diff --git a/src/connectors/conn_http.cpp b/src/connectors/conn_http.cpp
index 2fdd401f..9dd4adaa 100644
--- a/src/connectors/conn_http.cpp
+++ b/src/connectors/conn_http.cpp
@@ -691,6 +691,10 @@ namespace Connector_HTTP {
 int main(int argc, char ** argv){
   Util::Config conf(argv[0], PACKAGE_VERSION);
   JSON::Value capa;
+  capa["optional"]["debug"]["name"] = "debug";
+  capa["optional"]["debug"]["help"] = "The debug level at which messages need to be printed.";
+  capa["optional"]["debug"]["option"] = "--debug";
+  capa["optional"]["debug"]["type"] = "uint";
   capa["desc"] = "Enables the generic HTTP listener, required by all other HTTP protocols. Needs other HTTP protocols enabled to do much of anything.";
   capa["deps"] = "";
   conf.addConnectorOptions(8080, capa);
diff --git a/src/controller/controller.cpp b/src/controller/controller.cpp
index f0b0fb88..c59a42fb 100644
--- a/src/controller/controller.cpp
+++ b/src/controller/controller.cpp
@@ -231,9 +231,6 @@ namespace Controller {
         Log("CONF", std::string("New configuration value ") + jit->first);
       }
     }
-    if (out["config"]["basepath"].asString()[out["config"]["basepath"].asString().size() - 1] == '/'){
-      out["config"]["basepath"] = out["config"]["basepath"].asString().substr(0, out["config"]["basepath"].asString().size() - 1);
-    }
     for (JSON::ObjIter jit = out.ObjBegin(); jit != out.ObjEnd(); jit++){
       if (jit->first == "version" || jit->first == "time"){
         continue;
@@ -243,6 +240,12 @@ namespace Controller {
       }
     }
     out = in;
+    if (out["basepath"].asString()[out["basepath"].asString().size() - 1] == '/'){
+      out["basepath"] = out["basepath"].asString().substr(0, out["basepath"].asString().size() - 1);
+    }
+    if (out.isMember("debug")){
+      Util::Config::printDebugLevel = out["debug"].asInt();
+    }    
   }
 
 } //Controller namespace
@@ -349,7 +352,13 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv){
   }
   //Input custom config here
   Controller::Storage = JSON::fromFile(Controller::conf.getString("configFile"));
-
+  
+  if (Controller::conf.getOption("debug",true).size() > 1){
+    Controller::Storage["config"]["debug"] = Controller::conf.getInteger("debug");
+  }
+  if (Controller::Storage.isMember("config") && Controller::Storage["config"].isMember("debug")){
+    Util::Config::printDebugLevel = Controller::Storage["config"]["debug"].asInt();
+  }
   //check for port, interface and username in arguments
   //if they are not there, take them from config file, if there
   if (Controller::conf.getOption("listen_port", true).size() <= 1){
diff --git a/src/controller/controller_connectors.cpp b/src/controller/controller_connectors.cpp
index f600f653..454792c3 100644
--- a/src/controller/controller_connectors.cpp
+++ b/src/controller/controller_connectors.cpp
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@
 #include <mist/config.h>
 #include <mist/procs.h>
 #include <mist/timing.h>
+#include <mist/tinythread.h>
 #include "controller_storage.h"
 #include "controller_connectors.h"
 
 #include <iostream>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 
 ///\brief Holds everything unique to the controller.
@@ -70,6 +72,21 @@ namespace Controller {
     if (pipedCapa.isMember("required")){builPipedPart(p, argarr, argnum, pipedCapa["required"]);}
     if (pipedCapa.isMember("optional")){builPipedPart(p, argarr, argnum, pipedCapa["optional"]);}
   }
+  
+  void handleMsg(void * err){
+    char buf[1024];
+    FILE * output = fdopen((long long int)err, "r");
+    while (fgets(buf, 1024, output)){
+      for (unsigned int i = 0; i < 9 && buf[i] != ' '; i++){}
+      if(i < 9){
+        buf[i] = NULL;
+        Log(buf,buf+i+1);
+      }else{
+        printf("%s\n",buf);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  
 
