diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet_args.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet_args.cpp
index b7a4532fd..12799f613 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet_args.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet_args.cpp
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ namespace wallet_args
     int argc, char** argv,
     const char* const usage,
     boost::program_options::options_description desc_params,
-    const boost::program_options::positional_options_description& positional_options)
+    const boost::program_options::positional_options_description& positional_options,
+    bool log_to_console)
   
   {
     namespace bf = boost::filesystem;
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ namespace wallet_args
       log_path = command_line::get_arg(vm, arg_log_file);
     else
       log_path = mlog_get_default_log_path("monero-wallet-cli.log");
-    mlog_configure(log_path, false);
+    mlog_configure(log_path, log_to_console);
     if (!vm["log-level"].defaulted())
     {
       mlog_set_log(command_line::get_arg(vm, arg_log_level).c_str());
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet_args.h b/src/wallet/wallet_args.h
index 17446abf3..e0719d203 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet_args.h
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet_args.h
@@ -49,5 +49,6 @@ namespace wallet_args
     int argc, char** argv,
     const char* const usage,
     boost::program_options::options_description desc_params,
-    const boost::program_options::positional_options_description& positional_options);
+    const boost::program_options::positional_options_description& positional_options,
+    bool log_to_console = false);
 }
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet_rpc_server.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet_rpc_server.cpp
index d35e51068..dcf8f8e6d 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet_rpc_server.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet_rpc_server.cpp
@@ -1324,16 +1324,14 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     argc, argv,
     "monero-wallet-rpc [--wallet-file=<file>|--generate-from-json=<file>] [--rpc-bind-port=<port>]",
     desc_params,
-    po::positional_options_description()
+    po::positional_options_description(),
+    true
   );
   if (!vm)
   {
     return 1;
   }
 
-  mlog_configure("monero-wallet-rpc.log", true);
-  mlog_set_log_level(2);
-
   std::unique_ptr<tools::wallet2> wal;
   try
   {