diff --git a/src/freedombone-logging b/src/freedombone-logging
index 1b15ffc8..ce2e875e 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-logging
+++ b/src/freedombone-logging
@@ -35,6 +35,44 @@ export TEXTDOMAINDIR="/usr/share/locale"
 
 WEBSERVER_LOG_LEVEL='warn'
 
+function turn_off_rsys_logging {
+    sed -i 's|mail,news.none.*|mail,news.none      /dev/null|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
+    sed -i 's|auth,authpriv.\*.*|auth,authpriv.\*         /dev/null|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
+    sed -i 's|mail.info.*|mail.info            /dev/null|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
+    sed -i 's|mail.warn.*|mail.warn            /dev/null|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
+    sed -i 's|mail.err.*|mail.err            /dev/null|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
+    sed -i 's|daemon.\*.*|daemon.\*              /dev/null|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
+    sed -i 's|mail.\*.*|mail.\*              /dev/null|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
+    sed -i 's|user.\*.*|user.\*              /dev/null|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
+    sed -i 's|news.none;mail.none.*|news.none;mail.none /dev/null|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
+    sed -i 's|\*.\*;auth,authpriv.none.*|\*.\*;auth,authpriv.none      /dev/null|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
+    sed -i 's|#cron.\*|cron.\*|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
+    sed -i 's|cron.\*.*|cron.\*             /dev/null|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
+    shred -zu /var/log/wtmp*
+    shred -zu /var/log/debug*
+    shred -zu /var/log/cron.*
+    shred -zu /var/log/auth.*
+    shred -zu /var/log/mail.*
+    shred -zu /var/log/daemon.*
+    shred -zu /var/log/user.*
+    shred -zu /var/log/messages*
+}
+
+function turn_on_rsys_logging {
+    sed -i 's|mail,news.none.*|mail,news.none      -/var/log/messages|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
+    sed -i 's|auth,authpriv.\*.*|auth,authpriv.\*         /var/log/auth.log|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
+    sed -i 's|mail.info.*|mail.info            -/var/log/mail.info|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
+    sed -i 's|mail.warn.*|mail.warn            -/var/log/mail.warn|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
+    sed -i 's|mail.err.*|mail.err            /var/log/mail.err|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
+    sed -i 's|daemon.\*.*|daemon.\*              -/var/log/daemon.log|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
+    sed -i 's|mail.\*.*|mail.\*              -/var/log/mail.log|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
+    sed -i 's|user.\*.*|user.\*              -/var/log/user.log|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
+    sed -i 's|news.none;mail.none.*|news.none;mail.none -/var/log/debug|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
+    sed -i 's|\*.\*;auth,authpriv.none.*|\*.\*;auth,authpriv.none      -/var/log/syslog|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
+    sed -i 's|#cron.\*|cron.\*|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
+    sed -i 's|cron.\*.*|cron.\*             /var/log/cron.log|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
+}
+
 if [ ! "$1" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
@@ -95,19 +133,7 @@ if [[ "$1" == "on" || "$1" == "On" || "$1" == "ON" ]]; then
         fi
         sed -i 's|log_error =.*|log_error = /var/log/mysql/error.log|g' /etc/mysql/my.cnf
     fi
-
-    sed -i 's|mail,news.none.*|mail,news.none      -/var/log/messages|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
-    sed -i 's|auth,authpriv.\*.*|auth,authpriv.\*         /var/log/auth.log|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
-    sed -i 's|mail.info.*|mail.info            -/var/log/mail.info|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
-    sed -i 's|mail.warn.*|mail.warn            -/var/log/mail.warn|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
-    sed -i 's|mail.err.*|mail.err            /var/log/mail.err|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
-    sed -i 's|daemon.\*.*|daemon.\*              -/var/log/daemon.log|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
-    sed -i 's|mail.\*.*|mail.\*              -/var/log/mail.log|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
-    sed -i 's|user.\*.*|user.\*              -/var/log/user.log|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
-    sed -i 's|news.none;mail.none.*|news.none;mail.none -/var/log/debug|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
-    sed -i 's|\*.\*;auth,authpriv.none.*|\*.\*;auth,authpriv.none      -/var/log/syslog|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
-    sed -i 's|#cron.\*|cron.\*|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
-    sed -i 's|cron.\*.*|cron.\*             /var/log/cron.log|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
+    turn_on_rsys_logging
 else
     if [ -d /etc/tor ]; then
         sed -i 's|#Log notice file.*|Log notice file /dev/null|g' /etc/tor/torrc
@@ -180,26 +206,7 @@ else
         sed -i 's|logtarget.*|logtarget = /dev/null|g' /etc/fail2ban/fail2ban.conf
         shred -zu /var/log/fail2ban.*
     fi
-    sed -i 's|mail,news.none.*|mail,news.none      /dev/null|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
-    sed -i 's|auth,authpriv.\*.*|auth,authpriv.\*         /dev/null|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
-    sed -i 's|mail.info.*|mail.info            /dev/null|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
-    sed -i 's|mail.warn.*|mail.warn            /dev/null|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
-    sed -i 's|mail.err.*|mail.err            /dev/null|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
-    sed -i 's|daemon.\*.*|daemon.\*              /dev/null|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
-    sed -i 's|mail.\*.*|mail.\*              /dev/null|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
-    sed -i 's|user.\*.*|user.\*              /dev/null|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
-    sed -i 's|news.none;mail.none.*|news.none;mail.none /dev/null|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
-    sed -i 's|\*.\*;auth,authpriv.none.*|\*.\*;auth,authpriv.none      /dev/null|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
-    sed -i 's|#cron.\*|cron.\*|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
-    sed -i 's|cron.\*.*|cron.\*             /dev/null|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
-    shred -zu /var/log/wtmp*
-    shred -zu /var/log/debug*
-    shred -zu /var/log/cron.*
-    shred -zu /var/log/auth.*
-    shred -zu /var/log/mail.*
-    shred -zu /var/log/daemon.*
-    shred -zu /var/log/user.*
-    shred -zu /var/log/messages*
+    turn_off_rsys_logging
 fi
 
