diff --git a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_log_module.c b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_log_module.c
index b2a23dd..f4eefde 100644
--- a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_log_module.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_log_module.c
@@ -422,7 +422,8 @@
     {
         ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_CRIT, r->connection->log, ngx_errno,
                       ngx_open_file_n " \"%s\" failed", log.data);
-        return -1;
+        /* simulate successfull logging */
+        return len;
     }
 
     ngx_log_debug1(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_HTTP, r->connection->log, 0,
diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_request.c b/src/http/ngx_http_request.c
index d707e33..8dc562f 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_request.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_request.c
@@ -2623,6 +2623,8 @@
         r->headers_out.status = error;
     }
 
+    log->action = "logging request";
+
     cmcf = ngx_http_get_module_main_conf(r, ngx_http_core_module);
 
     log_handler = cmcf->phases[NGX_HTTP_LOG_PHASE].handlers.elts;
@@ -2631,6 +2633,8 @@
         log_handler[i](r);
     }
 
+    log->action = "closing request";
+
     if (r->connection->timedout) {
         clcf = ngx_http_get_module_loc_conf(r, ngx_http_core_module);