diff --git a/src/config.cpp b/src/config.cpp
index 54eb5236..901e1cae 100644
--- a/src/config.cpp
+++ b/src/config.cpp
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ namespace config {
     if (*begin_val == '[') {
       endl = skip_list(begin_val + 1, end);
       if (endl == end) {
-        std::cout << "Warning: Config option ["sv << to_string(begin, end_name) << "] Missing ']'"sv;
+        BOOST_LOG(warning) << "config: Missing ']' in config option: " << to_string(begin, end_name);
 
         return std::make_pair(endl, std::nullopt);
       }
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ namespace config {
 
     // The list needs to be a multiple of 2
     if (list.size() % 2) {
-      std::cout << "Warning: expected "sv << name << " to have a multiple of two elements --> not "sv << list.size() << std::endl;
+      BOOST_LOG(warning) << "config: expected "sv << name << " to have a multiple of two elements --> not "sv << list.size();
       return;
     }
 
@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ namespace config {
           config::sunshine.flags[config::flag::UPNP].flip();
           break;
         default:
-          std::cout << "Warning: Unrecognized flag: ["sv << *line << ']' << std::endl;
+          BOOST_LOG(warning) << "config: Unrecognized flag: ["sv << *line << ']' << std::endl;
           ret = -1;
       }
 
@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ namespace config {
     }
 
     for (auto &[name, val] : vars) {
-      std::cout << "["sv << name << "] -- ["sv << val << ']' << std::endl;
+      BOOST_LOG(info) << "config: '"sv << name << "' = "sv << val;
     }
 
     int_f(vars, "qp", video.qp);
@@ -1425,7 +1425,7 @@ namespace config {
         shell_exec_info.nShow = SW_NORMAL;
         if (!ShellExecuteExW(&shell_exec_info)) {
           auto winerr = GetLastError();
-          std::cout << "Error: ShellExecuteEx() failed:"sv << winerr << std::endl;
+          BOOST_LOG(error) << "Failed executing shell command: " << winerr << std::endl;
           return 1;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 04b080c5..555366ba 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -106,10 +106,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
   mail::man = std::make_shared<safe::mail_raw_t>();
 
-  if (config::parse(argc, argv)) {
-    return 0;
-  }
-
   auto log_deinit_guard = logging::init(config::sunshine.min_log_level, config::sunshine.log_file);
   if (!log_deinit_guard) {
     BOOST_LOG(error) << "Logging failed to initialize"sv;
@@ -123,6 +119,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   // Log publisher metadata
   log_publisher_data();
 
+  // parse config file
+  if (config::parse(argc, argv)) {
+    return 0;
+  }
+
   if (!config::sunshine.cmd.name.empty()) {
     auto fn = cmd_to_func.find(config::sunshine.cmd.name);
     if (fn == std::end(cmd_to_func)) {