diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 4744988..6328871 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ ARG  ARCH=amd64
 
 # Delete sym links from nginx image, install logrotate
 RUN rm /var/log/nginx/access.log && \
-    rm /var/log/nginx/error.log && \
-    apt-get update && \
-    apt-get -y install logrotate
+    rm /var/log/nginx/error.log
 
 WORKDIR /root
 
@@ -24,7 +22,7 @@ RUN tar xzf /tmp/s6-overlay-$ARCH.tar.gz -C / &&\
     rm /tmp/s6-overlay-$ARCH.tar.gz && \
     rm /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf && \
     apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y python ruby cron iproute2 apache2-utils && \
+    apt-get install -y python ruby cron iproute2 apache2-utils logrotate && \
     apt-get clean && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f03d3e3..c94fa1f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ For valid IP values see [Nginx allow](http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_acc
 
 ### Logging configuration
 
-By default no Nginx logs are written. There are few options to set them up:
+By default no Nginx access logs are written, and error logs are written to stdout, which will be captured by Docker. There are few options to configure them:
 
 * Redirect error/access logs to stdout/stderr:
   
@@ -411,6 +411,13 @@ By default no Nginx logs are written. There are few options to set them up:
 
   If you want to alter log rotation configuration, you can overwrite `/etc/logrotate.d/nginx`.
 
+  There are other configurable environment variables:
+
+  ```
+  `ACCESS_LOG_BUFFER` - controls buffer size of access log. Example: 16k.
+  `ERROR_LOG_LEVEL` - controls error log level. Default value is `error`
+  ```
+
 * Write logs to custom locations:
 
   ```yaml
diff --git a/fs_overlay/var/lib/nginx-conf/nginx.conf.erb b/fs_overlay/var/lib/nginx-conf/nginx.conf.erb
index 11ea223..cc8af8f 100644
--- a/fs_overlay/var/lib/nginx-conf/nginx.conf.erb
+++ b/fs_overlay/var/lib/nginx-conf/nginx.conf.erb
@@ -31,28 +31,24 @@ http {
     }
     <% end %>
 
-    <% if ENV['ACCESS_LOG'] == 'off' || ENV['ACCESS_LOG'] == '' %>
+    <% if !ENV['ACCESS_LOG'] || ENV['ACCESS_LOG'] == '' || ENV['ACCESS_LOG'] == 'off'  %>
     access_log off;
     <% elsif ENV['ACCESS_LOG'] == 'stdout' %>
-    access_log /dev/stdout main buffer=<%= ENV['ACCESS_LOG_BUFFER'] || "16k" %>;
-    <% else %>
+    access_log /dev/stdout main <%= ENV['ACCESS_LOG_BUFFER'] && "buffer=#{ENV['ACCESS_LOG_BUFFER']}" %>;
     <% elsif ENV['ACCESS_LOG'] == 'stderr' %>
-    access_log /dev/stderr main buffer=<%= ENV['ACCESS_LOG_BUFFER'] || "16k" %>;
-    <% else %>
+    access_log /dev/stderr main <%= ENV['ACCESS_LOG_BUFFER'] && "buffer=#{ENV['ACCESS_LOG_BUFFER']}" %>;
     <% elsif ENV['ACCESS_LOG'] == 'default' %>
-    access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log main buffer=<%= ENV['ACCESS_LOG_BUFFER'] || "16k" %>;
+    access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log main <%= ENV['ACCESS_LOG_BUFFER'] && "buffer=#{ENV['ACCESS_LOG_BUFFER']}" %>;
     <% else %>
-    access_log <%= ENV['ACCESS_LOG'] %>  main buffer=<%= ENV['ACCESS_LOG_BUFFER'] || "16k" %>;
+    access_log <%= ENV['ACCESS_LOG'] %>  main <%= ENV['ACCESS_LOG_BUFFER'] && "buffer=#{ENV['ACCESS_LOG_BUFFER']}" %>;
     <% end %>
 
-    <% if ENV['ERROR_LOG'] == 'off' || ENV['ERROR_LOG'] == '' %>
+    <% if !ENV['ERROR_LOG'] || ENV['ERROR_LOG'] == '' || ENV['ERROR_LOG'] == 'stderr'  %>
+    error_log /dev/stderr <%= ENV['ERROR_LOG_LEVEL'] || "error" %>;
+    <% elsif ENV['ERROR_LOG'] == 'off' %>
     error_log off;
     <% elsif ENV['ERROR_LOG'] == 'stdout' %>
     error_log /dev/stdout <%= ENV['ERROR_LOG_LEVEL'] || "error" %>;
-    <% else %>
-    <% elsif ENV['ERROR_LOG'] == 'stderr' %>
-    error_log /dev/stderr <%= ENV['ERROR_LOG_LEVEL'] || "error" %>;
-    <% else %>
     <% elsif ENV['ERROR_LOG'] == 'default' %>
     error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log <%= ENV['ERROR_LOG_LEVEL'] || "error" %>;
     <% else %>