diff --git a/tm-monitor/main.go b/tm-monitor/main.go
index 63b3f60a5..44b7ad427 100644
--- a/tm-monitor/main.go
+++ b/tm-monitor/main.go
@@ -8,23 +8,25 @@ import (
 
 	cmn "github.com/tendermint/go-common"
 	logger "github.com/tendermint/go-logger"
+	log15 "github.com/tendermint/log15"
 )
 
 var log = logger.New()
 
 func main() {
 	var listenAddr string
-	var verbose bool
+	var verbose, noton bool
 
-	flag.StringVar(&listenAddr, "-listen-addr", "tcp://0.0.0.0:46670", "HTTP and Websocket server listen address")
+	flag.StringVar(&listenAddr, "listen-addr", "tcp://0.0.0.0:46670", "HTTP and Websocket server listen address")
 	flag.BoolVar(&verbose, "v", false, "verbose logging")
+	flag.BoolVar(&noton, "no-ton", false, "Do not show ton (table of nodes)")
 
 	flag.Usage = func() {
 		fmt.Println(`Tendermint monitor watches over one or more Tendermint core
 applications, collecting and providing various statistics to the user.
 
 Usage:
-	tm-monitor [-v] [--listen-addr="tcp://0.0.0.0:46670"] [endpoints]
+	tm-monitor [-v] [-no-ton] [-listen-addr="tcp://0.0.0.0:46670"] [endpoints]
 
 Examples:
 	# monitor single instance
@@ -43,27 +45,23 @@ Examples:
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
-	if verbose {
-		log.SetHandler(logger.LvlFilterHandler(
-			logger.LvlDebug,
-			logger.BypassHandler(),
-		))
-	} else {
-		log.SetHandler(logger.LvlFilterHandler(
-			logger.LvlInfo,
-			logger.BypassHandler(),
-		))
-	}
-
 	m := startMonitor(flag.Arg(0))
 
 	startRPC(listenAddr, m)
 
-	ton := NewTon(m)
-	ton.Start()
+	var ton *Ton
+	if !noton {
+		logToFile("tm-monitor.log", verbose)
+		ton = NewTon(m)
+		ton.Start()
+	} else {
+		logToStdout(verbose)
+	}
 
 	cmn.TrapSignal(func() {
-		ton.Stop()
+		if !noton {
+			ton.Stop()
+		}
 		m.Stop()
 	})
 }
@@ -85,3 +83,31 @@ func startMonitor(endpoints string) *Monitor {
 
 	return m
 }
+
+func logToStdout(verbose bool) {
+	if verbose {
+		log.SetHandler(logger.LvlFilterHandler(
+			logger.LvlDebug,
+			logger.BypassHandler(),
+		))
+	} else {
+		log.SetHandler(logger.LvlFilterHandler(
+			logger.LvlInfo,
+			logger.BypassHandler(),
+		))
+	}
+}
+
+func logToFile(filename string, verbose bool) {
+	if verbose {
+		log.SetHandler(logger.LvlFilterHandler(
+			logger.LvlDebug,
+			log15.Must.FileHandler(filename, log15.LogfmtFormat()),
+		))
+	} else {
+		log.SetHandler(logger.LvlFilterHandler(
+			logger.LvlInfo,
+			log15.Must.FileHandler(filename, log15.LogfmtFormat()),
+		))
+	}
+}