diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/bureau/server/BureauRegistry.java b/src/java/com/threerings/bureau/server/BureauRegistry.java
index 31f49cb72..fb89c1b9e 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/bureau/server/BureauRegistry.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/bureau/server/BureauRegistry.java
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import com.google.inject.Singleton;
 
 import com.samskivert.util.Interval;
 import com.samskivert.util.Invoker;
-import com.samskivert.util.ProcessLogger;
 import com.samskivert.util.RunQueue;
 import com.samskivert.util.StringUtil;
 
@@ -47,6 +46,7 @@ import com.threerings.presents.server.PresentsClient;
 import com.threerings.bureau.data.AgentObject;
 import com.threerings.bureau.data.BureauCodes;
 import com.threerings.bureau.data.BureauCredentials;
+import com.threerings.bureau.util.BureauLogRedirector;
 
 import static com.threerings.bureau.Log.log;
 
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ public class BureauRegistry
                 builder.redirectErrorStream(true);
                 Process process = builder.start();
                 // log the output of the process and prefix with bureau id
-                ProcessLogger.copyMergedOutput(log, bureauId, process);
+                new BureauLogRedirector(bureauId, process.getInputStream());
             }
 
             @Override
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/bureau/util/BureauLogRedirector.java b/src/java/com/threerings/bureau/util/BureauLogRedirector.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..55217e2f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/bureau/util/BureauLogRedirector.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package com.threerings.bureau.util;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+
+import com.samskivert.io.StreamUtil;
+import com.samskivert.util.Logger;
+
+import static com.threerings.bureau.Log.log;
+
+/**
+ * Captures the output of a bureau and redirects it into a single logger instance using a thread
+ * name equal to the bureau id. The {@link Logger} instance is the one for this class. The intent
+ * is that log4j will be configured to use %t (thread name) to embed the bureau id.
+ */
+public class BureauLogRedirector
+{
+    /**
+     * Creates a new redirector.
+     * @param bureauId the id of the bureau being redirected - this will become the thread name
+     * @param input the stream that is the output of the bureau process
+     */
+    public BureauLogRedirector (String bureauId, InputStream input)
+    {
+        _bureauId = bureauId;
+        _reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(input));
+        Thread thread = new Thread(bureauId) {
+            public void run () {
+                copyLoop();
+            }};
+        thread.setDaemon(true);
+        thread.start();
+    }
+
+    protected void copyLoop ()
+    {
+        String line;
+        try {
+            while ((line = _reader.readLine()) != null) {
+                // this should get prefixed by the thread name
+                _target.info(line);
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            log.warning("Failed to read bureau output", "bureauId", _bureauId, e);
+        } finally {
+            StreamUtil.close(_reader);
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected String _bureauId;
+    protected BufferedReader _reader;
+
+    protected static Logger _target = Logger.getLogger(BureauLogRedirector.class);
+}