diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index b7fe82c2..901706ff 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@
 * Change torrent provider links for bts, et, rarbg, tpb
 * Change IPT uri used for sanity check
 * Change PiSexy auth check
+* Change logger clean up to prevent lock during restart under pythonw
 
 
 ### 0.11.16 (2016-10-16 17:30:00 UTC)
diff --git a/gui/slick/interfaces/default/inc_top.tmpl b/gui/slick/interfaces/default/inc_top.tmpl
index 5a8a5f16..eb173bc9 100644
--- a/gui/slick/interfaces/default/inc_top.tmpl
+++ b/gui/slick/interfaces/default/inc_top.tmpl
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 	<!--
 		var sbRoot = '$sbRoot', anonURL = '$sickbeard.ANON_REDIRECT', themeSpinner = '#echo ('', '-dark')['dark' == $sickbeard.THEME_NAME]#',
 			top_image_html = '<img src="$sbRoot/images/top.gif" width="31" height="11" alt="Jump to top" />', topmenu = '$topmenu';
-		\$.SickGear = {Root: '${sbRoot}'};
+		\$.SickGear = {Root: '${sbRoot}', PID: '${sbPID}'};
 	//-->
 	</script>
 	<script type="text/javascript" src="$sbRoot/js/lib/jquery.scrolltopcontrol-1.1.js"></script>
diff --git a/gui/slick/interfaces/default/restart.tmpl b/gui/slick/interfaces/default/restart.tmpl
index 9aa75804..f7cfa9ab 100644
--- a/gui/slick/interfaces/default/restart.tmpl
+++ b/gui/slick/interfaces/default/restart.tmpl
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@
 		Host: '$sg_host',
 		Port: '$sg_port',
 		Root: '$sg_root',
-		UseHttps: #echo ('!1', '!0')[False != $sg_use_https and 0 != $sg_use_https]#
+		UseHttps: #echo ('!1', '!0')[False != $sg_use_https and 0 != $sg_use_https]#,
+		PID: '$sbPID'
 	};
 //-->
 </script>
diff --git a/gui/slick/js/restart.js b/gui/slick/js/restart.js
index 6acd3c50..9f579ae3 100644
--- a/gui/slick/js/restart.js
+++ b/gui/slick/js/restart.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 /** @namespace $.SickGear.Host */
 /** @namespace $.SickGear.Port */
 /** @namespace $.SickGear.UseHttps */
+/** @namespace $.SickGear.PID */
 /** @namespace data.msg */
 
 var sgRoot = $.SickGear.Root,
@@ -10,24 +11,23 @@ var sgRoot = $.SickGear.Root,
 		+ (('' == sgRoot) ? $.SickGear.Port : location.port) + sgRoot,
 	isAliveUrl = sgRoot + '/home/is_alive/',
 	timeoutId;
-$.SickGear.currentPid = '';
 $.SickGear.numRestartWaits = 0;
 
 function is_alive() {
 	timeoutId = 0;
 	$.get(isAliveUrl, function(data) {
 
-		if ('nope' == data.msg.toString()) {
+		var resp = data.msg.toString();
+		if ('nope' == resp) {
 			// if initialising then just wait and try again
 
 			$('#shut_down_message').find('.spinner,.hide-yes').removeClass();
 			$('#restart_message').removeClass();
 			setTimeout(is_alive, 100);
 
-		} else if ('' == $.SickGear.currentPid || $.SickGear.currentPid == data.msg) {
+		} else if (/undefined/i.test($.SickGear.PID) || $.SickGear.PID == resp) {
 			// if this is before we've even shut down then just try again later
 
-			$.SickGear.currentPid = data.msg;
 			setTimeout(is_alive, 100);
 
 		} else {
diff --git a/sickbeard/logger.py b/sickbeard/logger.py
index 0e69849d..f39dc363 100644
--- a/sickbeard/logger.py
+++ b/sickbeard/logger.py
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ class SBRotatingLogHandler(object):
 
         handlers = []
         if not handler:
-            handlers = [self.h_file]
             if None is not self.h_console:
-                handlers += [self.h_console]
+                handlers = [self.h_console]
+            handlers += [self.h_file]
         elif not isinstance(handler, list):
             handlers = [handler]
 
@@ -81,8 +81,9 @@ class SBRotatingLogHandler(object):
             for logger_name in self.log_types + self.log_types_null:
                 logging.getLogger(logger_name).removeHandler(handler)
 
-            handler.flush()
-            handler.close()
+            if type(handler) != type(logging.StreamHandler()):  # check exact type, not an inherited instance
+                handler.flush()
+                handler.close()
 
     def init_logging(self, console_logging=False):
 
@@ -103,9 +104,10 @@ class SBRotatingLogHandler(object):
         if self.console_logging:
             # get a console handler to output INFO or higher messages to sys.stderr
             h_console = logging.StreamHandler()
-            h_console.setLevel((logging.INFO, logging.DEBUG)[sickbeard.DEBUG])
-            h_console.setFormatter(DispatchingFormatter(self._formatters(), logging.Formatter('%(message)s'), ))
-            self.h_console = h_console
+            if None is not h_console.stream:
+                h_console.setLevel((logging.INFO, logging.DEBUG)[sickbeard.DEBUG])
+                h_console.setFormatter(DispatchingFormatter(self._formatters(), logging.Formatter('%(message)s'), ))
+                self.h_console = h_console
 
             # add the handler to the root logger
             for logger_name in self.log_types: