diff --git a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.apcupsd/event/driver_loaded b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.apcupsd/event/driver_loaded
index ab6c7ba10..622033049 100755
--- a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.apcupsd/event/driver_loaded
+++ b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.apcupsd/event/driver_loaded
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ cfg=/boot/config/plugins/dynamix.apcupsd/dynamix.apcupsd.cfg
 [[ -f /var/run/apcupsd.pid || ! -f $cfg ]] && exit
 
 # Read settings
-source $cfg
+. $cfg
+
+# run & log functions
+. /etc/rc.d/rc.runlog
 
 # Apply settings
 sed -i -e '/^NISIP/c\\NISIP 0.0.0.0' $conf
@@ -27,4 +30,4 @@ else
 fi
 
 # Start daemon
-[[ $SERVICE == enable ]] && /etc/rc.d/rc.apcupsd start |& logger
+[[ $SERVICE == enable ]] && /etc/rc.d/rc.apcupsd start |& log
diff --git a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/include/DockerClient.php b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/include/DockerClient.php
index f9a4340c2..8279f31c4 100644
--- a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/include/DockerClient.php
+++ b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/include/DockerClient.php
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ class DockerTemplates {
 			@copy($iconRAM,$icon);
 		}
 		if ( !is_file($iconRAM) ) {
-			exec("/usr/bin/logger -- ".escapeshellarg("$imageName: Could not download icon $imgUrl"));
+			exec("logger -t webGUI -- \"$imageName: Could not download icon $imgUrl\"");
 		}
 
 		return (is_file($iconRAM)) ? str_replace($docroot, '', $iconRAM) : '';
diff --git a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.vm.manager/scripts/libvirt_init b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.vm.manager/scripts/libvirt_init
index b22ec4229..4b98d16f0 100755
--- a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.vm.manager/scripts/libvirt_init
+++ b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.vm.manager/scripts/libvirt_init
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 # Intialize libvirt config storage
 # Invoked by emhttp after mounting libvirt loopback but before starting libvirt.
 
+# run & log functions
+. /etc/rc.d/rc.runlog
+
 # missing qemu directory would indicate new libvirt image file created
 if [ ! -d /etc/libvirt/qemu ]; then
-  logger -- "initializing /etc/libvirt"
+  log "initializing /etc/libvirt"
   # initialize with default settings
   cp -rp /etc/libvirt-/* /etc/libvirt
   # check if libvirt image file exists on USB flash
diff --git a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/event/driver_loaded/SysDriversBuild b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/event/driver_loaded/SysDriversBuild
index 67223a3db..e83cb2413 100755
--- a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/event/driver_loaded/SysDriversBuild
+++ b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/event/driver_loaded/SysDriversBuild
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-/usr/bin/logger -- "Submitting SysDrivers Build" 
-/usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/include/SysDriversInit.php &> /dev/null &
\ No newline at end of file
+
+# run & log functions
+. /etc/rc.d/rc.runlog
+
+log "Submitting SysDrivers Build" 
+/usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/include/SysDriversInit.php &>/dev/null &
diff --git a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/include/.login.php b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/include/.login.php
index 3f3f4c4b8..88e1f2be3 100644
--- a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/include/.login.php
+++ b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/include/.login.php
@@ -119,12 +119,12 @@ function verifyTwoFactorToken(string $username, string $token): bool {
         // This should accept 200 or 204 status codes
         if ($httpCode !== 200 && $httpCode !== 204) {
             // Log error to syslog
-            exec("logger -t webGUI -- ".escapeshellarg("2FA code for {$username} is invalid, blocking access!"));
+            exec("logger -t webGUI -- \"2FA code for {$username} is invalid, blocking access!\"");
             return false;
         }
 
         // Log success to syslog
-        exec("logger -t webGUI -- ".escapeshellarg("2FA code for {$username} is valid, allowing login!"));
+        exec("logger -t webGUI -- \"2FA code for {$username} is valid, allowing login!\"");
 
         // Success
         return true;
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ if (!empty($username) && !empty($password)) {
 
         // Check if we're limited
         if ($failCount >= $maxFails) {
-            if ($failCount == $maxFails) exec("logger -t webGUI -- ".escapeshellarg("Ignoring login attempts for {$username} from {$remote_addr}"));
+            if ($failCount == $maxFails) exec("logger -t webGUI -- \"Ignoring login attempts for {$username} from {$remote_addr}\"");
             throw new Exception(_('Too many invalid login attempts'));
         }
 
