diff --git a/node/server.js b/node/server.js
index 5ff11ca7e..e487d85e6 100644
--- a/node/server.js
+++ b/node/server.js
@@ -91,7 +91,10 @@ async.waterfall([
     var httpLogger = log4js.getLogger("http");
     app.configure(function() 
     {
-      app.use(log4js.connectLogger(httpLogger, { level: log4js.levels.INFO, format: ':status, :method :url'}));
+      // If the log level specified in the config file is WARN or ERROR the application server never starts listening to requests as reported in issue #158.
+      // Not installing the log4js connect logger when the log level has a higher severity than INFO since it would not log at that level anyway.
+      if (!(settings.loglevel === "WARN" || settings.loglevel == "ERROR"))
+        app.use(log4js.connectLogger(httpLogger, { level: log4js.levels.INFO, format: ':status, :method :url'}));
       app.use(express.cookieParser());
     });
     
diff --git a/static/js/pad2.js b/static/js/pad2.js
index e59ba7033..977c56328 100644
--- a/static/js/pad2.js
+++ b/static/js/pad2.js
@@ -79,13 +79,13 @@ function randomString()
 
 function getParams()
 {
-var params = getUrlVars()
-var showControls = params["showControls"];
-var showChat = params["showChat"];
-var userName = params["userName"];
-var showLineNumbers = params["showLineNumbers"];
-var useMonospaceFont = params["useMonospaceFont"];
-var IsnoColors = params["noColors"];
+  var params = getUrlVars()
+  var showControls = params["showControls"];
+  var showChat = params["showChat"];
+  var userName = params["userName"];
+  var showLineNumbers = params["showLineNumbers"];
+  var useMonospaceFont = params["useMonospaceFont"];
+  var IsnoColors = params["noColors"];
 
   if(IsnoColors)
   {
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ var IsnoColors = params["noColors"];
   if(userName)
   {
     // If the username is set as a parameter we should set a global value that we can call once we have initiated the pad.
-    globalUserName = unescape( userName );
+    globalUserName = unescape(userName);
   }
 }