diff --git a/fourmi.py b/fourmi.py
index 319e35d..9408818 100755
--- a/fourmi.py
+++ b/fourmi.py
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ def search(docopt_arguments, source_loader):
     conf.set_output(docopt_arguments["--output"], docopt_arguments["--format"])
     setup_crawler(docopt_arguments["<compound>"], conf.scrapy_settings,
                   source_loader, docopt_arguments["--attributes"].split(','))
-    log.start(conf.scrapy_settings.get("LOG_FILE"),
+    if conf.scrapy_settings.getbool("LOG_ENABLED"):
+        log.start(conf.scrapy_settings.get("LOG_FILE"),
               conf.scrapy_settings.get("LOG_LEVEL"), conf.scrapy_settings.get("LOG_STDOUT"))
     reactor.run()