 systemctl restart syslog
diff --git a/src/freedombone-utils-setup b/src/freedombone-utils-setup
index 3c05a631..530cfaef 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-utils-setup
+++ b/src/freedombone-utils-setup
@@ -147,6 +147,29 @@ function install_backports_kernel {
     fi
 }
 
+function turn_off_rsys_logging {
+    sed -i 's|mail,news.none.*|mail,news.none      /dev/null|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
+    sed -i 's|auth,authpriv.\*.*|auth,authpriv.\*         /dev/null|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
+    sed -i 's|mail.info.*|mail.info            /dev/null|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
+    sed -i 's|mail.warn.*|mail.warn            /dev/null|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
+    sed -i 's|mail.err.*|mail.err            /dev/null|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
+    sed -i 's|daemon.\*.*|daemon.\*              /dev/null|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
+    sed -i 's|mail.\*.*|mail.\*              /dev/null|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
+    sed -i 's|user.\*.*|user.\*              /dev/null|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
+    sed -i 's|news.none;mail.none.*|news.none;mail.none /dev/null|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
+    sed -i 's|\*.\*;auth,authpriv.none.*|\*.\*;auth,authpriv.none      /dev/null|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
+    sed -i 's|#cron.\*|cron.\*|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
+    sed -i 's|cron.\*.*|cron.\*             /dev/null|g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
+    shred -zu /var/log/wtmp*
+    shred -zu /var/log/debug*
+    shred -zu /var/log/cron.*
+    shred -zu /var/log/auth.*
+    shred -zu /var/log/mail.*
+    shred -zu /var/log/daemon.*
+    shred -zu /var/log/user.*
+    shred -zu /var/log/messages*
+}
+
 function initial_setup {
     if [[ $(is_completed $FUNCNAME) == "1" ]]; then
         return
@@ -330,6 +353,9 @@ function setup_utils {
     read_config_param "PROJECT_REPO"
     write_config_param "PROJECT_REPO" "$PROJECT_REPO"
 
+    function_check turn_off_rsys_logging
+    turn_off_rsys_logging
+
     function_check install_backports_kernel
     install_backports_kernel