diff --git a/.docker/gsad_log.conf b/.docker/gsad_log.conf
index 865948097..ad26f8017 100644
--- a/.docker/gsad_log.conf
+++ b/.docker/gsad_log.conf
@@ -2,26 +2,26 @@
 prepend=%t %s %p
 separator=:
 prepend_time_format=%Y-%m-%d %Hh%M.%S %Z
-file=/var/log/gvm/gsad.log
+file=-
 level=127
 
 [gsad  gmp]
 prepend=%t %s %p
 separator=:
 prepend_time_format=%Y-%m-%d %Hh%M.%S %Z
-file=/var/log/gvm/gsad.log
+file=-
 level=127
 
 [gsad http]
 prepend=%t %s %p
 separator=:
 prepend_time_format=%Y-%m-%d %Hh%M.%S %Z
-file=/var/log/gvm/gsad.log
+file=-
 level=127
 
 [*]
 prepend=%t %s %p
 separator=:
 prepend_time_format=%Y-%m-%d %Hh%M.%S %Z
-file=/var/log/gvm/gsad.log
+file=-
 level=16
diff --git a/.docker/start-gsad.sh b/.docker/start-gsad.sh
index d4394a986..52941d62f 100644
--- a/.docker/start-gsad.sh
+++ b/.docker/start-gsad.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-[ -z "$GSAD_ARGS" ] && GSAD_ARGS="--http-only"
+[ -z "$GSAD_ARGS" ] && GSAD_ARGS="-f --http-only"
 
 echo "starting gsad"
-gsad $GSAD_ARGS ||
-	(cat /var/log/gvm/gsad.log && exit 1)
-
-tail -f /var/log/gvm/gsad.log
+gsad $GSAD_ARGS 2>&1 | tee /var/log/gvm/gsad.log