diff --git a/lib/bitcoind.js b/lib/bitcoind.js
index 91de7cb8..933511d9 100644
--- a/lib/bitcoind.js
+++ b/lib/bitcoind.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 var net = require('net');
 var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
 var bitcoindjs = require('../build/Release/bitcoindjs.node');
+var util = require('util');
 
 /**
  * Bitcoin
@@ -23,17 +24,39 @@ function Bitcoin(options) {
 
   this.options = options;
 
-  bitcoindjs.start(function(err, status) {
+  this.log_pipe = bitcoindjs.start(function(err, status) {
     if (err) {
       self.emit('error', err);
       return;
     }
     self.emit('open', status);
   });
+
+  this.log('log pipe opened: %d', this.log_pipe);
 }
 
 Bitcoin.prototype.__proto__ = EventEmitter.prototype;
 
+Bitcoin.prototype.log =
+Bitcoin.prototype.info = function() {
+  if (typeof arguments[0] !== 'string') {
+    var out = util.inspect(arguments[0], null, 20, true);
+    return process.stdout.write('bitcoind: ' + out + '\n');
+  }
+  var out = util.format.apply(util, arguments);
+  return process.stdout.write('bitcoind: ' + out + '\n');
+};
+
+Bitcoin.prototype.error = function() {
+  if (typeof arguments[0] !== 'string') {
+    var out = util.inspect(arguments[0], null, 20, true);
+    return process.stderr.write('bitcoind: ' + out + '\n');
+  }
+  var out = util.format.apply(util, arguments);
+  return process.stderr.write('bitcoind: ' + out + '\n');
+};
+
+
 /**
  * Expose
  */
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1cd088ba..54b127d9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     "bitcoind"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "nan": "~1.0.0"
+    "nan": "1.3.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "mocha": "~1.16.2"
diff --git a/src/bitcoindjs.cc b/src/bitcoindjs.cc
index 1fd0f5d2..22e16afb 100644
--- a/src/bitcoindjs.cc
+++ b/src/bitcoindjs.cc
@@ -177,8 +177,6 @@ NAN_METHOD(StartBitcoind) {
 
   open_pipes(&out_pipe, &log_pipe);
 
-  // handle->Set(NanNew<String>("log_fd"), NanNew<Number>(log_pipe[1]));
-
   uv_work_t *req_parse_logs = new uv_work_t();
   async_log_data* data_parse_logs = new async_log_data();
   data_parse_logs->out_pipe = &out_pipe;
@@ -208,7 +206,7 @@ NAN_METHOD(StartBitcoind) {
 
   assert(status_start_node == 0);
 
-  NanReturnValue(Undefined());
+  NanReturnValue(NanNew<Number>(log_pipe[1]));
 }
 
 /**