diff --git a/lib/forever.js b/lib/forever.js
index 9fd36091..cb5d6401 100644
--- a/lib/forever.js
+++ b/lib/forever.js
@@ -374,9 +374,10 @@ forever.startDaemon = function (script, options, callback) {
   options.logFile = forever.logFilePath(options.logFile || options.uid + '.log');
   options.pidFile = forever.pidFilePath(options.pidFile || options.uid + '.pid');
 
-  var monitor = new forever.Monitor(script, options);
+  var monitor = new forever.Monitor(script, options),
+      pid;
 
-  var pid = daemon.start(options.logFile);
+  pid = daemon.start(options.logFile);
   daemon.lock(options.pidFile);
 
   // process.on('exit', function () {
diff --git a/lib/forever/monitor.js b/lib/forever/monitor.js
index aad347c8..7827f14a 100644
--- a/lib/forever/monitor.js
+++ b/lib/forever/monitor.js
@@ -146,6 +146,12 @@ Monitor.prototype.start = function (restart) {
   if (!this.silent) {
     child.stdout.pipe(process.stdout);
     child.stderr.pipe(process.stderr);
+    if (this.outFile) {
+      child.stdout.pipe(fs.createWriteStream(this.outFile));
+    }
+    if (this.errFile) {
+      child.stderr.pipe(fs.createWriteStream(this.errFile));
+    }
   }
 
   this.ctime = Date.now();