diff --git a/common/crash.cpp b/common/crash.cpp
index cb02a0bb4..3828a9af0 100644
--- a/common/crash.cpp
+++ b/common/crash.cpp
@@ -294,6 +294,8 @@ void print_trace()
 		SendCrashReport(crash_report);
 	}
 
+	LogSys.CloseFileLogs();
+
 	exit(1);
 }
 
diff --git a/common/eqemu_logsys.cpp b/common/eqemu_logsys.cpp
index a6a3e283d..18ef3efcc 100644
--- a/common/eqemu_logsys.cpp
+++ b/common/eqemu_logsys.cpp
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ EQEmuLogSys *EQEmuLogSys::LoadLogSettingsDefaults()
 	 * Set Defaults
 	 */
 	log_settings[Logs::Crash].log_to_console                = static_cast<uint8>(Logs::General);
+	log_settings[Logs::Crash].log_to_file                   = static_cast<uint8>(Logs::General);
 	log_settings[Logs::MySQLError].log_to_console           = static_cast<uint8>(Logs::General);
 	log_settings[Logs::NPCScaling].log_to_gmsay             = static_cast<uint8>(Logs::General);
 	log_settings[Logs::HotReload].log_to_gmsay              = static_cast<uint8>(Logs::General);