   ///\brief Checks current protocol coguration, updates state of enabled connectors if neccesary.
   ///\param p An object containing all protocols.
@@ -141,7 +158,13 @@ namespace Controller {
         // get args for this connector
         buildPipedArguments(p[(long long unsigned)iter->first], (char **)&argarr, capabilities);
         // start piped w/ generated args
-        Util::Procs::StartPiped(toConn(iter->first), argarr, &zero, &out, &err);
+        err = -1;
+        Util::Procs::StartPiped(toConn(iter->first), argarr, &zero, &out, &err);//redirects output to out. Must make a new pipe, redirect std err
+        if(err != -1){
+          //spawn new thread where err is read, it reads err until there is nothing more to be read
+           tthread::thread * msghandler = new tthread::thread(handleMsg, (void*) err);
+           msghandler->detach();
+        }
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/controller/controller_storage.cpp b/src/controller/controller_storage.cpp
index 44a494ca..3d253006 100644
--- a/src/controller/controller_storage.cpp
+++ b/src/controller/controller_storage.cpp
@@ -7,24 +7,12 @@
 namespace Controller {
 
   JSON::Value Storage; ///< Global storage of data.
-
+  tthread::mutex logMutex;///< Mutex for log thread.
   ///\brief Store and print a log message.
   ///\param kind The type of message.
   ///\param message The message to be logged.
   void Log(std::string kind, std::string message){
-    //if last log message equals this one, do not log.
-    if (Storage["log"].size() > 0){
-      JSON::ArrIter it = Storage["log"].ArrEnd();
-      int repeats = Storage["log"].size();
-      if (repeats > 10){repeats = 10;}
-      do{
-        it--;
-        if (( *it)[2] == message && ( *it)[1] == kind){
-          return;
-        }
-        repeats--;
-      }while (repeats > 0);
-    }
+    tthread::lock_guard<tthread::mutex> guard(logMutex);
     JSON::Value m;
     m.append(Util::epoch());
     m.append(kind);
diff --git a/src/controller/controller_storage.h b/src/controller/controller_storage.h
index 54a296d8..57f18ba7 100644
--- a/src/controller/controller_storage.h
+++ b/src/controller/controller_storage.h
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <mist/json.h>
 
+#include <mist/tinythread.h>
 namespace Controller {
 
   extern JSON::Value Storage; ///< Global storage of data.
 
+  extern tthread::mutex logMutex;///< Mutex for log thread.
+
   /// Store and print a log message.
   void Log(std::string kind, std::string message);
 
diff --git a/src/controller/controller_streams.cpp b/src/controller/controller_streams.cpp
index ef6316a5..907b279a 100644
--- a/src/controller/controller_streams.cpp
+++ b/src/controller/controller_streams.cpp
@@ -88,28 +88,6 @@ namespace Controller {
           }
         }
         if ( !getMeta && data.isMember("meta") && data["meta"].isMember("tracks")){
-          for (JSON::ObjIter trIt = data["meta"]["tracks"].ObjBegin(); trIt != data["meta"]["tracks"].ObjEnd(); trIt++){
-            if (trIt->second["codec"] == "H264"){
-              if ( !trIt->second.isMember("init")){
-                getMeta = true;
-              }else{
-                if (trIt->second["init"].asString().size() < 4){
-                  Log("WARN", "Source file "+URL+" does not contain H264 init data that MistServer can interpret.");
-                  data["error"] = "Stream offline: Invalid?";
-                }else{
-                  if (trIt->second["init"].asString().c_str()[1] != 0x42){
-                    Log("WARN", "Source file "+URL+" is not H264 Baseline - convert to baseline profile for best compatibility.");
-                    data["error"] = "Not optimal (details in log)";
-                  }else{
-                    if (trIt->second["init"].asString().c_str()[3] > 30){
-                      Log("WARN", "Source file "+URL+" is higher than H264 level 3.0 - convert to a level <= 3.0 for best compatibility.");
-                      data["error"] = "Not optimal (details in log)";
-                    }
-                  }
-                }
-              }
-            }
-          }
           if ( !data["meta"] || !data["meta"]["tracks"]){
             Log("WARN", "Source file " + URL + " seems to be corrupt.");
             data["error"] = "Stream offline: Corrupt file?";
@@ -212,24 +190,7 @@ namespace Controller {
                   checker[jit->first].lastms = trIt->second["lastms"].asInt();
                   checker[jit->first].last_active = currTime;
                 }
-                if (trIt->second["codec"] == "H264"){
-                  if (trIt->second.isMember("init")){
-                    if (trIt->second["init"].asString().size() < 4){
-                      Log("WARN", "Live stream "+jit->first+" does not contain H264 init data that MistServer can interpret.");
-                      jit->second["error"] = "Stream offline: Invalid?";
-                    }else{
-                      if (trIt->second["init"].asString().c_str()[1] != 0x42){
-                        Log("WARN", "Live stream "+jit->first+" is not H264 Baseline - convert to baseline profile for best compatibility.");
-                        jit->second["error"] = "Not optimal (details in log)";
-                      }else{
-                        if (trIt->second["init"].asString().c_str()[3] > 30){
-                          Log("WARN", "Live stream "+jit->first+" is higher than H264 level 3.0 - convert to a level <= 3.0 for best compatibility.");
-                          jit->second["error"] = "Not optimal (details in log)";
-                        }
-                      }
-                    }
-                  }
-                }
+
               }
             }
             // mark stream as offline if no activity for 5 seconds
diff --git a/src/output/output.cpp b/src/output/output.cpp
index e660db78..98758270 100644
--- a/src/output/output.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ namespace Mist {
     return ((long long int)timePoint[0] << 56) | ((long long int)timePoint[1] << 48) | ((long long int)timePoint[2] << 40) | ((long long int)timePoint[3] << 32) | ((long long int)timePoint[4] << 24) | ((long long int)timePoint[5] << 16) | ((long long int)timePoint[6] << 8) | timePoint[7];
   }
 
