diff --git a/rootfs/usr/local/bin/start-runners b/rootfs/usr/local/bin/start-runners
index 0181f10..4a0aef1 100755
--- a/rootfs/usr/local/bin/start-runners
+++ b/rootfs/usr/local/bin/start-runners
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -e
 # - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 # Function to __log messages with timestamp
-__log() { echo "[$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')] $1"; }
+__log() { echo "[$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')] $1" >"$RUNNERS_LOG_DIR/runners" 2>&1; }
 # - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 # Function to cleanup child processes on exit
 __cleanup() {
@@ -74,8 +74,15 @@ for i in $(seq 1 $RUNNERS_COUNT); do
 done
 unset i
 # - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
-__log "All $RUNNERS_COUNT runners started successfully"
-__log "Process IDs: $(jobs -p | tr '\n' ' ')"
+RUNNERS_ID="$(jobs -p | tr '\n' ' ')"
+if [ -n "$RUNNERS_ID" ]; then
+	__log "All $RUNNERS_COUNT runners started successfully"
+	__log "Process IDs: $RUNNERS_ID"
+	printf 'All %s runners started successfully: %s\n' "$RUNNERS_COUNT" "$RUNNERS_ID"
+else
+	__log "The runners have failed to start"
+	printf '%s\n' "The runners have failed to start"
+fi
 # - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 # Wait for all background processes
 wait
diff --git a/rootfs/usr/local/etc/docker/init.d/zz-act_runner.sh b/rootfs/usr/local/etc/docker/init.d/zz-act_runner.sh
index 0158a32..4b9916c 100755
--- a/rootfs/usr/local/etc/docker/init.d/zz-act_runner.sh
+++ b/rootfs/usr/local/etc/docker/init.d/zz-act_runner.sh
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ __post_execute() {
 	local postMessageST="Running post commands for $SERVICE_NAME"   # message to show at start
 	local postMessageEnd="Finished post commands for $SERVICE_NAME" # message to show at completion
 	local sysname="${SERVER_NAME:-${FULL_DOMAIN_NAME:-$HOSTNAME}}"  # set hostname
-	export SERVER_ADDRESS="$RUNNER_IP_ADDRESS:$GITEA_PORT" SERVER_TOKEN="${RUNNER_AUTH_TOKEN:-$SYS_AUTH_TOKEN}" RUNNERS_ENABLE="${RUNNERS_START:-5}" RUNNER_LABELS
+	export SERVER_ADDRESS="$RUNNER_IP_ADDRESS:$GITEA_PORT" SERVER_TOKEN="${RUNNER_AUTH_TOKEN:-$SYS_AUTH_TOKEN}" RUNNERS_ENABLE="${RUNNERS_START:-5}" RUNNER_LABELS RUNNERS_LOG_DIR="$LOG_DIR"
 	# wait
 	sleep $waitTime
 	# execute commands