diff --git a/lib/logstasher.rb b/lib/logstasher.rb
index 26da3a5..4210ec2 100644
--- a/lib/logstasher.rb
+++ b/lib/logstasher.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-require 'logger'
-require 'logstash-event'
+require "logger"
+require "logstash-event"
 
 module LogStasher
   class << self
+    SILENT_LOGGER = ::Logger.new("/dev/null", level: :unknown)
+
     attr_reader :append_fields_callback
     attr_writer :enabled
     attr_writer :include_parameters
@@ -61,6 +63,9 @@ def log_as_json(payload, as_logstash_event: false)
     end
 
     def logger
+      # Return a /dev/null logger if logstasher is enabled or silencing was enabled.
+      return SILENT_LOGGER if !enabled? || silence_standard_logging?
+
       @logger ||= initialize_logger
     end
 
@@ -78,4 +83,4 @@ def silence_standard_logging?
   end
 end
 
-require 'logstasher/railtie' if defined?(Rails)
+require "logstasher/railtie" if defined?(Rails)
diff --git a/lib/logstasher/device.rb b/lib/logstasher/device.rb
index 117ad3f..05360b5 100644
--- a/lib/logstasher/device.rb
+++ b/lib/logstasher/device.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ def self.factory(config)
         ::LogStasher::Device::UDP.new(config)
       when "stdout", :stdout then
         $stdout
+      when "file", :file then
+        config["path"]
       else
         fail ArgumentError, "Unknown type: #{type}"
       end
diff --git a/lib/logstasher/railtie.rb b/lib/logstasher/railtie.rb
index 4bfbfd2..c391420 100644
--- a/lib/logstasher/railtie.rb
+++ b/lib/logstasher/railtie.rb
@@ -16,45 +16,20 @@ class Railtie < ::Rails::Railtie
       ::LogStasher.include_parameters       = options.include_parameters
       ::LogStasher.serialize_parameters     = options.serialize_parameters
       ::LogStasher.silence_standard_logging = options.silence_standard_logging
-      ::LogStasher.logger                   = options.logger || default_logger
+      ::LogStasher.logger                   = options.logger
       ::LogStasher.logger.level             = options.log_level
       ::LogStasher.metadata                 = options.metadata
     end
 
-    initializer 'logstasher.load' do
-      if ::LogStasher.enabled?
+    config.after_initialize do
+      if ::LogStasher.enabled? && !::LogStasher.silence_standard_logging?
         ::ActiveSupport.on_load(:action_controller) do
-          require 'logstasher/log_subscriber'
-          require 'logstasher/context_wrapper'
+          require "logstasher/log_subscriber"
+          require "logstasher/context_wrapper"
 
           include ::LogStasher::ContextWrapper
         end
       end
     end
-
-    config.after_initialize do
-      if ::LogStasher.enabled? && ::LogStasher.silence_standard_logging?
-        require 'logstasher/silent_logger'
-
-        ::Rails::Rack::Logger.send(:include, ::LogStasher::SilentLogger)
-
-        ::ActiveSupport::LogSubscriber.log_subscribers.each do |subscriber|
-          if subscriber.is_a?(::ActiveSupport::LogSubscriber)
-            subscriber.class.send(:include, ::LogStasher::SilentLogger)
-          end
-        end
-      end
-    end
-
-    def default_logger
-      unless @default_logger
-        path = ::Rails.root.join('log', "logstash_#{::Rails.env}.log")
-        ::FileUtils.touch(path) # prevent autocreate messages in log
-
-        @default_logger =  ::Logger.new(path)
-      end
-
-      @default_logger
-    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/logstasher/silent_logger.rb b/lib/logstasher/silent_logger.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index fee7526..0000000
--- a/lib/logstasher/silent_logger.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-module LogStasher
-  module SilentLogger
-    def self.included(klass)
-      klass.class_eval do
-        def logger
-          unless @logstasher_silent_logger
-            @logstasher_silent_logger       = ::Logger.new('/dev/null')
-            @logstasher_silent_logger.level = ::Logger::UNKNOWN
-          end
-
-          @logstasher_silent_logger
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end