+   void Output::init(Util::Config * cfg){
+    capa["optional"]["debug"]["name"] = "debug";
+    capa["optional"]["debug"]["help"] = "The debug level at which messages need to be printed.";
+    capa["optional"]["debug"]["option"] = "--debug";
+    capa["optional"]["debug"]["type"] = "uint";
+  }
+  
   Output::Output(Socket::Connection & conn) : myConn(conn) {
     firstTime = 0;
     parseData = false;
diff --git a/src/output/output.h b/src/output/output.h
index f8b5c02a..7208b65f 100644
--- a/src/output/output.h
+++ b/src/output/output.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ namespace Mist {
       Output(Socket::Connection & conn);
       virtual ~Output();
       //static members for initialization and capabilities
-      static void init(Util::Config * cfg) {}
+      static void init(Util::Config * cfg);
       static JSON::Value capa;
       //non-virtual generic functions
       int run();
diff --git a/src/output/output_hds.cpp b/src/output/output_hds.cpp
index 771bc53b..a27f4bf8 100644
--- a/src/output/output_hds.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output_hds.cpp
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ namespace Mist {
   OutHDS::~OutHDS() {}
   
   void OutHDS::init(Util::Config * cfg){
+    Output::init(cfg);
     capa["desc"] = "Enables HTTP protocol Adobe-specific dynamic streaming (also known as HDS).";
     capa["deps"] = "HTTP";
     capa["url_rel"] = "/dynamic/$/manifest.f4m";
diff --git a/src/output/output_hls.cpp b/src/output/output_hls.cpp
index f230c370..7784760f 100644
--- a/src/output/output_hls.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output_hls.cpp
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ namespace Mist {
   }
   
   void OutHLS::init(Util::Config * cfg){
+    Output::init(cfg);
     capa["name"] = "HTTP_Live";
     capa["desc"] = "Enables HTTP protocol Apple-specific streaming (also known as HLS).";
     capa["deps"] = "HTTP";
diff --git a/src/output/output_hss.cpp b/src/output/output_hss.cpp
index 07174e9e..b368f008 100644
--- a/src/output/output_hss.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output_hss.cpp
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ namespace Mist {
   OutHSS::~OutHSS() {}
 
   void OutHSS::init(Util::Config * cfg) {
+    Output::init(cfg);
     capa["name"] = "HTTP_Smooth";
     capa["desc"] = "Enables HTTP protocol Microsoft-specific smooth streaming through silverlight (also known as HSS).";
     capa["deps"] = "HTTP";
diff --git a/src/output/output_json.cpp b/src/output/output_json.cpp
index 94a83e5f..3dce10cb 100644
--- a/src/output/output_json.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output_json.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ namespace Mist {
   OutJSON::~OutJSON() {}
   
