diff --git a/src/core/Logger.cpp b/src/core/Logger.cpp
index 03de75d..c1bd50a 100644
--- a/src/core/Logger.cpp
+++ b/src/core/Logger.cpp
@@ -18,12 +18,9 @@ Logger::Logger(enum Level logLevel) :
 {
     output = new ofstream("plains.log");
 
-    if (!output) {
-        cerr << "Unable to open Logfile!" << endl;
-        //std::ostream osteam();
-        //aoutput = cout;
-        //output->rdbuf(cout.rdbuf());
-        //output.rdbuf(NULL);
+    if (!(*output)) {
+        cout << "Unable to open Logfile! writing to /tmp/plains.log" << endl;
+        output = new ofstream("/tmp/plains.log");
     }
     else {
         debug << "Logfile successfully opened!" << commit;
diff --git a/src/core/include/Logger.hpp b/src/core/include/Logger.hpp
index a0705ee..f239490 100644
--- a/src/core/include/Logger.hpp
+++ b/src/core/include/Logger.hpp
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 #define LOGGER_HPP
 #include <string>
 #include <fstream>
-#include <ostream>
 
 namespace Plains {
 namespace Core {