diff --git a/sugar/activity/activityfactory.py b/sugar/activity/activityfactory.py
index d5bdaf7b..c1cefb59 100644
--- a/sugar/activity/activityfactory.py
+++ b/sugar/activity/activityfactory.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 import logging
 import subprocess
-import time
 
 import dbus
 import gobject
@@ -101,9 +100,10 @@ def get_command(activity, activity_id=None, object_id=None, uri=None):
     return command
 
 def open_log_file(activity, activity_id):
-    timestamp = str(int(time.time()))
-    name = '%s-%s.log' % (activity.bundle_id, timestamp)
-    return open(env.get_logs_path(name), 'w')
+    for i in range(1, 100):
+        path = env.get_logs_path('%s-%s.log' % (activity.bundle_id, i))
+        if not os.path.exists(path):
+            return open(path, 'w')
 
 class ActivityCreationHandler(gobject.GObject):
     """Sugar-side activity creation interface
diff --git a/sugar/logger.py b/sugar/logger.py
index 26b03ac5..d1c90807 100644
--- a/sugar/logger.py
+++ b/sugar/logger.py
@@ -48,8 +48,5 @@ def start(log_filename=None):
         log_path = os.path.join(get_logs_dir(), log_filename + '.log')
         log_file = open(log_path, 'w')
 
-        handler = logging.StreamHandler()
-        logging.getLogger('').addHandler(handler)
-
         os.dup2(log_file.fileno(), sys.stdout.fileno())
         os.dup2(log_file.fileno(), sys.stderr.fileno())