diff --git a/socketserver/cmd/ffzsocketserver/socketserver.go b/socketserver/cmd/ffzsocketserver/socketserver.go
index f8bf8c19..a7e1b9f3 100644
--- a/socketserver/cmd/ffzsocketserver/socketserver.go
+++ b/socketserver/cmd/ffzsocketserver/socketserver.go
@@ -48,12 +48,13 @@ func main() {
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal("Could not create logfile: ", err)
 	}
-	log.SetOutput(logFile)
 
 	server.SetupServerAndHandle(conf, nil)
 
 	go commandLineConsole()
 
+	log.SetOutput(logFile)
+
 	if conf.UseSSL {
 		err = httpServer.ListenAndServeTLS(conf.SSLCertificateFile, conf.SSLKeyFile)
 	} else {
diff --git a/socketserver/internal/server/backend.go b/socketserver/internal/server/backend.go
index 40ebfcf9..6af4d068 100644
--- a/socketserver/internal/server/backend.go
+++ b/socketserver/internal/server/backend.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ var responseCache *cache.Cache
 var getBacklogUrl string
 var postStatisticsUrl string
 var addTopicUrl string
+var announceStartupUrl string
 
 var backendSharedKey [32]byte
 var serverId int
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ func SetupBackend(config *ConfigFile) {
 	getBacklogUrl = fmt.Sprintf("%s/backlog", backendUrl)
 	postStatisticsUrl = fmt.Sprintf("%s/stats", backendUrl)
 	addTopicUrl = fmt.Sprintf("%s/topics", backendUrl)
+	announceStartupUrl = fmt.Sprintf("%s/startup", backendUrl)
 
 	messageBufferPool.New = New4KByteBuffer
 
diff --git a/socketserver/internal/server/handlecore.go b/socketserver/internal/server/handlecore.go
index 21b4c6d8..526111bb 100644
--- a/socketserver/internal/server/handlecore.go
+++ b/socketserver/internal/server/handlecore.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ func SetupServerAndHandle(config *ConfigFile, serveMux *http.ServeMux) {
 
 	bannerBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile("index.html")
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal("Could not open index.html", err)
+		log.Fatalln("Could not open index.html:", err)
 	}
 	BannerHTML = bannerBytes
 
@@ -101,6 +102,19 @@ func SetupServerAndHandle(config *ConfigFile, serveMux *http.ServeMux) {
 	serveMux.HandleFunc("/dump_backlog", HBackendDumpBacklog)
 	serveMux.HandleFunc("/update_and_pub", HBackendUpdateAndPublish)
 
+	announceForm, err := SealRequest(url.Values{
+		"startup": []string{"1"},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalln("Unable to seal requests:", err)
+	}
+	resp, err := backendHttpClient.PostForm(announceStartupUrl, announceForm)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println(err)
+	} else {
+		resp.Body.Close()
+	}
+
 	go pubsubJanitor()
 	go backlogJanitor()
 	go authorizationJanitor()