diff --git a/snappymail/v/0.0.0/app/libraries/RainLoop/Utils.php b/snappymail/v/0.0.0/app/libraries/RainLoop/Utils.php
index e8632de31..2d0c91e38 100644
--- a/snappymail/v/0.0.0/app/libraries/RainLoop/Utils.php
+++ b/snappymail/v/0.0.0/app/libraries/RainLoop/Utils.php
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ class Utils
 					return true;
 				}
 			}
+			\SnappyMail\Log::warning("open_basedir restriction in effect. {$name} is not within the allowed path(s): " . \ini_get('open_basedir'));
 			return false;
 		}
 		return true;
diff --git a/snappymail/v/0.0.0/app/libraries/snappymail/log.php b/snappymail/v/0.0.0/app/libraries/snappymail/log.php
index b0ce766fd..2fc5c12f9 100644
--- a/snappymail/v/0.0.0/app/libraries/snappymail/log.php
+++ b/snappymail/v/0.0.0/app/libraries/snappymail/log.php
@@ -49,8 +49,11 @@ abstract class Log
 
 	protected static function log(int $level, string $prefix, string $msg)
 	{
+		static $log_level;
 		// Default to level 4, 0 = LOG_EMERG, 7 = LOG_DEBUG
-		$log_level = \RainLoop\Api::Config()->Get('logs', 'level', \LOG_WARNING);
+		if (!$log_level) {
+			$log_level = \max(3, \RainLoop\Api::Config()->Get('logs', 'level', \LOG_WARNING));
+		}
 		if ($level <= $log_level) {
 			\RainLoop\Api::Logger()->Write(
 				$msg,
diff --git a/snappymail/v/0.0.0/app/libraries/snappymail/pgp/gnupg.php b/snappymail/v/0.0.0/app/libraries/snappymail/pgp/gnupg.php
index b16f0bc3e..894180a58 100644
--- a/snappymail/v/0.0.0/app/libraries/snappymail/pgp/gnupg.php
+++ b/snappymail/v/0.0.0/app/libraries/snappymail/pgp/gnupg.php
@@ -370,10 +370,10 @@ class GnuPG
 			: $this->GPG->verify($signed_text, $signature, $plaintext);
 		if (!$result) {
 			if ($this->GnuPG) {
-				\error_log('gnupg_verify() failed: ' . $this->GnuPG->geterror() . "\n\n{$signed_text}\n\n{$signature}" );
-				\error_log(\print_r($this->GnuPG->geterrorinfo(),1));
+				\SnappyMail\Log::notice('gnupg_verify() failed: ' . $this->GnuPG->geterror());
+				\SnappyMail\Log::info(\print_r($this->GnuPG->geterrorinfo(),1));
 			} else {
-				\error_log('GPG->verify() failed');
+				\SnappyMail\Log::notice('GPG->verify() failed');
 			}
 		}
 		return $result;