   void OutJSON::init(Util::Config * cfg){
+    Output::init(cfg);
     capa["desc"] = "Enables HTTP protocol JSON streaming.";
     capa["deps"] = "HTTP";
     capa["url_rel"] = "/$.json";
diff --git a/src/output/output_progressive_flv.cpp b/src/output/output_progressive_flv.cpp
index 36c2ec51..c5dc285e 100644
--- a/src/output/output_progressive_flv.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output_progressive_flv.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ namespace Mist {
   OutProgressiveFLV::~OutProgressiveFLV() {}
   
   void OutProgressiveFLV::init(Util::Config * cfg){
+    Output::init(cfg);
     capa["name"] = "HTTP_Progressive_FLV";
     capa["desc"] = "Enables HTTP protocol progressive streaming.";
     capa["deps"] = "HTTP";
diff --git a/src/output/output_progressive_mp3.cpp b/src/output/output_progressive_mp3.cpp
index cd9a42d2..8b978cfa 100644
--- a/src/output/output_progressive_mp3.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output_progressive_mp3.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ namespace Mist {
   OutProgressiveMP3::~OutProgressiveMP3() {}
   
   void OutProgressiveMP3::init(Util::Config * cfg){
+    Output::init(cfg);
     capa["name"] = "HTTP_Progressive_MP3";
     capa["desc"] = "Enables HTTP protocol progressive streaming.";
     capa["deps"] = "HTTP";
diff --git a/src/output/output_progressive_mp4.cpp b/src/output/output_progressive_mp4.cpp
index 900ce264..532b34d8 100644
--- a/src/output/output_progressive_mp4.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output_progressive_mp4.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ namespace Mist {
   OutProgressiveMP4::~OutProgressiveMP4() {}
   
   void OutProgressiveMP4::init(Util::Config * cfg){
+    Output::init(cfg);
     capa["name"] = "HTTP_Progressive_MP4";
     capa["desc"] = "Enables HTTP protocol progressive streaming.";
     capa["deps"] = "HTTP";
diff --git a/src/output/output_raw.cpp b/src/output/output_raw.cpp
index 2bd71204..d0b1de71 100644
--- a/src/output/output_raw.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output_raw.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ namespace Mist {
   OutRaw::~OutRaw() {}
   
   void OutRaw::init(Util::Config * cfg){
+    Output::init(cfg);
     capa["name"] = "RAW";
     capa["desc"] = "Enables raw DTSC over TCP.";
     capa["deps"] = "";
diff --git a/src/output/output_rtmp.cpp b/src/output/output_rtmp.cpp
index 5dec2a71..d2c8c9da 100644
--- a/src/output/output_rtmp.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output_rtmp.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ namespace Mist {
   OutRTMP::~OutRTMP() {}
 
   void OutRTMP::init(Util::Config * cfg) {
+    Output::init(cfg);
     capa["name"] = "RTMP";
     capa["desc"] = "Enables the RTMP protocol which is used by Adobe Flash Player.";
     capa["deps"] = "";
diff --git a/src/output/output_srt.cpp b/src/output/output_srt.cpp
index ae5fb1f8..77397f7c 100644
--- a/src/output/output_srt.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output_srt.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ namespace Mist {
   OutProgressiveSRT::~OutProgressiveSRT() {}
   
   void OutProgressiveSRT::init(Util::Config * cfg){
+    Output::init(cfg);
     capa["desc"] = "Enables HTTP protocol subtitle streaming.";
     capa["deps"] = "HTTP";
     capa["url_rel"] = "/$.srt";
diff --git a/src/output/output_ts.cpp b/src/output/output_ts.cpp
index 1c37f386..7d01d06c 100644
--- a/src/output/output_ts.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output_ts.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ namespace Mist {
   OutTS::~OutTS() {}
   
   void OutTS::init(Util::Config * cfg){
+    Output::init(cfg);
     capa["name"] = "TS";
     capa["desc"] = "Enables the raw MPEG Transport Stream protocol over TCP.";
     capa["deps"] = "";