diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e76df03608..774bca2cf1 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ else ()
   set(BASE_FLAGS)
   set(BASE_C_FLAGS ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS})
   set(BASE_CXX_FLAGS ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS})
+  set(BASE_LD_FLAGS $ENV{LDFLAGS})
+  set(BASE_LIBS $ENV{LIBS})
 endif ()
 
 if (SOLARIS)
@@ -226,7 +228,11 @@ if (MSVC)
   set(MSVC_LIBS crypt32.lib;WINMM.LIB;Ws2_32.lib;getopt;regex)
 
   set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS
-    "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} /SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE /LTCG /SAFESEH:NO /MACHINE:x64 /ignore:4099"
+    "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} /SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE /LTCG /SAFESEH:NO /MACHINE:x64 /ignore:4099 ${BASE_LD_FLAGS}"
+  )
+else ()
+  set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS
+    "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} ${BASE_LD_FLAGS}"
   )
 endif ()
 
@@ -477,6 +483,14 @@ if (VERBOSE)
   message(STATUS "${BASE_CXX_FLAGS}")
   message(STATUS)
 
+  message(STATUS "Info BASE_LD_FLAGS")
+  message(STATUS "${BASE_LD_FLAGS}")
+  message(STATUS)
+
+  message(STATUS "Info BASE_LIBS")
+  message(STATUS "${BASE_LIBS}")
+  message(STATUS)
+
   message(STATUS "Info CMAKE_C_FLAGS")
   message(STATUS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}")
   message(STATUS)
@@ -700,6 +714,7 @@ list(INSERT SYSTEM_LIBRARIES 0
   ${ZLIB_LIBS}
   ${ICU_LIBS}
   ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES}
+  ${BASE_LIBS}
   ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}
   ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
 )
diff --git a/arangod/RestServer/ArangoServer.cpp b/arangod/RestServer/ArangoServer.cpp
index 305eb8cdf8..c264fb0f37 100644
--- a/arangod/RestServer/ArangoServer.cpp
+++ b/arangod/RestServer/ArangoServer.cpp
@@ -448,6 +448,7 @@ int ArangoServer::start() {
   } else if (_daemonMode) {
     return startupDaemon();
   } else {
+    InitializeWorkMonitor();
     _applicationServer->setupLogging(true, false, false);
 
     if (!_pidFile.empty()) {
@@ -1360,7 +1361,6 @@ void ArangoServer::buildApplicationServer() {
 }
 
 int ArangoServer::startupServer() {
-  InitializeWorkMonitor();
   TRI_InitializeStatistics();
 
   OperationMode::server_operation_mode_e mode =
diff --git a/lib/Basics/Logger.cpp b/lib/Basics/Logger.cpp
index 02915ee61b..d927fd9496 100644
--- a/lib/Basics/Logger.cpp
+++ b/lib/Basics/Logger.cpp
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ static void QueueMessage(char const* function, char const* file, long int line,
 class LogThread : public Thread {
  public:
   explicit LogThread(std::string const& name) : Thread(name) {}
-  ~LogThread() {shutdown();}
+  ~LogThread() { shutdown(); }
 
  public:
   void run();
@@ -748,6 +748,7 @@ void LogThread::run() {
     delete msg;
   }
 }
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 /// @brief LogTopic
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -1146,7 +1147,7 @@ void Logger::initialize(bool threaded) {
   LoggingActive.store(true);
 
   // generate threaded logging?
-  ThreadedLogging.store(threaded, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+  ThreadedLogging.store(threaded, std::memory_order_seq_cst);
 
   if (threaded) {
     LoggingThread = std::make_unique<LogThread>("Logging");
@@ -1173,9 +1174,9 @@ void Logger::shutdown(bool clearBuffers) {
     return;
   }
 
-  // logging is now inactive (this will terminate the logging thread)
   LoggingActive.store(false, std::memory_order_seq_cst);
 
+  // logging is now inactive (this will terminate the logging thread)
   // join with the logging thread
   if (ThreadedLogging) {
     // ignore all errors for now as we cannot log them anywhere...
diff --git a/lib/Basics/Thread.cpp b/lib/Basics/Thread.cpp
index 7199dc3247..080401d9ef 100644
--- a/lib/Basics/Thread.cpp
+++ b/lib/Basics/Thread.cpp
@@ -156,10 +156,12 @@ Thread::~Thread() {
 #endif
   }
 
+#ifdef TRI_HAVE_POSIX_THREADS
   if (_state.load() != ThreadState::DETACHED) {
     LOG(FATAL) << "thread is not detached, hard shutdown";
     FATAL_ERROR_EXIT();
   }
+#endif
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////