diff --git a/backends/libpurple/main.cpp b/backends/libpurple/main.cpp
index 8c9c7b48..a39f5218 100644
--- a/backends/libpurple/main.cpp
+++ b/backends/libpurple/main.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #include <iostream>
 
 #include "transport/networkplugin.h"
+#include "transport/logging.h"
+#include "transport/config.h"
 #include "geventloop.h"
 #include "log4cxx/logger.h"
 #include "log4cxx/consoleappender.h"
@@ -1648,44 +1650,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 			return 1;
 		}
 
-		if (KEYFILE_STRING("logging", "backend_config").empty()) {
-			LoggerPtr root = log4cxx::Logger::getRootLogger();
-#ifndef _MSC_VER
-			root->addAppender(new ConsoleAppender(new PatternLayout("%d %-5p %c: %m%n")));
-#else
-			root->addAppender(new ConsoleAppender(new PatternLayout(L"%d %-5p %c: %m%n")));
-#endif
-		}
-		else {
-			log4cxx::helpers::Properties p;
-			log4cxx::helpers::FileInputStream *istream = NULL;
-			try {
-				istream = new log4cxx::helpers::FileInputStream(KEYFILE_STRING("logging", "backend_config"));
-			}
-			catch(log4cxx::helpers::IOException &ex) {
-				std::cerr << "Can't create FileInputStream logger instance: " << ex.what() << "\n";
-			}
-			catch (...) {
-				std::cerr << "Can't create FileInputStream logger instance\n";
-			}
-
-			if (!istream) {
-				return 1;
-			}
-
-			p.load(istream);
-			LogString pid, jid;
-			log4cxx::helpers::Transcoder::decode(stringOf(getpid()), pid);
-			log4cxx::helpers::Transcoder::decode(KEYFILE_STRING("service", "jid"), jid);
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-			p.setProperty(L"pid", pid);
-			p.setProperty(L"jid", jid);
-#else
-			p.setProperty("pid", pid);
-			p.setProperty("jid", jid);
-#endif
-			log4cxx::PropertyConfigurator::configure(p);
+		Config config;
+		if (!config.load(argv[1])) {
+			std::cerr << "Can't open " << argv[1] << " configuration file.\n";
+			return 1;
 		}
+		Logging::initBackendLogging(&config);
 
 		initPurple();
 
diff --git a/plugin/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/plugin/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 544e2ec2..b41b3453 100644
--- a/plugin/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugin/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ FILE(GLOB SRC *.cpp *.h)
 FILE(GLOB HEADERS ../include/transport/*.h)
 
 set(EXTRA_SOURCES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../src/memoryusage.cpp)
+set(EXTRA_SOURCES ${EXTRA_SOURCES} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../src/logging.cpp)
+set(EXTRA_SOURCES ${EXTRA_SOURCES} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../src/config.cpp)
 set(EXTRA_SOURCES ${EXTRA_SOURCES} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../include/transport/protocol.pb.cc)
 
 if (NOT WIN32)
@@ -18,9 +20,9 @@ if (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
 endif()
 
 if (NOT WIN32)
-	TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(transport-plugin ${PROTOBUF_LIBRARIES} ${LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES})
+	TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(transport-plugin ${PROTOBUF_LIBRARIES} ${LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES} ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
 else()
-	TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(transport-plugin ${PROTOBUF_LIBRARIES} ${LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES} ws2_32.lib)
+	TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(transport-plugin ${PROTOBUF_LIBRARIES} ${LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES} ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ws2_32.lib)
 endif() 
 
 SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(transport-plugin PROPERTIES
diff --git a/src/config.cpp b/src/config.cpp
index 7088889c..5962cc25 100644
--- a/src/config.cpp
+++ b/src/config.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "transport/config.h"
-#include "transport/util.h"
 #include <fstream>
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
 #include <direct.h>
@@ -31,6 +30,14 @@
 using namespace boost::program_options;
 
 namespace Transport {
+int getRandomPort(const std::string &s) {
+	unsigned long r = 0;
+	BOOST_FOREACH(char c, s) {
+		r += (int) c;
+	}
+	srand(time(NULL) + r);
+	return 30000 + rand() % 10000;
+}
 
 bool Config::load(const std::string &configfile, boost::program_options::options_description &opts, const std::string &jid) {
 	std::ifstream ifs(configfile.c_str());
@@ -126,7 +133,7 @@ bool Config::load(std::istream &ifs, boost::program_options::options_description
 		else if (opt.string_key == "service.backend_port") {
 			found_backend_port = true;
 			if (opt.value[0] == "0") {
-				opt.value[0] = boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(Util::getRandomPort(_jid.empty() ? jid : _jid));
+				opt.value[0] = boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(getRandomPort(_jid.empty() ? jid : _jid));
 			}
 		}
 		else if (opt.string_key == "service.working_dir") {
@@ -152,7 +159,7 @@ bool Config::load(std::istream &ifs, boost::program_options::options_description
 	}
 	if (!found_backend_port) {
 		std::vector<std::string> value;
-		std::string p = boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(Util::getRandomPort(_jid.empty() ? jid : _jid));
+		std::string p = boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(getRandomPort(_jid.empty() ? jid : _jid));
 		value.push_back(p);
 		parsed.options.push_back(boost::program_options::basic_option<char>("service.backend_port", value));
 	}