diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 6100d9a04..50175902e 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+1 August 2019: Wouter
+	- For #52 #53, second context does not close logfile override.
+
 29 July 2019: Wouter
 	- Add verbose log message when auth zone file is written, at level 4.
 	- Add hex print of trust anchor pointer to trust anchor file temp
diff --git a/libunbound/context.c b/libunbound/context.c
index 20e3680ec..6d8b7b7b5 100644
--- a/libunbound/context.c
+++ b/libunbound/context.c
@@ -57,9 +57,16 @@ context_finalize(struct ub_ctx* ctx)
 {
 	struct config_file* cfg = ctx->env->cfg;
 	verbosity = cfg->verbosity;
-	if(ctx->logfile_override)
+	if(ctx_logfile_overridden) {
+		log_file(NULL); /* clear that override */
+		ctx_logfile_overridden = 0;
+	}
+	if(ctx->logfile_override) {
+		ctx_logfile_overridden = 1;
 		log_file(ctx->log_out);
-	else	log_init(cfg->logfile, cfg->use_syslog, NULL);
+	} else {
+		log_init(cfg->logfile, cfg->use_syslog, NULL);
+	}
 	config_apply(cfg);
 	if(!modstack_setup(&ctx->mods, cfg->module_conf, ctx->env))
 		return UB_INITFAIL;
diff --git a/libunbound/context.h b/libunbound/context.h
index 11147226a..c3900154f 100644
--- a/libunbound/context.h
+++ b/libunbound/context.h
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ struct tube;
 struct sldns_buffer;
 struct ub_event_base;
 
+/** store that the logfile has a debug override */
+extern int ctx_logfile_overridden;
+
 /**
  * The context structure
  *
diff --git a/libunbound/libunbound.c b/libunbound/libunbound.c
index 9dd7d6dbe..b5f1137b8 100644
--- a/libunbound/libunbound.c
+++ b/libunbound/libunbound.c
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@
 #include <iphlpapi.h>
 #endif /* UB_ON_WINDOWS */
 
+/** store that the logfile has a debug override */
+int ctx_logfile_overridden = 0;
+
 /** create context functionality, but no pipes */
 static struct ub_ctx* ub_ctx_create_nopipe(void)
 {
@@ -328,8 +331,10 @@ ub_ctx_delete(struct ub_ctx* ctx)
 	ub_randfree(ctx->seed_rnd);
 	alloc_clear(&ctx->superalloc);
 	traverse_postorder(&ctx->queries, delq, NULL);
-	if(ctx->logfile_override)
+	if(ctx_logfile_overridden) {
 		log_file(NULL);
+		ctx_logfile_overridden = 0;
+	}
 	free(ctx);
 #ifdef USE_WINSOCK
 	WSACleanup();