diff --git a/core/uwsgi.c b/core/uwsgi.c
index 13aad507..0884f370 100644
--- a/core/uwsgi.c
+++ b/core/uwsgi.c
@@ -2581,7 +2581,7 @@ int uwsgi_start(void *v_argv) {
 
 	if (uwsgi.async > 1) {
 		if ((unsigned long) uwsgi.max_fd < (unsigned long) uwsgi.async) {
-			uwsgi_log("- your current max open files limit is %lu, this is lower than requested async cores !!! -\n", (unsigned long) uwsgi.max_fd);
+			uwsgi_log_initial("- your current max open files limit is %lu, this is lower than requested async cores !!! -\n", (unsigned long) uwsgi.max_fd);
 			uwsgi.rl.rlim_cur = uwsgi.async;
 			uwsgi.rl.rlim_max = uwsgi.async;
 			if (!setrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &uwsgi.rl)) {
@@ -2593,7 +2593,7 @@ int uwsgi_start(void *v_argv) {
 				uwsgi.async = (int) uwsgi.max_fd;
 			}
 		}
-		uwsgi_log("- async cores set to %d - fd table size: %d\n", uwsgi.async, (int) uwsgi.max_fd);
+		uwsgi_log_initial("- async cores set to %d - fd table size: %d\n", uwsgi.async, (int) uwsgi.max_fd);
 		// optimization, this array maps file descriptor to requests
 		uwsgi.async_waiting_fd_table = uwsgi_calloc(sizeof(struct wsgi_request *) * uwsgi.max_fd);
 		uwsgi.async_proto_fd_table = uwsgi_calloc(sizeof(struct wsgi_request *) * uwsgi.max_fd);
@@ -2604,16 +2604,16 @@ int uwsgi_start(void *v_argv) {
 #endif
 
 	if (uwsgi.vhost) {
-		uwsgi_log("VirtualHosting mode enabled.\n");
+		uwsgi_log_initial("VirtualHosting mode enabled.\n");
 	}
 
 	// setup locking
 	uwsgi_setup_locking();
 	if (uwsgi.use_thunder_lock) {
-		uwsgi_log("thunder lock: enabled\n");
+		uwsgi_log_initial("thunder lock: enabled\n");
 	}
 	else {
-		uwsgi_log("thunder lock: disabled (you can enable it with --thunder-lock)\n");
+		uwsgi_log_initial("thunder lock: disabled (you can enable it with --thunder-lock)\n");
 	}
 
 	// allocate rpc structures
diff --git a/plugins/pty/pty.c b/plugins/pty/pty.c
index ac5a409c..a86efd4c 100644
--- a/plugins/pty/pty.c
+++ b/plugins/pty/pty.c
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ static struct uwsgi_option uwsgi_pty_options[] = {
 	{"pty-socket", required_argument, 0, "bind the pty server on the specified address", uwsgi_opt_set_str, &upty.addr, 0},
 	{"pty-log", no_argument, 0, "send stdout/stderr to the log engine too", uwsgi_opt_true, &upty.log, 0},
 	{"pty-input", no_argument, 0, "read from original stdin in addition to pty", uwsgi_opt_true, &upty.input, 0},
-	{"pty-connect", required_argument, 0, "connect the current terminal to a pty server", uwsgi_opt_set_str, &upty.remote, 0},
-	{"pty-uconnect", required_argument, 0, "connect the current terminal to a pty server (using uwsgi protocol)", uwsgi_opt_set_str, &upty.uremote, 0},
+	{"pty-connect", required_argument, 0, "connect the current terminal to a pty server", uwsgi_opt_set_str, &upty.remote, UWSGI_OPT_NO_INITIAL},
+	{"pty-uconnect", required_argument, 0, "connect the current terminal to a pty server (using uwsgi protocol)", uwsgi_opt_set_str, &upty.uremote, UWSGI_OPT_NO_INITIAL},
 	{"pty-no-isig", no_argument, 0, "disable ISIG terminal attribute in client mode", uwsgi_opt_true, &upty.no_isig, 0},
 	{"pty-exec", required_argument, 0, "run the specified command soon after the pty thread is spawned", uwsgi_opt_set_str, &upty.command, 0},
 	{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},