diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 03054781..6b4e1e95 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ Here is the **[FAQ](https://github.com/Pita/etherpad-lite/wiki/FAQ)**
 ## Next Steps
 You can modify the settings in the file `settings.json`
 
+You should use a dedicated database such as "mysql" if you are planning on using etherpad-lite in a production environment, the "dirty" database driver is only for testing and/or development purposes.
+
 You can update to the latest version with `git pull origin`. The next start with bin/run.sh will update the dependencies
 
 Look at this wiki pages: 
diff --git a/node/server.js b/node/server.js
index 2bebe6a2..57609ac8 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/settings.json.template b/settings.json.template
index a7afaecc..199ac6d0 100644
--- a/settings.json.template
+++ b/settings.json.template
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
   "ip": "0.0.0.0",
   "port" : 9001,
   
-  //The Type of the database. You can choose between sqlite and mysql
+  //The Type of the database. You can choose between dirty, sqlite and mysql
+  //You should use mysql or sqlite for anything else than testing or development
   "dbType" : "dirty",
   //the database specific settings
   "dbSettings" : {
diff --git a/static/js/pad2.js b/static/js/pad2.js
index 9df57ae8..d6429eea 100644
--- a/static/js/pad2.js
+++ b/static/js/pad2.js
@@ -79,12 +79,13 @@ function randomString()
 
 function getParams()
 {
-  var showControls = getUrlVars()["showControls"];
-  var showChat = getUrlVars()["showChat"];
-  var userName = unescape(getUrlVars()["userName"]);
-  var showLineNumbers = getUrlVars()["showLineNumbers"];
-  var useMonospaceFont = getUrlVars()["useMonospaceFont"];
-  var IsnoColors = getUrlVars()["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)
   {
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ function getParams()
   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 = userName;
+    globalUserName = unescape(userName);
   }
 }