string */
     {