diff --git a/src/log.c b/src/log.c
index 33fdd2b9..d5f89721 100644
--- a/src/log.c
+++ b/src/log.c
@@ -74,12 +74,19 @@ FILE *log_open_default(const char*default_filename, const int mode)
   if (path == NULL)
     path = getenv("HOMEPATH");
   if(path == NULL)
-    return NULL;
+  {
+    log_handle=fopen(default_filename,(mode==TD_LOG_CREATE?"w":"a"));
+    return log_handle;
+  }
   /* Check to avoid buffer overflow may not be 100% bullet proof */
-  if(strlen(path)+strlen(default_filename)+2 > 2048)
-    return NULL;
-  filename=(char*)MALLOC(2048);
+  if(strlen(path)+strlen(default_filename)+2 > 4096)
+  {
+    log_handle=fopen(default_filename,(mode==TD_LOG_CREATE?"w":"a"));
+    return log_handle;
+  }
+  filename=(char*)MALLOC(4096);
 #ifdef __CYGWIN__
+/* FIXME */
   cygwin_conv_to_posix_path(path, filename);
 #else
   strcpy(filename, path);
@@ -97,7 +104,10 @@ FILE *log_open_default(const char*default_filename, const int mode)
   char *path;
   path = getenv("HOME");
   if(path == NULL)
-    return NULL;
+  {
+    log_handle=fopen(default_filename,(mode==TD_LOG_CREATE?"w":"a"));
+    return log_handle;
+  }
   filename=(char*)MALLOC(strlen(path)+strlen(default_filename)+2);
   strcpy(filename, path);
   strcat(filename, "/");