diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/activities/LogActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/activities/LogActivity.java
index 2288bf11..1e82a0e5 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/activities/LogActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/activities/LogActivity.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import android.widget.ScrollView;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 
 import com.nutomic.syncthingandroid.R;
+import com.nutomic.syncthingandroid.util.Util;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -26,8 +27,12 @@ public class LogActivity extends SyncthingActivity {
 
     private final static String TAG = "LogActivity";
 
+    /**
+     * Show Android Log by default.
+     */
+    private boolean mSyncthingLog = false;
+
     private TextView mLog;
-    private boolean mSyncthingLog = true;
     private AsyncTask mFetchLogTask = null;
     private ScrollView mScrollView;
     private Intent mShareIntent;
@@ -40,7 +45,7 @@ public class LogActivity extends SyncthingActivity {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
 
         setContentView(R.layout.activity_log);
-        setTitle(R.string.syncthing_log_title);
+        setTitle(R.string.android_log_title);
 
         if (savedInstanceState != null) {
             mSyncthingLog = savedInstanceState.getBoolean("syncthingLog");
@@ -143,34 +148,12 @@ public class LogActivity extends SyncthingActivity {
          * @param syncthingLog Filter on Syncthing's native messages.
          */
         private String getLog(final boolean syncthingLog) {
-            Process process = null;
-            try {
-                ProcessBuilder pb;
-                if (syncthingLog) {
-                    pb = new ProcessBuilder("/system/bin/logcat", "-t", "300", "-v", "time", "-s", "SyncthingNativeCode");
-                } else {
-                    pb = new ProcessBuilder("/system/bin/logcat", "-t", "300", "-v", "time", "*:i ps:s art:s");
-                }
-                pb.redirectErrorStream(true);
-                process = pb.start();
-                BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(
-                        new InputStreamReader(process.getInputStream(), "UTF-8"), 8192);
-                StringBuilder log = new StringBuilder();
-                String line;
-                String sep = System.getProperty("line.separator");
-                while ((line = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null) {
-                    log.append(line);
-                    log.append(sep);
-                }
-                return log.toString();
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                Log.w(TAG, "Error reading Android log", e);
-            } finally {
-                if (process != null) {
-                    process.destroy();
-                }
+            if (syncthingLog) {
+                String output = Util.runShellCommandGetOutput("/system/bin/logcat -t 300 -v time -s SyncthingNativeCode", false);
+                return output.replaceAll("SyncthingNativeCode", "");
+            } else {
+                return Util.runShellCommandGetOutput("/system/bin/logcat -t 300 -v time *:i ps:s art:s", false);
             }
-            return "";
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/service/SyncthingRunnable.java b/app/src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/service/SyncthingRunnable.java
index 16297e37..f9b38eb9 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/service/SyncthingRunnable.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/service/SyncthingRunnable.java
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ public class SyncthingRunnable implements Runnable {
     public SyncthingRunnable(Context context, Command command) {
         ((SyncthingApp) context.getApplicationContext()).component().inject(this);
         mContext = context;
+        // Example: mSyncthingBinary="/data/app/com.github.catfriend1.syncthingandroid.debug-8HsN-IsVtZXc8GrE5-Hepw==/lib/x86/libsyncthing.so"
         mSyncthingBinary = Constants.getSyncthingBinary(mContext);
         mLogFile = Constants.getLogFile(mContext);
 
@@ -131,12 +132,11 @@ public class SyncthingRunnable implements Runnable {
         trimLogFile();
 
         // Make sure Syncthing is executable
-        try {
-            ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder("chmod", "500", mSyncthingBinary.getPath());
-            Process p = pb.start();
-            p.waitFor();
-        } catch (IOException | InterruptedException e) {
-            Log.w(TAG, "Failed to chmod Syncthing", e);
+        exitCode = Util.runShellCommand("chmod 500 " + mSyncthingBinary.getPath(), false);
+        if (exitCode == 1) {
+            LogV("chmod SyncthingNative exited with code 1 [permission denied]. This is expected on Android 5+.");
+        } else if (exitCode > 1) {
+            Log.w(TAG, "chmod SyncthingNative failed with exit code " + Integer.toString(exitCode));
         }
 
         /**
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/util/Util.java b/app/src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/util/Util.java
index 5c9e583a..366a2834 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/util/Util.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/util/Util.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import eu.chainfire.libsuperuser.Shell;
 
 public class Util {
 
-    private static final String TAG = "SyncthingUtil";
+    private static final String TAG = "Util";
 
     private Util() {
     }
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ public class Util {
      */
     public static int runShellCommand(String cmd, Boolean useRoot) {
         // Assume "failure" exit code if an error is caught.
+        // Note: redirectErrorStream(true); System.getProperty("line.separator");
         int exitCode = 255;
         Process shellProc = null;
         DataOutputStream shellOut = null;
@@ -193,6 +194,20 @@ public class Util {
             bufferedWriter.flush();
             shellOut.close();
             shellOut = null;
+            BufferedReader bufferedReader = null;
+            try {
+                bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(shellProc.getInputStream(), Charsets.UTF_8));
+                String line;
+                while ((line = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null) {
+                    Log.v(TAG, "runShellCommand: " + line);
+                }
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                Log.w(TAG, "runShellCommand: Failed to read output", e);
+            } finally {
+                if (bufferedReader != null) {
+                    bufferedReader.close();
+                }
+            }
             exitCode = shellProc.waitFor();
         } catch (IOException | InterruptedException e) {
             Log.w(TAG, "runShellCommand: Exception", e);
@@ -212,6 +227,7 @@ public class Util {
     }
 
     public static String runShellCommandGetOutput(String cmd, Boolean useRoot) {
+        // Note: redirectErrorStream(true); System.getProperty("line.separator");
         int exitCode = 255;
         String capturedStdOut = "";
         Process shellProc = null;
@@ -236,8 +252,9 @@ public class Util {
             } catch (IOException e) {
                 Log.w(TAG, "runShellCommandGetOutput: Failed to read output", e);
             } finally {
-                if (bufferedReader != null)
+                if (bufferedReader != null) {
                     bufferedReader.close();
+                }
             }
             exitCode = shellProc.waitFor();
             Log.i(TAG, "runShellCommandGetOutput: Exited with code " + exitCode);