diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index def0a42a..a4436407 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -155,11 +155,9 @@ Clio provides several logging options, all are configurable via the config file
 `log_level`: The minimum level of severity at which the log message will be outputted. 
 Severity options are `trace`, `debug`, `info`, `warning`, `error`, `fatal`. 
 
-`log_to_console`: Enable/disable log output to console. Options are `true`/`false`.
+`log_to_console`: Enable/disable log output to console. Options are `true`/`false`. Defaults to true.
 
-`log_to_file`: Enable/disable log saving to files in persistent local storage.  Options are `true`/`false`.
-
-`log_directory`: Path to the directory where log files are stored. If such directory doesn't exist, Clio will create it.
+`log_directory`: Path to the directory where log files are stored. If such directory doesn't exist, Clio will create it. If not specified, logs are not written to a file.
 
 `log_rotation_size`: The max size of the log file in **megabytes** before it will rotate into a smaller file.
 
diff --git a/src/main/main.cpp b/src/main/main.cpp
index 540c9ac0..fb7c9d3a 100644
--- a/src/main/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main/main.cpp
@@ -115,8 +115,7 @@ initLogging(boost::json::object const& config)
     {
         boost::log::add_console_log(std::cout, keywords::format = format);
     }
-    if (config.contains("log_to_file") && config.at("log_to_file").as_bool() &&
-        config.contains("log_directory"))
+    if (config.contains("log_directory"))
     {
         if (!config.at("log_directory").is_string())
             throw std::runtime_error("log directory must be a string");
diff --git a/src/webserver/Listener.h b/src/webserver/Listener.h
index 2f7a2c3f..79dd22d8 100644
--- a/src/webserver/Listener.h
+++ b/src/webserver/Listener.h
@@ -321,8 +321,8 @@ make_HttpServer(
         static_cast<unsigned short>(serverConfig.at("port").as_int64());
 
     uint32_t numThreads = std::thread::hardware_concurrency();
-    if (serverConfig.contains("workers"))
-        numThreads = serverConfig.at("workers").as_int64();
+    if (config.contains("workers"))
+        numThreads = config.at("workers").as_int64();
     uint32_t maxQueueSize = 0;  // no max
     if (serverConfig.contains("max_queue_size"))
         maxQueueSize = serverConfig.at("max_queue_size").as_int64();