diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 91ba96f51..1e3b97f50 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ D1X-Rebirth Changelog
 20101126
 --------
 include/physfsx.h, main/inferno.c, misc/physfsx.c: Implemented PHYSFSX_checkSupportedArchiveTypes to check if essential archive types are supported. Print warnings if not and stop program if necessary. Also added PHYSFSX_listSearchPAthContent  to print out search path contents (figures) each time the function is called. Doing this before main HOG inits as well after sucessfully adding archives. Made PHYSFSX_addArchiveContent a bit more verbose as well.
+main/console.c, main/inferno.c: If -verbose or -debug is set, write gamelog.txt unbuffered for a higher chance to get messages there in case of a crash; Totally supress messages in stdout/err.txt on _WIN32
 
 20101123
 --------
diff --git a/main/console.c b/main/console.c
index ebeaadccd..52d3450ae 100644
--- a/main/console.c
+++ b/main/console.c
@@ -209,7 +209,10 @@ void con_init(void)
 {
 	memset(con_buffer,0,sizeof(con_buffer));
 
-	gamelog_fp = PHYSFSX_openWriteBuffered("gamelog.txt");
+	if (GameArg.DbgVerbose >= CON_VERBOSE)
+		gamelog_fp = PHYSFS_openWrite("gamelog.txt");
+	else
+		gamelog_fp = PHYSFSX_openWriteBuffered("gamelog.txt");
 	atexit(con_close);
 }
 
diff --git a/main/inferno.c b/main/inferno.c
index 2d0a89165..8b95def9f 100644
--- a/main/inferno.c
+++ b/main/inferno.c
@@ -300,6 +300,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	con_init();  // Initialise the console
 
 	setbuf(stdout, NULL); // unbuffered output via printf
+#ifdef _WIN32
+	freopen( "CON", "w", stdout );
+	freopen( "CON", "w", stderr );
+#endif
 
 	if (GameArg.SysShowCmdHelp) {
 		print_commandline_help();
@@ -358,11 +362,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	arch_init();
 
-#ifdef _WIN32
-	freopen( "CON", "w", stdout );
-	freopen( "CON", "w", stderr );
-#endif
-
 	select_tmap(GameArg.DbgTexMap);
 
 #ifdef NETWORK