diff --git a/common/eqemu_logsys.cpp b/common/eqemu_logsys.cpp
index 5b473c7ae..e8bf940e4 100644
--- a/common/eqemu_logsys.cpp
+++ b/common/eqemu_logsys.cpp
@@ -102,9 +102,16 @@ void EQEmuLogSys::LoadLogSettingsDefaults()
 	log_settings[Logs::MySQLError].log_to_console = 1;
 
 	/* Declare process file names for log writing */
-	if (EQEmuLogSys::log_platform == EQEmuExePlatform::ExePlatformWorld){ process_file_name = "world";  }
-	if (EQEmuLogSys::log_platform == EQEmuExePlatform::ExePlatformQueryServ){ process_file_name = "query_server"; }
-	
+	if (EQEmuLogSys::log_platform == EQEmuExePlatform::ExePlatformWorld){ 
+		process_file_name = "world";  
+	}
+	if (EQEmuLogSys::log_platform == EQEmuExePlatform::ExePlatformQueryServ){ 
+		process_file_name = "query_server"; 
+	}
+	if (EQEmuLogSys::log_platform == EQEmuExePlatform::ExePlatformZone){
+		process_file_name = "zone";
+	}
+
 }
 
 std::string EQEmuLogSys::FormatOutMessageString(uint16 log_category, std::string in_message){
@@ -274,7 +281,7 @@ void EQEmuLogSys::SetCurrentTimeStamp(char* time_stamp){
 	struct tm * time_info;
 	time(&raw_time);
 	time_info = localtime(&raw_time);
-	strftime(time_stamp, 80, "[%d-%m-%Y :: %H:%M:%S]", time_info);
+	strftime(time_stamp, 80, "[%m-%d-%Y :: %H:%M:%S]", time_info);
 }
 
 void EQEmuLogSys::MakeDirectory(std::string directory_name){
@@ -288,19 +295,26 @@ void EQEmuLogSys::MakeDirectory(std::string directory_name){
 void EQEmuLogSys::CloseFileLogs()
 {
 	if (EQEmuLogSys::log_platform == EQEmuExePlatform::ExePlatformZone){
-		std::cout << "Closing down zone logs..." << std::endl;
+		//std::cout << "Closing down zone logs..." << std::endl;
+	}
+	if (process_log.is_open()){
+		process_log.close();
 	}
-	process_log.close();
 }
 
 void EQEmuLogSys::StartFileLogs(const std::string log_name)
 {
+	EQEmuLogSys::CloseFileLogs();
 	if (EQEmuLogSys::log_platform == EQEmuExePlatform::ExePlatformZone){
+		if (log_name != "")
+			process_file_name = log_name;
+
 		std::cout << "Starting Zone Logs..." << std::endl;
 		EQEmuLogSys::MakeDirectory("logs/zone");
-		process_log.open(StringFormat("logs/zone/%s.txt", log_name.c_str()), std::ios_base::app | std::ios_base::out);
+		process_log.open(StringFormat("logs/zone/%s_%i.txt", process_file_name.c_str(), getpid()), std::ios_base::app | std::ios_base::out);
 	}
 	else{
-
+		std::cout << "Starting Process Log..." << std::endl;
+		process_log.open(StringFormat("logs/%s_%i.txt", process_file_name.c_str(), getpid()), std::ios_base::app | std::ios_base::out);
 	}
 }
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diff --git a/zone/net.cpp b/zone/net.cpp
index 55591c1c2..9f46bd384 100644
--- a/zone/net.cpp
+++ b/zone/net.cpp
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 	/* Register Log System and Settings */
 	Log.OnLogHookCallBackZone(&Zone::GMSayHookCallBackProcess);
 	database.LoadLogSysSettings(Log.log_settings); 
+	Log.StartFileLogs("");
 
 	/* Guilds */
 	guild_mgr.SetDatabase(&database);