diff --git a/src/zm_config.cpp b/src/zm_config.cpp
index 5598e7bd2..d00dd899e 100644
--- a/src/zm_config.cpp
+++ b/src/zm_config.cpp
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ void zmLoadConfig()
 		}
 	}
 	fclose( cfg);
+	zmDbConnect();
 	config.Load();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/zm_debug.c b/src/zm_debug.c
index 8d4a52085..642181ea7 100644
--- a/src/zm_debug.c
+++ b/src/zm_debug.c
@@ -36,12 +36,13 @@ static const char *zm_dbg_file;
 static int zm_dbg_line;
 static int zm_dbg_code;
 static char zm_dbg_class[4];
-const char *zm_dbg_name = "";
-int zm_dbg_pid = -1;
-static int zm_dbg_switched_on = FALSE;
 
+char zm_dbg_name[64];
+char zm_dbg_id[64];
 int zm_dbg_level = 0;
-char zm_dbg_log[128] = "";
+int zm_dbg_pid = -1;
+
+char zm_dbg_log[PATH_MAX] = "";
 FILE *zm_dbg_log_fd = (FILE *)NULL;
 int zm_dbg_print = FALSE;
 int zm_dbg_flush = FALSE;
@@ -55,7 +56,6 @@ void zmUsrHandler( int sig )
 {
 	if( sig == SIGUSR1)
 	{
-		zm_dbg_switched_on = TRUE;
 		if ( zm_dbg_level < 9 )
 		{
 			zm_dbg_level++;
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ void zmUsrHandler( int sig )
 	Info(( "Debug Level Changed to %d", zm_dbg_level ));
 }
 
-int zmGetDebugEnv( const char * const command )
+int zmGetDebugEnv()
 {
 	char buffer[128];
 	char *env_ptr;
@@ -109,14 +109,37 @@ int zmGetDebugEnv( const char * const command )
 		zm_dbg_runtime = atoi( env_ptr );
 	}
 
-	sprintf(buffer,"ZM_DBG_LEVEL_%s",command);
+	env_ptr = NULL;
+	sprintf(buffer,"ZM_DBG_LEVEL_%s_%s",zm_dbg_name,zm_dbg_id);
 	env_ptr = getenv(buffer);
-	if( env_ptr != (char *)NULL )
+	if ( env_ptr == (char *)NULL )
+	{
+		sprintf(buffer,"ZM_DBG_LEVEL_%s",zm_dbg_name);
+		env_ptr = getenv(buffer);
+		if ( env_ptr == (char *)NULL )
+		{
+			sprintf(buffer,"ZM_DBG_LEVEL");
+			env_ptr = getenv(buffer);
+		}
+	}
+	if ( env_ptr != (char *)NULL )
 	{
 		zm_dbg_level = atoi(env_ptr);
 	}
-	snprintf( buffer, sizeof(buffer), "ZM_DBG_LOG_%s", command );
-	env_ptr = getenv( buffer );
+
+	env_ptr = NULL;
+	sprintf(buffer,"ZM_DBG_LOG_%s_%s",zm_dbg_name,zm_dbg_id);
+	env_ptr = getenv(buffer);
+	if ( env_ptr == (char *)NULL )
+	{
+		sprintf(buffer,"ZM_DBG_LOG_%s",zm_dbg_name);
+		env_ptr = getenv(buffer);
+		if ( env_ptr == (char *)NULL )
+		{
+			sprintf(buffer,"ZM_DBG_LOG");
+			env_ptr = getenv(buffer);
+		}
+	}
 	if ( env_ptr != (char *)NULL )
 	{
 		/* If we do not want to add a pid to the debug logs
@@ -138,10 +161,10 @@ int zmGetDebugEnv( const char * const command )
 		}
 	}
 
-	return(0);
+	return( 0 );
 }
 
-int zmDebugInitialise()
+int zmDebugInitialise( const char *name, const char *id, int level )
 {
 	FILE *tmp_fp;
 
@@ -153,6 +176,10 @@ int zmDebugInitialise()
 
 	Debug(1,("Initialising Debug"));
 
+	strncpy( zm_dbg_name, name, sizeof(zm_dbg_name) );
+	strncpy( zm_dbg_id, id, sizeof(zm_dbg_id) );
+	zm_dbg_level = level;
+	
 	/* Now set up the syslog stuff */
 	(void) openlog( zm_dbg_name, LOG_PID|LOG_NDELAY, LOG_LOCAL1 );
 
@@ -161,7 +188,7 @@ int zmDebugInitialise()
 
 	zm_dbg_pid = getpid();
 	zm_dbg_log_fd = (FILE *)NULL;
-	if( (status = zmGetDebugEnv(zm_dbg_name) ) < 0)
+	if( (status = zmGetDebugEnv() ) < 0)
 	{
 		Error(("Debug Environment Error, status = %d",status));
 		return(ZM_DBG_ERROR);
@@ -208,9 +235,9 @@ int zmDebugInitialise()
 	return(ZM_DBG_OK);
 }
 
-int zmDbgInit()
+int zmDbgInit( const char *name, const char *id, int level )
 {
-	return((zmDebugInitialise() == ZM_DBG_OK ? 0 : 1));
+	return((zmDebugInitialise( name, id, level ) == ZM_DBG_OK ? 0 : 1));
 }
 
 int zmDebugTerminate()
diff --git a/src/zm_debug.h b/src/zm_debug.h
index 2f2d5b63b..e3c7fc1b1 100644
--- a/src/zm_debug.h
+++ b/src/zm_debug.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 */  
 
 #include <sys/types.h>	
+#include <limits.h>	
 
 #ifndef TRUE
 #define TRUE 1
@@ -96,14 +97,14 @@ extern "C" {
 
 /* function declarations */
 void zmUsrHandler( int sig );
-int zmGetDebugEnv( const char * const command );
-int zmDebugInitialise( void );
+int zmGetDebugEnv( void );
+int zmDebugInitialise( const char *name, const char *id, int level );
 int zmDebugTerminate( void );
 void zmDbgSubtractTime( struct timeval * const tp1, struct timeval * const tp2 );
 
 
 #if defined(__STDC__) || defined(__cplusplus)
-int zmDbgInit(void);
+int zmDbgInit( const char *name, const char *id, int level );
 int zmDbgTerm(void);
 int zmDbgPrepare(const char * const file,const int line, const int code);
 int zmDbgOutput(const char *fstring, ... ) __attribute__ ((format(printf, 1, 2)));
@@ -121,7 +122,8 @@ extern char zm_dbg_log[];
 #include <stdio.h>
 #endif
 extern FILE *zm_dbg_log_fd;
-extern const char *zm_dbg_name;
+extern char zm_dbg_name[];
+extern char zm_dbg_id[];
 extern int zm_dbg_print;
 extern int zm_dbg_flush;
 extern int zm_dbg_add_log_id;
@@ -145,7 +147,7 @@ extern int zm_dbg_add_log_id;
 #define Enter()
 #define Exit()
 
-#define zmDbgInit()
+#define zmDbgInit(name,id,level)
 #define zmDbgTerm()
 
 #endif /* !ZM_DBG_OFF */
diff --git a/src/zma.cpp b/src/zma.cpp
index f302ce3a9..2bb7c8458 100644
--- a/src/zma.cpp
+++ b/src/zma.cpp
@@ -118,18 +118,13 @@ int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
 		exit( 0 );
 	}
 
-	char dbg_name_string[16];
-	snprintf( dbg_name_string, sizeof(dbg_name_string), "zma-m%d", id );
-	zm_dbg_name = dbg_name_string;
-	//snprintf( zm_dbg_log, sizeof(zm_dbg_log), "/tmp/zma-%d.log", id );
-	//zm_dbg_level = 1;
+	char dbg_id_string[16];
+	snprintf( dbg_id_string, sizeof(dbg_id_string), "m%d", id );
 
-	zmDbgInit();
+	zmDbgInit( "zma", dbg_id_string, 0 );
 
 	zmLoadConfig();
 
-	zmDbConnect();
-
 	Monitor *monitor = Monitor::Load( id, true, Monitor::ANALYSIS );
 
 	if ( monitor )
diff --git a/src/zmc.cpp b/src/zmc.cpp
index b863566d8..06184ef3c 100644
--- a/src/zmc.cpp
+++ b/src/zmc.cpp
@@ -125,29 +125,24 @@ int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
 		exit( 0 );
 	}
 
