diff --git a/src/lib/gui/core/CoreProcess.cpp b/src/lib/gui/core/CoreProcess.cpp
index 7ff009c5d..cc106c81e 100644
--- a/src/lib/gui/core/CoreProcess.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/gui/core/CoreProcess.cpp
@@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ CoreProcess::CoreProcess(const IAppConfig &appConfig, const IServerConfig &serve
       m_daemonIpcClient{new ipc::DaemonIpcClient(this)}
 {
   if (m_appConfig.processMode() == ProcessMode::kService) {
+
+    connect(m_daemonIpcClient, &ipc::DaemonIpcClient::connected, this, &CoreProcess::daemonIpcClientConnected);
+
     const auto logPath = requestDaemonLogPath();
     if (!logPath.isEmpty()) {
       qInfo() << "daemon log path:" << logPath;
@@ -167,6 +170,8 @@ CoreProcess::CoreProcess(const IAppConfig &appConfig, const IServerConfig &serve
     }
   }
 
+  connect(m_daemonIpcClient, &ipc::DaemonIpcClient::connected, this, &CoreProcess::daemonIpcClientConnected);
+
   connect(&m_pDeps->process(), &QProcessProxy::finished, this, &CoreProcess::onProcessFinished);
 
   connect(
@@ -224,6 +229,18 @@ void CoreProcess::onProcessReadyReadStandardError()
   }
 }
 
+void CoreProcess::daemonIpcClientConnected()
+{
+  applyLogLevel();
+
+  const auto logPath = requestDaemonLogPath();
+  if (!logPath.isEmpty()) {
+    qInfo() << "daemon log path:" << logPath;
+    m_daemonFileTail = new FileTail(logPath, this);
+    connect(m_daemonFileTail, &FileTail::newLine, this, &CoreProcess::handleLogLines);
+  }
+}
+
 void CoreProcess::onProcessFinished(int exitCode, QProcess::ExitStatus)
 {
   const auto wasStarted = m_processState == ProcessState::Started;
diff --git a/src/lib/gui/core/CoreProcess.h b/src/lib/gui/core/CoreProcess.h
index 6372eb9ba..6074c9da3 100644
--- a/src/lib/gui/core/CoreProcess.h
+++ b/src/lib/gui/core/CoreProcess.h
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ private slots:
   void onProcessFinished(int exitCode, QProcess::ExitStatus);
   void onProcessReadyReadStandardOutput();
   void onProcessReadyReadStandardError();
+  void daemonIpcClientConnected();
 
 private:
   void startForegroundProcess(const QString &app, const QStringList &args);
diff --git a/src/lib/gui/ipc/DaemonIpcClient.cpp b/src/lib/gui/ipc/DaemonIpcClient.cpp
index 921ad602c..fa82cbf8b 100644
--- a/src/lib/gui/ipc/DaemonIpcClient.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/gui/ipc/DaemonIpcClient.cpp
@@ -43,74 +43,80 @@ bool DaemonIpcClient::connectToServer()
 
   m_connected = true;
   qInfo() << "ipc client connected to server:" << kDaemonIpcName;
+  Q_EMIT connected();
+
   return true;
 }
 
 void DaemonIpcClient::handleDisconnected()
 {
-  qInfo() << "ipc client disconnected from server";
+  qWarning() << "ipc client disconnected from server";
   m_connected = false;
+
+  if (!connectToServer()) {
+    qWarning() << "ipc client failed to reconnect to server";
+  }
 }
 
 void DaemonIpcClient::handleErrorOccurred()
 {
-  qCritical() << "ipc client error:" << m_socket->errorString();
+  qWarning() << "ipc client error:" << m_socket->errorString();
   m_connected = false;
 }
 
 bool DaemonIpcClient::sendMessage(const QString &message, const QString &expectAck, const bool expectConnected)
 {
   if (expectConnected && !m_connected) {
-    qWarning() << "cannot send command, ipc not connected";
+    qWarning() << "cannot send command, ipc client not connected";
     return false;
   }
 
   QByteArray messageData = message.toUtf8() + "\n";
   m_socket->write(messageData);
   if (!m_socket->waitForBytesWritten(kTimeout)) {
-    qWarning() << "ipc failed to write command";
+    qWarning() << "ipc client failed to write command";
     return false;
   }
 
   if (!expectAck.isEmpty()) {
-    qDebug() << "ipc waiting for ack: " << expectAck;
+    qDebug() << "ipc client waiting for ack: " << expectAck;
 
     if (!m_socket->waitForReadyRead(kTimeout)) {
-      qWarning() << "ipc failed to read response";
+      qWarning() << "ipc client failed to read response";
       return false;
     }
 
     QByteArray response = m_socket->readAll();
     if (response.isEmpty()) {
-      qWarning() << "ipc got empty response";
+      qWarning() << "ipc client got empty response";
       return false;
     }
 
     QString responseData = QString::fromUtf8(response);
     if (responseData.isEmpty()) {
-      qWarning() << "ipc failed to convert response to string";
+      qWarning() << "ipc client failed to convert response to string";
       return false;
     }
 
     if (responseData != expectAck + "\n") {
-      qWarning() << "ipc got unexpected response: " << responseData;
+      qWarning() << "ipc client got unexpected response: " << responseData;
       return false;
     }
   }
 
-  qDebug() << "ipc sent message: " << messageData;
+  qDebug() << "ipc client sent message: " << messageData;
   return true;
 }
 
 bool DaemonIpcClient::keepAlive()
 {
   if (!isConnected() && !connectToServer()) {
-    qWarning() << "ipc keep alive failed to connect";
+    qWarning() << "ipc client keep alive failed to connect";
     return false;
   }
 
   if (!sendMessage("noop")) {
-    qWarning() << "ipc keep alive ping failed";
+    qWarning() << "ipc client keep alive ping failed";
     m_connected = false;
     return false;
   }
@@ -158,31 +164,31 @@ QString DaemonIpcClient::requestLogPath()
   }
 
   if (!m_socket->waitForReadyRead(kTimeout)) {
-    qWarning() << "ipc failed to read log path response";
+    qWarning() << "ipc client failed to read log path response";
     return QString();
   }
 
   QByteArray response = m_socket->readAll();
   if (response.isEmpty()) {
-    qWarning() << "ipc got empty log path response";
+    qWarning() << "ipc client got empty log path response";
     return QString();
   }
 
   QString responseData = QString::fromUtf8(response);
   if (responseData.isEmpty()) {
-    qWarning() << "ipc failed to convert log path response to string";
+    qWarning() << "ipc client failed to convert log path response to string";
     return QString();
   }
 
   // Trimming removes newline from end of message.
   QStringList parts = responseData.trimmed().split("=");
   if (parts.size() != 2) {
-    qWarning() << "ipc got invalid log path response: " << responseData;
+    qWarning() << "ipc client got invalid log path response: " << responseData;
     return QString();
   }
 
   if (parts[0] != "logPath") {
-    qWarning() << "ipc got unexpected log path response: " << responseData;
+    qWarning() << "ipc client got unexpected log path response: " << responseData;
     return QString();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/lib/gui/ipc/DaemonIpcClient.h b/src/lib/gui/ipc/DaemonIpcClient.h
index 33a915b33..33702fbc8 100644
--- a/src/lib/gui/ipc/DaemonIpcClient.h
+++ b/src/lib/gui/ipc/DaemonIpcClient.h
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ public:
     return m_connected;
   }
 
+signals:
+  void connected();
+
 private slots:
   void handleDisconnected();
   void handleErrorOccurred();