diff --git a/common/database.cpp b/common/database.cpp
index 712957f33..c0679cc48 100644
--- a/common/database.cpp
+++ b/common/database.cpp
@@ -4171,11 +4171,22 @@ void Database::LoadLogSysSettings(EQEmuLogSys::LogSettings* log_settings){
 		"logsys_categories "
 		"ORDER BY log_category_id";
 	auto results = QueryDatabase(query);
+
 	int log_category = 0;
+	log_settings.file_logs_enabled = false;
+
 	for (auto row = results.begin(); row != results.end(); ++row) {
 		log_category = atoi(row[0]);
 		log_settings[log_category].log_to_console = atoi(row[2]);
 		log_settings[log_category].log_to_file = atoi(row[3]);
 		log_settings[log_category].log_to_gmsay = atoi(row[4]);
+
+		/* 
+			This determines whether or not the process needs to actually file log anything.
+			If we go through this whole loop and nothing is set to any debug level, there is no point to create a file or keep anything open
+		*/
+		if (log_settings[log_category].log_to_file > 0){
+			log_settings.file_logs_enabled = true;
+		}
 	}
 }
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diff --git a/common/eqemu_logsys.h b/common/eqemu_logsys.h
index d3a81e5c8..66124df74 100644
--- a/common/eqemu_logsys.h
+++ b/common/eqemu_logsys.h
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ public:
 	LogSettings log_settings[Logs::LogCategory::MaxCategoryID];
 
 	bool log_settings_loaded = false;
+	bool file_logs_enabled = false;
 
 	int log_platform = 0;