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ if (!empty($username) && !empty($password)) {
         $_SESSION['unraid_user'] = $username;
         session_regenerate_id(true);
         session_write_close();
-        exec("logger -t webGUI -- ".escapeshellarg("Successful login user {$username} from {$remote_addr}"));
+        exec("logger -t webGUI -- \"Successful login user {$username} from {$remote_addr}\"");
 
         // Redirect the user to the start page
         header("Location: /".$var['START_PAGE']);
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ if (!empty($username) && !empty($password)) {
         $error = $exception->getMessage();
 
         // Log error to syslog
-        exec("logger -t webGUI -- ".escapeshellarg("Unsuccessful login user {$username} from {$remote_addr}"));
+        exec("logger -t webGUI -- \"Unsuccessful login user {$username} from {$remote_addr}\"");
         appendToFile($failFile, $time."\n");
     }
 }
diff --git a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/include/.set-password.php b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/include/.set-password.php
index ca07885e1..80c51ae27 100644
--- a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/include/.set-password.php
+++ b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/include/.set-password.php
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ if (!empty($_POST['password']) && !empty($_POST['confirmPassword'])) {
     }
 
     // Error when attempting to set password
-    exec("logger -t webGUI -- ".escapeshellarg($VALIDATION_MESSAGES['saveError']." [REMOTE_ADDR]: {$REMOTE_ADDR}"));
+    exec("logger -t webGUI -- \"{$VALIDATION_MESSAGES['saveError']} [REMOTE_ADDR]: {$REMOTE_ADDR}\"");
     return $POST_ERROR = $VALIDATION_MESSAGES['saveError'];
 }
 
diff --git a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/include/SysDriversInit.php b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/include/SysDriversInit.php
index 64ed210af..f9a5c3971 100755
--- a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/include/SysDriversInit.php
+++ b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/include/SysDriversInit.php
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/php
 <?php
 function SysDriverslog($m, $type = "NOTICE") {
-	
-	if ($type == "DEBUG" ) return NULL;
-	$m		= print_r($m,true);
-	$m		= str_replace("\n", " ", $m);
-	$m		= str_replace('"', "'", $m);
-	$cmd	= "/usr/bin/logger -t SysDrivers -- \"$m\"";
-	exec($cmd);
+  if ($type == "DEBUG") return NULL;
+  $m = print_r($m,true);
+  $m = str_replace("\n", " ", $m);
+  $m = str_replace('"', "'", $m);
+  exec("logger -t webGUI -- \"$m\"");
 }
 
 $docroot = $docroot ?? $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] ?: '/usr/local/emhttp';
@@ -15,7 +13,7 @@ $docroot = $docroot ?? $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] ?: '/usr/local/emhttp';
 require_once "$docroot/webGui/include/Translations.php";
 require_once "$docroot/webGui/include/Helpers.php";
 require_once "$docroot/webGui/include/SysDriversHelpers.php";
-require_once "$docroot/plugins/dynamix.plugin.manager/include/PluginHelpers.php"; 
+require_once "$docroot/plugins/dynamix.plugin.manager/include/PluginHelpers.php";
 
