diff --git a/mx_flock.c b/mx_flock.c
index eb522ad..bdbbaf3 100644
--- a/mx_flock.c
+++ b/mx_flock.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ static inline int _flock_open(struct mx_flock *lock, mode_t mode)
 
     fd = open(lock->fname, O_RDONLY|O_CREAT|O_NOCTTY|O_CLOEXEC, mode);
     if (fd < 0) {
-        mx_log_debug("open(): %m");
+        mx_log_err("%s: %m",lock->fname);
         return -1;
     }
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ struct mx_flock *mx_flock(int operation, char *fmt, ...)
 
     lock = malloc(sizeof(*lock));
     if (!lock) {
-        mx_log_debug("malloc(): %m");
+        mx_log_err("malloc(): %m");
         return NULL;
     }
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ struct mx_flock *mx_flock(int operation, char *fmt, ...)
     va_end(ap);
 
     if (res == -1) {
-       mx_log_debug("vasprintf(): %m");
+       mx_log_err("vasprintf(): %m");
        _flock_free(lock);
        return NULL;
     }
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ struct mx_flock *mx_flock(int operation, char *fmt, ...)
         if (res < 0) {
             if (errno == EWOULDBLOCK)
                 return lock;
-            mx_log_debug("flock(): %m");
+            mx_log_err("flock(): %m");
             _flock_free(lock);
             return NULL;
         }
@@ -144,11 +144,11 @@ int mx_funlock(struct mx_flock *lock)
 
     res = unlink(lock->fname);
     if (res < 0)
-        mx_log_debug("unlink(): %m");
+        mx_log_warning("unlink(): %m");
 
     res = flock(lock->fd, LOCK_UN);
     if (res < 0)
-        mx_log_debug("flock(): %m");
+        mx_log_warning("flock(): %m");
 
     _flock_close(lock);
     _flock_free(lock);
diff --git a/mx_getopt.c b/mx_getopt.c
index 3271663..1e5da27 100644
--- a/mx_getopt.c
+++ b/mx_getopt.c
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ static int _mx_getopt_long(struct mx_getopt_ctl *optctl, int *optindex)
 
     *optindex = -1;
 
-    /* not an option: pop arguement */
+    /* not an option: pop argument */
 
     if(!maybe_option) {
         mx_getopt_pop_current_argument(optctl);
diff --git a/mx_util.c b/mx_util.c
index efde13f..790fc6b 100644
--- a/mx_util.c
+++ b/mx_util.c
@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@ void mx_strvec_free(char **strvec)
         return;
 
     for (sv = strvec; *sv; sv++) {
-        free(sv);
+        free(*sv);
     }
     free(strvec);
 }
diff --git a/mxqd.c b/mxqd.c
index 9ab4fda..47881c4 100644
--- a/mxqd.c
+++ b/mxqd.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ int setup_cronolog(char *cronolog, char *link, char *format)
     pid = fork();
     if (pid < 0) {
         mx_log_err("cronolog fork failed: %m");
-        return 1;
+        return 0;
     } else if(pid == 0) {
         res = dup2(pipe_fd[0], STDIN_FILENO);
         if (res == -1) {
@@ -247,8 +247,7 @@ int server_init(struct mxq_server *server, int argc, char *argv[])
 
     mx_getopt_init(&optctl, argc-1, &argv[1], opts);
 
-    optctl.flags = MX_FLAG_STOPONUNKNOWN|MX_FLAG_STOPONNOOPT;
-//    optctl.flags = MX_FLAG_STOPONUNKNOWN;
+//    optctl.flags = MX_FLAG_STOPONUNKNOWN|MX_FLAG_STOPONNOOPT;
 
     while ((opt=mx_getopt(&optctl, &i)) != MX_GETOPT_END) {
         if (opt == MX_GETOPT_ERROR) {
@@ -404,6 +403,10 @@ int server_init(struct mxq_server *server, int argc, char *argv[])
     setup_stdin("/dev/null");
 
     if (!arg_nolog) {
+        if (access("/var/log",R_OK|W_OK|X_OK)) {
+            mx_log_err("MAIN: cant write to /var/log: %m");
+            exit(EX_IOERR);
+        }
         res = setup_cronolog("/usr/sbin/cronolog", "/var/log/mxqd_log", "/var/log/%Y/mxqd_log-%Y-%m");
         if (!res) {
             mx_log_err("MAIN: cronolog setup failed. exiting.");
@@ -1369,6 +1372,7 @@ void server_close(struct mxq_server *server)
     mx_funlock(server->flock);
 
     mx_free_null(server->boot_id);
+    mx_free_null(server->host_id);
 }
 
 int killall(struct mxq_server *server, int sig, unsigned int pgrp)
diff --git a/mxqd.h b/mxqd.h
index c4db22d..8de7d89 100644
--- a/mxqd.h
+++ b/mxqd.h
@@ -75,14 +75,11 @@ struct mxq_server {
     char *host_id;
     char *hostname;
     char *server_id;
-    char *lockfilename;
     char *pidfilename;
     struct mx_flock *flock;
 
     char *initial_path;
     char *initial_tmpdir;
-
-    int is_running;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/mysql/create_tables.sql b/mysql/create_tables.sql
index c203fa2..ce129e4 100644
--- a/mysql/create_tables.sql
+++ b/mysql/create_tables.sql
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS mxq_server (
    host_mtime       TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
 
    server_start     TIMESTAMP DEFAULT 0,
-   server_stop      TIMESTAMP DEFAULT 0,
+   server_stop      TIMESTAMP DEFAULT 0
 );
 
 
diff --git a/test_mx_util.c b/test_mx_util.c
index 5700e80..b4ef240 100644
--- a/test_mx_util.c
+++ b/test_mx_util.c
@@ -356,6 +356,15 @@ static void test_mx_strscan(void)
     mx_proc_pid_stat_free(&pps2);
 }
 
+static void test_mx_strvec() {
+    char **strvec;
+
+    strvec=mx_strvec_new();
+    mx_strvec_push_str(&strvec,strdup("Hallo"));
+    mx_strvec_push_str(&strvec,strdup("Bla"));
+    mx_strvec_push_str(&strvec,strdup("lall"));
+    mx_strvec_free(strvec);
+}
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
@@ -372,5 +381,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     test_mx_strtobytes();
     test_mx_read_first_line_from_file();
     test_mx_strscan();
+    test_mx_strvec();
     return 0;
 }