diff --git a/apps/launcher/graphicspage.cpp b/apps/launcher/graphicspage.cpp
index 779b07607..0074346e7 100644
--- a/apps/launcher/graphicspage.cpp
+++ b/apps/launcher/graphicspage.cpp
@@ -165,13 +165,25 @@ void GraphicsPage::setupConfig()
 void GraphicsPage::setupOgre()
 {
     QString pluginCfg = "./plugins.cfg";
-
     QFile file(pluginCfg);
 
     if (!file.exists()) {
         pluginCfg = QString::fromStdString(Files::getPath(Files::Path_ConfigUser,
                                                           "openmw", "plugins.cfg"));
     }
+    
+    // Reopen the file from user directory
+    file.setFileName(pluginCfg);
+    
+    if (!file.exists()) {
+        // There's no plugins.cfg in the user directory, use global directory
+        pluginCfg = QString::fromStdString(Files::getPath(Files::Path_ConfigGlobal,
+                                                          "openmw", "plugins.cfg"));   
+    }
+    
+    // Create a log manager so we can surpress debug text to stdout/stderr
+    Ogre::LogManager* logMgr = OGRE_NEW Ogre::LogManager;
+    logMgr->createLog("launcherOgre.log", true, false, false);
 
     try
     {
@@ -190,8 +202,7 @@ void GraphicsPage::setupOgre()
         msgBox.setDetailedText(ogreError);
         msgBox.exec();
 
-        QString error = QString("Error creating Ogre::Root, the error reported was: %0").arg(ogreError);
-        qCritical(error.toAscii());
+        qCritical("Error creating Ogre::Root, the error reported was:\n %s", qPrintable(ogreError));
 
         std::exit(1);
     }
diff --git a/apps/launcher/main.cpp b/apps/launcher/main.cpp
index c89a14f5f..4e438a4db 100644
--- a/apps/launcher/main.cpp
+++ b/apps/launcher/main.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QFile>
-#include <QDebug>
 
 #include "maindialog.hpp"
 
@@ -24,10 +23,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     // Load the stylesheet
     QFile file("./launcher.qss");
-    
-    QFileInfo fi(file);
-    
-    qDebug() << "Stylesheet path is: " << fi.absoluteFilePath();
 
     file.open(QFile::ReadOnly);
     QString styleSheet = QLatin1String(file.readAll());