diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index df77e89..c5aba3b 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -124,8 +124,10 @@ fn daemonize(options: &getopts::Matches) -> Result<()> {
 #[cfg(unix)]
 fn init_log(log_level: LevelFilter, options: &getopts::Matches) -> Result<()> {
 	if options.opt_present("f") {
-		if let Err(e) = TermLogger::init(log_level, LOG_CONFIG) {
-			bail!("Error starting terminal logger: {}", e);
+		if let Err(_) = TermLogger::init(log_level, LOG_CONFIG) {
+            if let Err(e) = SimpleLogger::init(log_level, LOG_CONFIG) {
+                bail!("Error starting terminal logger: {}", e);
+            };
 		};
 	} else {
 		if let Err(e) = SimpleLogger::init(log_level, LOG_CONFIG) {