diff --git a/ctstats.c b/ctstats.c
index 8ccaf1c..b448ee1 100644
--- a/ctstats.c
+++ b/ctstats.c
@@ -71,6 +71,17 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		exit(1);
 	}
 
+	/* check logfile */
+	char *logfile = config_get_string("global", "logfile", DEFAULT_LOGFILE);
+	if (logfile != NULL && debug == 0) {
+		/* start logging */
+		if (!log_init(logfile))
+			exit(1);
+
+		/* zum daemon mutieren */
+		daemon(-1, 0);
+	}
+
 	/* start event listener */
 	conntrack_start_event_thread();
 
diff --git a/ctstats.sql b/ctstats.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fcc38df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ctstats.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+CREATE DATABASE `ctstats` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_swedish_ci;
+USE `ctstats`;
+
+-- --------------------------------------------------------
+
+--
+-- Table structure for table `stats`
+--
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `stats` (
+  `timestamp` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,
+  `srcip` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
+  `proto` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
+  `dport` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
+  `srcbytes` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
+  `dstbytes` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
+  `count` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
+  PRIMARY KEY  (`timestamp`,`srcip`,`proto`,`dport`)
+) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
diff --git a/database.c b/database.c
index 3adb761..eac8fd3 100644
--- a/database.c
+++ b/database.c
@@ -15,18 +15,16 @@ static MYSQL *dbh;
 
 static void purge_hash_cb(struct hash_entry *entry, void *privdata)
 {
-	struct in_addr src_ip = { .s_addr = entry->src_ip };
+	int long *now = (long *)privdata;
 	char query[256];
 
 	int len = snprintf(query, sizeof(query),
-		"INSERT INTO stats SET srcip='%s', proto='%u', dport='%u', srcbytes='%llu', dstbytes='%llu', count='%u'",
-		inet_ntoa(src_ip), entry->protonum, ntohs(entry->dst_port),
+		"INSERT INTO stats SET timestamp='%lu', srcip='%u', proto='%u', dport='%u', srcbytes='%llu', dstbytes='%llu', count='%u'",
+		*now, ntohl(entry->src_ip), entry->protonum, ntohs(entry->dst_port),
 		entry->src_bytes, entry->dst_bytes, entry->count);
 
 	if (mysql_real_query(dbh, query, len +1) != 0)
 		log_print(LOG_WARN, "purge_hash_cb: mysql_real_query(): %s", mysql_error(dbh));
-
-	log_print(LOG_DEBUG, query);
 }
 
 int database_analyse(void)
@@ -39,7 +37,8 @@ int database_analyse(void)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	purge_hash(hash, purge_hash_cb, NULL);
+	long now = time(NULL);
+	purge_hash(hash, purge_hash_cb, (void *)&now);
 	return 0;
 }