--- a/radsecproxy.c
+++ b/radsecproxy.c
@@ -3005,15 +3005,13 @@ int radsecproxy_main(int argc, char **ar
 	options.loglevel = loglevel;
     else if (options.loglevel)
 	debug_set_level(options.loglevel);
-    if (!foreground) {
-	debug_set_destination(options.logdestination
-                              ? options.logdestination
-                              : "x-syslog:///", LOG_TYPE_DEBUG);
-    	if (options.ftickssyslogfacility) {
-            debug_set_destination(options.ftickssyslogfacility,
-                                  LOG_TYPE_FTICKS);
-            free(options.ftickssyslogfacility);
-    	}
+    debug_set_destination(options.logdestination
+                          ? options.logdestination
+                          : "x-syslog:///", LOG_TYPE_DEBUG);
+    if (options.ftickssyslogfacility) {
+        debug_set_destination(options.ftickssyslogfacility,
+                              LOG_TYPE_FTICKS);
+        free(options.ftickssyslogfacility);
     }
     free(options.logdestination);
     if (options.logtid)