diff --git a/startsway b/startsway
index c821839..76338db 100755
--- a/startsway
+++ b/startsway
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ if test -z "$LOG_DIR"; then
 fi
 
 # create log directory
-mkdir -p "$LOG_DIR" 2>&1
+mkdir -p "$LOG_DIR"
 
 # move the previous log to “latest” log 
-mv "$LOG_DIR/sway.log" "$LOG_DIR/sway.log.latest" 2>&1
+mv "$LOG_DIR/sway.log" "$LOG_DIR/sway.log.latest"
 
 # print date and time information at the top of the log file
-date '+%Y-%d-%mT%T %Z' >"$LOG_DIR/sway.log" 2>&1
+date '+%Y-%d-%mT%T %Z' >"$LOG_DIR/sway.log"
 
 # count the number of previous log files
 count=1
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ for file in "$LOG_DIR/sway.log.*"; do
 done
 
 # move the previous log to the log count number
-mv "$LOG_DIR/sway.log.latest" "$LOG_DIR/sway.log.$count" 2>&1
+mv "$LOG_DIR/sway.log.latest" "$LOG_DIR/sway.log.$count"
 
 # run the sway desktop with KDE set as the current desktop to allow the Plasma
 # xdg_desktop_portal implementation run as the provider of file choosers and the