 $kernel = shell_exec("uname -r") ;
 $kernel = trim($kernel,"\n") ;
@@ -27,6 +25,6 @@ $arrModtoPlg = json_decode(file_get_contents("/tmp/modulestoplg.json") ,TRUE) ;
 file_put_contents("/tmp/sysdrivers.init","1") ;
 SysDriverslog("SysDrivers Build Starting") ;
 modtoplg() ;
-createlist() ;  
+createlist() ;
 SysDriverslog("SysDrivers Build Complete") ;
 ?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/include/local_prepend.php b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/include/local_prepend.php
index b443b5018..0f5458f7a 100644
--- a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/include/local_prepend.php
+++ b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/include/local_prepend.php
@@ -10,14 +10,15 @@
  */
 ?>
 <?
-/* This file provides basic local setup for php cli and is
- * named in /etc/php/php.ini like this:
- * auto_prepend_file="/usr/local/emhttp/webGui/include/local_prepend.php"
- */
+// This file provides basic local setup for php cli and is
+// named in /etc/php/php.ini like this:
+// auto_prepend_file="/usr/local/emhttp/webGui/include/local_prepend.php"
+
 function csrf_terminate($reason) {
-    shell_exec("logger -- ".escapeshellarg("error: ".$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']).": $reason csrf_token");
-    exit;
+  exec("logger -t webGUI -- \"error: {$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']} - {$reason} csrf_token\"");
+  exit;
 }
+
 putenv('PATH=.:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin');
 chdir('/usr/local/emhttp');
 setlocale(LC_ALL,'en_US.UTF-8');
@@ -28,14 +29,14 @@ ini_set("session.use_strict_mode", "1");
 // ini_set("session.cookie_samesite", $secure?'Strict':'Lax');
 ini_set("session.cookie_samesite", 'Lax');
 if (array_key_exists('HTTP_HOST', $_SERVER)) {
-    session_name("unraid_".md5(strstr($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'].':', ':', true)));
+  session_name("unraid_".md5(strstr($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'].':', ':', true)));
 }
 session_set_cookie_params(0, '/', null, $secure, true);
 if ($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'] != '/login.php' && $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'] != '/auth-request.php' && isset($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']) && $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === 'POST') {
-    if (!isset($var)) $var = parse_ini_file('state/var.ini');
-    if (!isset($var['csrf_token'])) csrf_terminate("uninitialized");
-    if (!isset($_POST['csrf_token'])) csrf_terminate("missing");
-    if ($var['csrf_token'] != $_POST['csrf_token']) csrf_terminate("wrong");
-    unset($_POST['csrf_token']);
+  if (!isset($var)) $var = parse_ini_file('state/var.ini');
+  if (!isset($var['csrf_token'])) csrf_terminate("uninitialized");
+  if (!isset($_POST['csrf_token'])) csrf_terminate("missing");
+  if ($var['csrf_token'] != $_POST['csrf_token']) csrf_terminate("wrong");
+  unset($_POST['csrf_token']);
 }
 ?>
diff --git a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/scripts/reload_services b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/scripts/reload_services
index 65ef81cc6..b04df3320 100755
--- a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/scripts/reload_services
+++ b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/scripts/reload_services
@@ -4,9 +4,13 @@ SERVICES="rpc nfsd ntpd nginx sshd avahidaemon samba"
 if [[ -n $1 ]]; then
   [[ ! -e $1 ]] && touch $1 || exit 0
 fi
+
+# run & log functions
+. /etc/rc.d/rc.runlog
+
 for cmd in $SERVICES; do
   if /etc/rc.d/rc.$cmd update; then
-    logger -t network -- "reload service: $cmd"
+    log "$cmd"
     /etc/rc.d/rc.$cmd reload >/dev/null 2>&1
   fi
 done
diff --git a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/scripts/update_services b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/scripts/update_services
index a3fb2dee8..e6e6c1c57 100755
--- a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/scripts/update_services
+++ b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/scripts/update_services
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 lock=/tmp/atlock.tmp
 
-logger -t network -- "update services: ${1:-1}s"
+# run & log functions
+. /etc/rc.d/rc.runlog
+
+log "${1:-1}s"
 rm -f $lock
 echo "sleep ${1:-1};/usr/local/emhttp/webGui/scripts/reload_services $lock"|at -M now 2>/dev/null
 exit 0
diff --git a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/scripts/upnp_poller b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/scripts/upnp_poller
index 37bf508a6..319e75959 100755
--- a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/scripts/upnp_poller
+++ b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/scripts/upnp_poller
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+
+# run & log functions
+. /etc/rc.d/rc.runlog
+
 while :; do
   if [[ -x /usr/bin/upnpc ]]; then
     UPNP=/var/tmp/upnp
@@ -34,7 +38,7 @@ while :; do
           IP=$(ip -4 addr show dev $LINK|grep -Pom1 'inet \K.[^/]+')
           PORT=$(wg show $WG listen-port)
           upnpc -u $XML -m $LINK -e "WireGuard-$WG" -a $IP $PORT $PORT udp >/dev/null 2>&1
-          [[ $? -eq 0 ]] && logger -t upnpc -- "Added port $PORT/udp" || logger -t upnpc -- "Failed to add port $PORT/udp"
+          [[ $? -eq 0 ]] && log "Added port $PORT/udp" || log "Failed to add port $PORT/udp"
         fi
       done
     fi
diff --git a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/scripts/upnp_port b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/scripts/upnp_port
index 978967c75..d5f2c9984 100755
--- a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/scripts/upnp_port
+++ b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/scripts/upnp_port
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ LINK=$2
 UPNP=/var/tmp/upnp
 XML=$(cat $UPNP 2>/dev/null)
 
