diff --git a/logging b/logging
index b237214..be03f84 100644
--- a/logging
+++ b/logging
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ handlers = console,file
 # Console handler
 class = StreamHandler
 level = INFO
-args = (sys.stdout,)
+args = (sys.stderr,)
 formatter = simple
 
 [handler_file]
diff --git a/radicale/__init__.py b/radicale/__init__.py
index e11ffc8..b8fed35 100644
--- a/radicale/__init__.py
+++ b/radicale/__init__.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ should have been included in this package.
 
 import base64
 import contextlib
+import io
 import itertools
 import os
 import posixpath
@@ -131,6 +132,18 @@ class ThreadedHTTPSServer(socketserver.ThreadingMixIn, HTTPSServer):
 
 class RequestHandler(wsgiref.simple_server.WSGIRequestHandler):
     """HTTP requests handler."""
+
+    # These class attributes must be set before creating instance
+    logger = None
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        # Store exception for logging
+        self.error_stream = io.StringIO()
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def get_stderr(self):
+        return self.error_stream
+
     def log_message(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """Disable inner logging management."""
 
@@ -140,6 +153,14 @@ class RequestHandler(wsgiref.simple_server.WSGIRequestHandler):
         env["PATH_INFO"] = urllib.parse.unquote(self.path.split("?", 1)[0])
         return env
 
+    def handle(self):
+        super().handle()
+        # Log exception
+        error = self.error_stream.getvalue().strip("\n")
+        if error:
+            self.logger.error(
+                "An exception occurred during request:\n%s" % error)
+
 
 class Application:
     """WSGI application managing collections."""
diff --git a/radicale/__main__.py b/radicale/__main__.py
index c76acca..4236607 100644
--- a/radicale/__main__.py
+++ b/radicale/__main__.py
@@ -104,7 +104,11 @@ def run():
     if not configuration_found:
         logger.warning("Configuration file '%s' not found" % options.config)
 
-    serve(configuration, logger)
+    try:
+        serve(configuration, logger)
+    except Exception:
+        logger.exception("An exception occurred during server startup:")
+        exit(1)
 
 
 def serve(configuration, logger):
@@ -175,6 +179,7 @@ def serve(configuration, logger):
     server_class.max_connections = configuration.getint(
         "server", "max_connections")
 
+    RequestHandler.logger = logger
     if not configuration.getboolean("server", "dns_lookup"):
         RequestHandler.address_string = lambda self: self.client_address[0]
 
diff --git a/radicale/log.py b/radicale/log.py
index 308e2a4..34d4e4c 100644
--- a/radicale/log.py
+++ b/radicale/log.py
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ import signal
 import sys
 
 
-def configure_from_file(filename, debug, logger):
-    logging.config.fileConfig(filename)
+def configure_from_file(logger, filename, debug):
+    logging.config.fileConfig(filename, disable_existing_loggers=False)
     if debug:
         logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
         for handler in logger.handlers:
@@ -46,18 +46,16 @@ def start(name="radicale", filename=None, debug=False):
         configure_from_file(logger, filename, debug)
         # Reload config on SIGHUP (UNIX only)
         if hasattr(signal, "SIGHUP"):
-            def handler_generator(logger, filename, debug):
-                def handler(signum, frame):
-                    configure_from_file(logger, filename, debug)
-            handler = handler_generator(logger, filename, debug)
+            def handler(signum, frame):
+                configure_from_file(logger, filename, debug)
             signal.signal(signal.SIGHUP, handler)
     else:
         # Default configuration, standard output
         if filename:
             logger.warning(
-                "Logging configuration file '%s' not found, using stdout." %
+                "Logging configuration file '%s' not found, using stderr." %
                 filename)
-        handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
+        handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stderr)
         handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter("%(message)s"))
         logger.addHandler(handler)
     if debug: