diff --git a/lib/Qpsmtpd/Plugin.pm b/lib/Qpsmtpd/Plugin.pm
index ef8b2c1..a92ca78 100644
--- a/lib/Qpsmtpd/Plugin.pm
+++ b/lib/Qpsmtpd/Plugin.pm
@@ -32,23 +32,24 @@ sub register_hook {
 
     die $plugin->plugin_name . ": Invalid hook: $hook" unless $hooks{$hook};
 
-    $plugin->{_qp}->log(LOGDEBUG, $plugin->plugin_name, "hooking", $hook)
-      unless $hook =~ /logging/;    # can't log during load_logging()
+    if ($hook !~ /logging/) {    # can't log during load_logging()
+        $plugin->{_qp}->log(LOGDEBUG, $plugin->plugin_name, 'hooking', $hook);
+    }
 
     # I can't quite decide if it's better to parse this code ref or if
     # we should pass the plugin object and method name ... hmn.
     $plugin->qp->_register_hook(
         $hook,
         {
-         code => sub {
-             local $plugin->{_qp}   = shift;
-             local $plugin->{_hook} = $hook;
-             $plugin->$method(@_);
-         },
-         name => $plugin->plugin_name,
+            code => sub {
+                local $plugin->{_qp}   = shift;
+                local $plugin->{_hook} = $hook;
+                $plugin->$method(@_);
+            },
+            name => $plugin->plugin_name,
         },
         $unshift,
-                               );
+    );
 }
 
 sub _register {
diff --git a/plugins/logging/file b/plugins/logging/file
index 7c82bf7..80495b3 100644
--- a/plugins/logging/file
+++ b/plugins/logging/file
@@ -230,7 +230,9 @@ sub maybe_reopen {
         unless ($self->open_log($new_output, $transaction)) {
             return undef;
         }
-        $transaction->notes('file-reopened-this-session', 1);
+        if (UNIVERSAL::can($transaction,'isa')) {
+            $transaction->notes('file-reopened-this-session', 1);
+        }
         return 1;
     }
     return 0;
@@ -262,10 +264,12 @@ sub hook_disconnect {
 sub hook_logging {
     my ($self, $transaction, $trace, $hook, $plugin, @log) = @_;
 
-    return DECLINED
-      if !defined $self->{_loglevel}
-      or $trace > $self->{_loglevel};
-    return DECLINED if defined $plugin and $plugin eq $self->plugin_name;
+    if (!defined $self->{_loglevel}) { return DECLINED; }
+    if ($trace > $self->{_loglevel}) { return DECLINED; }
+
+    if (defined $plugin && $plugin eq $self->plugin_name) {
+        return DECLINED;
+    }
 
     # Possibly reopen the log iff:
     # - It's not already open
@@ -280,7 +284,9 @@ sub hook_logging {
         unless (defined $self->maybe_reopen($transaction)) {
             return DECLINED;
         }
-        $transaction->notes('file-logged-this-session', 1) if $transaction;
+        if (UNIVERSAL::can($transaction,'isa')) {
+            $transaction->notes('file-logged-this-session', 1) if $transaction;
+        }
     }
 
     my $f = $self->{_f};
diff --git a/t/config/plugins b/t/config/plugins
index c4b4d79..038bd94 100644
--- a/t/config/plugins
+++ b/t/config/plugins
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 #
-#  Example configuration file for plugins
+#  Test configuration file for plugins
 #
 
 # enable this to get configuration via http; see perldoc
 # plugins/http_config for details.
 #   http_config http://localhost/~smtpd/config/  http://www.example.com/smtp.pl?config=
 
+logging/syslog
+logging/warn
+logging/file t/tmp/test-warn.log
+
+content_log
+
 # hosts_allow does not work with the tcpserver deployment model!
 #   perldoc plugins/hosts_allow for an alternative.
 #
@@ -13,7 +19,6 @@
 # my $MAXCONNIP = 5; # max simultaneous connections from one IP
 # settings... without this it will NOT refuse more than $MAXCONNIP connections
 # from one IP!
-content_log
 hosts_allow
 
 # information plugins
diff --git a/t/qpsmtpd.t b/t/qpsmtpd.t
index 308f821..f0c461b 100644
--- a/t/qpsmtpd.t
+++ b/t/qpsmtpd.t
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ sub __log {
             warn @_;
         }
     };
-    ok($qp->log(LOGWARN, "test log message"), 'log');
+    $qp->log(LOGWARN, "test log message");
+    ok(-f 't/tmp/test-warn.log', 'log');
     is($warned, "$$ test log message\n", 'LOGWARN emitted correct warning');
 }