diff --git a/lib/configuration.js b/lib/configuration.js
index 5d82f914db91f8b44aa7fc2cc4a543cec2de0a1d..d0bc838e0498c8143cf585fa614e5fd452b04420 100644
--- a/lib/configuration.js
+++ b/lib/configuration.js
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ var conf = module.exports = convict({
   statsd: {
     enabled: {
       doc: "enable UDP based statsd reporting",
-      format: 'boolean = true',
+      format: 'boolean = false',
       env: 'ENABLE_STATSD'
     },
     host: "string?",
diff --git a/lib/statsd.js b/lib/statsd.js
index d18f24e75f8e116b8c29d1cfc585353db08b1927..20cc7dfdca7151c6390d321af6be812b1f29aeec 100644
--- a/lib/statsd.js
+++ b/lib/statsd.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ if (statsd_config && statsd_config.enabled) {
 
     statsd = new StatsD(options["host"], options["port"]);
   } else {
-	log.error('statsd config enabled, but node-statsd not installed.');
+	logger.error('statsd config enabled, but node-statsd not installed.');
   }
 }