diff --git a/library/Icinga/Application/Logger.php b/library/Icinga/Application/Logger.php
index fd246c26f..120a7f655 100755
--- a/library/Icinga/Application/Logger.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Application/Logger.php
@@ -120,14 +120,15 @@ final class Logger
     {
         $this->clearLog();
         try {
-            if ($config->debug && $config->debug->enable == 1) {
+            if ($config->debug && $config->debug->enable == '1') {
                 $this->setupDebugLog($config);
             }
         } catch (ConfigurationError $e) {
             $this->warn('Could not create debug log: ' . $e->getMessage());
         }
-
-        $this->setupLog($config);
+        if ($config->get('enable', '1') != '0') {
+            $this->setupLog($config);
+        }
         $this->flushQueue();
 
         return $this;
diff --git a/test/php/regression/Regression4595Test.php b/test/php/regression/Regression4595Test.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17cf0111a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/php/regression/Regression4595Test.php
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<?php
+// {{{ICINGA_LICENSE_HEADER}}}
+/**
+ * This file is part of Icinga 2 Web.
+ *
+ * Icinga 2 Web - Head for multiple monitoring backends.
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Icinga Development Team
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+ *
+ * @copyright 2013 Icinga Development Team <info@icinga.org>
+ * @license   http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt GPL, version 2
+ * @author    Icinga Development Team <info@icinga.org>
+ */
+// {{{ICINGA_LICENSE_HEADER}}}
+
+
+namespace Tests\Icinga\Regression;
+
+use \Icinga\Test\BaseTestCase;
+use \Icinga\Application\Logger;
+use \Zend_Config;
+
+require_once 'Zend/Log.php';
+require_once 'Zend/Config.php';
+require_once 'Zend/Log/Writer/Mock.php';
+require_once 'Zend/Log/Writer/Null.php';
+require_once 'Zend/Log/Filter/Priority.php';
+
+require_once realpath(__DIR__ . '/../../../library/Icinga/Test/BaseTestCase.php');
+require_once realpath(BaseTestCase::$libDir.'/Application/Logger.php');
+
+/**
+ * Bug 4595 : "If log disabled, default target (./var/log) is not writable / no path exist"
+ *
+ * This is caused because the logger ignored the 'enable' parameter
+ */
+class Regression4595 extends BaseTestCase {
+
+    public function testDisableLogging()
+    {
+        $cfg = new Zend_Config(
+            array(
+                'enable'     => '0',
+                'type'      => 'mock',
+                'target'    => 'target2'
+            )
+        );
+        $logger = new Logger($cfg);
+        $writers = $logger->getWriters();
+        $this->assertEquals(0, count($writers), 'Assert that loggers aren\'t registered when "enable" is set to false');
+    }
+}
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