diff --git a/fail2ban b/fail2ban
index abc9f9e2..f904271d 100755
--- a/fail2ban
+++ b/fail2ban
@@ -26,22 +26,28 @@ __date__ = "$Date$"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2004 Cyril Jaquier"
 __license__ = "GPL"
 
-from sys import exit, path
+import sys, traceback, logging
 
-# Appends our own modules path. Added before log4py import
-# because log4py could be distributed with Fail2Ban.
-path.append("/usr/lib/fail2ban")
+# Appends our own modules path.
+sys.path.append("/usr/lib/fail2ban")
 
-# Checks for required libs
-# Checks if log4py is present.
-try:
-	import log4py
-except:
-	print "log4py is needed (see README)"
-	exit(-1)
-
-# Now we can import our module
+# Now we can import our module.
 import fail2ban
 
-# Start the application
-fail2ban.main()
+# Gets the instance of the logger.
+logSys = logging.getLogger("fail2ban")
+
+# Start the application. Handle all the unhandled exceptions
+try:
+	fail2ban.main()
+except SystemExit:
+	# We called sys.exit(). Nothing wrong so just pass
+	pass
+except Exception, e:
+	(type, value, tb) = sys.exc_info()
+	tbStack = traceback.extract_tb(tb)
+	logSys.error("Fail2Ban got an unhandled exception and died.")
+	logSys.error("Type: " + `type.__name__` + "\n" +
+				 "Value: " + `e.args` + "\n" +
+				 "TB: " + `tbStack`)
+	logging.shutdown()