-	zm_dbg_name = "zmc";
-
-	char dbg_name_string[16];
+	char dbg_id_string[16];
 	if ( device >= 0 )
 	{
-		snprintf( dbg_name_string, sizeof(dbg_name_string), "zmc-d%d", device );
+		snprintf( dbg_id_string, sizeof(dbg_id_string), "d%d", device );
 	}
 	else if ( host[0] )
 	{
-		snprintf( dbg_name_string, sizeof(dbg_name_string), "zmc-h%s", host );
+		snprintf( dbg_id_string, sizeof(dbg_id_string), "h%s", host );
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		snprintf( dbg_name_string, sizeof(dbg_name_string), "zmc-m%d", monitor_id );
+		snprintf( dbg_id_string, sizeof(dbg_id_string), "m%d", monitor_id );
 	}
-	zm_dbg_name = dbg_name_string;
 
-	zmDbgInit();
+	zmDbgInit( "zmc", dbg_id_string, 0 );
 
 	zmLoadConfig();
 
-	zmDbConnect();
-
 	Monitor **monitors = 0;
 	int n_monitors = 0;
 	if ( device >= 0 )
diff --git a/src/zmf.cpp b/src/zmf.cpp
index 742517078..70e3310fe 100644
--- a/src/zmf.cpp
+++ b/src/zmf.cpp
@@ -185,18 +185,13 @@ int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
 		exit( 0 );
 	}
 
-	char dbg_name_string[16];
-	snprintf( dbg_name_string, sizeof(dbg_name_string), "zmf-m%d", id );
-	zm_dbg_name = dbg_name_string;
-	//snprintf( zm_dbg_log, sizeof(zm_dbg_log), "/tmp/zmf-%d.log", id );
-	//zm_dbg_level = 1;
+	char dbg_id_string[16];
+	snprintf( dbg_id_string, sizeof(dbg_id_string), "m%d", id );
 
-	zmDbgInit();
+	zmDbgInit( "zmf", dbg_id_string, 0 );
 
 	zmLoadConfig();
 
-	zmDbConnect();
-
 	Monitor *monitor = Monitor::Load( id, false );
 
 	if ( !monitor )
diff --git a/src/zmfix.cpp b/src/zmfix.cpp
index 70dd732c8..a10ba51d3 100644
--- a/src/zmfix.cpp
+++ b/src/zmfix.cpp
@@ -89,10 +89,7 @@ bool fixVideoDevice( int device )
 
 int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
 {
-	char dbg_name_string[16] = "zmfix";
-	zm_dbg_name = dbg_name_string;
-
-	zmDbgInit();
+	zmDbgInit( "zmfix", "", -1 );
 
 	zmLoadConfig();
 
@@ -110,8 +107,6 @@ int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
 	else
 	{
 		// Only do registered devices
-		zmDbConnect();
-
 		static char sql[BUFSIZ];
 		//snprintf( sql, sizeof(sql), "select distinct Device from Monitors where Function != 'None' and Type = 'Local'" );
 		snprintf( sql, sizeof(sql), "select distinct Device from Monitors where Type = 'Local'" );
diff --git a/src/zms.cpp b/src/zms.cpp
index 8332b3c7b..4f237d51a 100644
--- a/src/zms.cpp
+++ b/src/zms.cpp
@@ -135,32 +135,18 @@ int main( int argc, const char *argv[] )
 	char auth[64] = "";
 	char user[64] = "";
 
-	zm_dbg_name = "zms";
-
 	bool nph = false;
 	const char *basename = strrchr( argv[0], '/' );
 	const char *nph_prefix = "nph-";
 	if ( basename && !strncmp( basename+1, nph_prefix, strlen(nph_prefix) ) )
 	{
-		zm_dbg_name = "nph-zms";
 		nph = true;
 	}
 	
-	//extern char **environ;
-	//char **env_ptr = environ;
-	//while ( *env_ptr )
-	//{
-		//printf( "X-Env: %s\n", *env_ptr );
-		//env_ptr++;
-	//}
-	//exit( 0 );
-
-	zmDbgInit();
+	zmDbgInit( "zms", "", 0 );
 
 	zmLoadConfig();
 
-	zmDbConnect();
-
 	const char *query = getenv( "QUERY_STRING" );
 	if ( query )
 	{
diff --git a/src/zmu.cpp b/src/zmu.cpp
index 58019e73b..a9f6e1b52 100644
--- a/src/zmu.cpp
+++ b/src/zmu.cpp
@@ -347,13 +347,9 @@ int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
 	}
 	//printf( "Monitor %d, Function %d\n", mon_id, function );
 
-	zm_dbg_name = "zmu";
-	zm_dbg_level = -1;
-
-	zmDbgInit();
+	zmDbgInit( "zmu", "", -1 );
 
 	zmLoadConfig();
-	zmDbConnect();
 
 	ValidateAccess( username, password, mon_id, function );