+# run & log functions
+. /etc/rc.d/rc.runlog
+
 if [[ -n $XML ]]; then
   # validate XML
   timeout 6 stdbuf -o0 upnpc -u $XML -m $LINK -l 2>&1|grep -qm1 'refused'
@@ -33,23 +36,23 @@ fi
 WG=$(wg show interfaces)
 POLLER=/usr/local/emhttp/webGui/scripts/upnp_poller
 
-case $1 in
-add)
+case "$1" in
+'add')
   upnpc -u $XML -m $LINK -e $3 -a $4 $5 $6 $7 >/dev/null 2>&1
   if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
     [[ -n $WG ]] && at -M -f ${POLLER}_start now 2>/dev/null
-    logger -t upnpc -- "Added port $5/$7"
+    log "Added port $5/$7"
   else
-    logger -t upnpc -- "Failed to add port $5/$7"
+    log "Failed to add port $5/$7"
   fi
   ;;
-del)
+'del')
   upnpc -u $XML -m $LINK -d $3 $4 >/dev/null 2>&1
   if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
     [[ -z $WG && -n $(pgrep -f $POLLER) ]] && pkill -f $POLLER
-    logger -t upnpc -- "Deleted port $3/$4"
+    log "Deleted port $3/$4"
   else
-    logger -t upnpc -- "Failed to delete port $3/$4"
+    log "Failed to delete port $3/$4"
   fi
   ;;
 esac
diff --git a/sbin/create_network_ini b/sbin/create_network_ini
index f2b9ad8d8..0634866d7 100755
--- a/sbin/create_network_ini
+++ b/sbin/create_network_ini
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ CFG=/boot/config/network.cfg
 
 declare -A VLANID USE_DHCP IPADDR NETMASK GATEWAY METRIC USE_DHCP6 IPADDR6 NETMASK6 GATEWAY6 PRIVACY6 METRIC6 DESCRIPTION PROTOCOL
 
+# run & log functions
+. /etc/rc.d/rc.runlog
+
 mask(){
   # convert prefix to netmask
   set -- $((5-(${1:-0}/8))) 255 255 255 255 $(((255<<(8-(${1:-0}%8)))&255)) 0 0 0
@@ -31,7 +34,7 @@ dns() {
 
 if [[ -s $CFG ]]; then
   # import existing settings
-  . <(fromdos < $CFG)
+  . <(fromdos <$CFG)
 else
   # import default settings
   IPADDR=
@@ -222,7 +225,7 @@ done
 # atomically update file
 mv $INI ${INI%.*}
 
-logger -t network -- "hook services: interface=${interface:-$1}, reason=$reason, protocol=$protocol"
+log "hook services: interface=${interface:-$1}, reason=$reason, protocol=$protocol"
 # delayed execution
 /usr/local/emhttp/webGui/scripts/update_services 30
 
diff --git a/sbin/monitor_nchan b/sbin/monitor_nchan
index 18d854a43..1e3096a97 100755
--- a/sbin/monitor_nchan
+++ b/sbin/monitor_nchan
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ disk_load=/var/local/emhttp/diskload.ini             # disk load statistics
 nginx=/var/run/nginx.socket                          # nginx local access
 status=http://localhost/pub/session?buffer_length=1  # nchan information about GUI subscribers
 
+# run & log functions
+. /etc/rc.d/rc.runlog
+
 while :; do
   # only act when GUI registered nchan processes are running
   if [[ -e $nchan_pid ]]; then
@@ -15,7 +18,7 @@ while :; do
       # steady state?
       subs=$(curl --unix-socket $nginx $status 2>/dev/null|grep -Pom1 'subscribers: \K\d+')
       if [[ -z $subs || $subs -eq 0 ]]; then
-       logger -t monitor "Stop running nchan processes"
+       log "Stop running nchan processes"
        # kill GUI registered nchan processes
         while IFS=$'\n' read -r running; do
           pkill -f $docroot/${running/:stop/}
diff --git a/sbin/powerdown b/sbin/powerdown
index 039d9c9e3..73b56acbd 100755
--- a/sbin/powerdown
+++ b/sbin/powerdown
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-logger "/usr/local/sbin/powerdown has been deprecated"
+
+# run & log functions
+. /etc/rc.d/rc.runlog
+
+log "/usr/local/sbin/powerdown has been deprecated"
+
 if [[ "$1" == "-r" ]]; then
   /sbin/reboot
 else