diff --git a/backends/skype/main.cpp b/backends/skype/main.cpp
index aa237178261657a5c1c42d07762d90ec8bec1ba9..838d9231d1bea354b681332ab961cc6d4ca1b5ea 100644
--- a/backends/skype/main.cpp
+++ b/backends/skype/main.cpp
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ class SpectrumNetworkPlugin : public NetworkPlugin {
 			if (skype) {
 				LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "User wants to logout, logging out");
 				skype->logout();
+				Logging::shutdownLogging();
 				exit(1);
 			}
 		}
@@ -366,7 +367,7 @@ bool Skype::createDBusProxy() {
 			LOG4CXX_INFO(logger,  m_username << ":" << error->message);
 
 			if (m_counter == 15) {
-				LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, "Logging out, proxy couldn't be created");
+				LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, "Logging out, proxy couldn't be created: " << error->message);
 				np->handleDisconnected(m_user, pbnetwork::CONNECTION_ERROR_AUTHENTICATION_IMPOSSIBLE, error->message);
 				logout();
 				g_error_free(error);
@@ -444,7 +445,8 @@ void Skype::login() {
 	gchar* argv[6] = {"skype", "--disable-cleanlooks", "--pipelogin", "--dbpath", db, 0};
 
 	int fd;
-	g_spawn_async_with_pipes(NULL,
+	GError *error = NULL;
+	bool spawned = g_spawn_async_with_pipes(NULL,
 		argv,
 		NULL /*envp*/,
 		G_SPAWN_SEARCH_PATH,
@@ -454,9 +456,16 @@ void Skype::login() {
 		&fd,
 		NULL,
 		&fd_output,
-		NULL /*error*/);
+		&error);
+
+	if (!spawned) {
+		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, "Error spawning the Skype instance: " << error->message)
+		np->handleDisconnected(m_user, pbnetwork::CONNECTION_ERROR_AUTHENTICATION_IMPOSSIBLE, "Error spawning the Skype instance.");
+		return;
+	}
+
 	std::string login_data = std::string(m_username + " " + m_password + "\n");
-	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger,  m_username << ": Login data=" << login_data);
+	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger,  m_username << ": Login data=" << m_username);
 	write(fd, login_data.c_str(), login_data.size());
 	close(fd);
 
@@ -469,12 +478,12 @@ void Skype::login() {
 
 	if (m_connection == NULL)
 	{
-		LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "Creating DBus connection.");
+		LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "Creating DBUS connection.");
 		GError *error = NULL;
 		m_connection = dbus_g_bus_get (DBUS_BUS_SESSION, &error);
 		if (m_connection == NULL && error != NULL)
 		{
-			LOG4CXX_INFO(logger,  m_username << ": DBUS Error: " << error->message);
+			LOG4CXX_INFO(logger,  m_username << ": Creating DBUS Connection error: " << error->message);
 			g_error_free(error);
 			return;
 		}
@@ -793,6 +802,7 @@ static int create_socket(char *host, int portno) {
 	if ((hos = gethostbyname(host)) == NULL) {
 		// strerror() will not work for gethostbyname() and hstrerror() 
 		// is supposedly obsolete
+		Logging::shutdownLogging();
 		exit(1);
 	}
 	serv_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = *((unsigned long *) hos->h_addr_list[0]);
@@ -815,6 +825,7 @@ static gboolean transportDataReceived(GIOChannel *source, GIOCondition condition
 	ssize_t n = read(m_sock, ptr, sizeof(buffer));
 	if (n <= 0) {
 		LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "Diconnecting from spectrum2 server");
+		Logging::shutdownLogging();
 		exit(errno);
 	}
 	std::string d = std::string(buffer, n);
@@ -823,6 +834,7 @@ static gboolean transportDataReceived(GIOChannel *source, GIOCondition condition
 }
 
 static void io_destroy(gpointer data) {
+	Logging::shutdownLogging();
 	exit(1);
 }