diff --git a/server/dup.go b/server/dup.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..63d871054
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/dup.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Copyright 2017 Pilosa Corp.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+// +build !arm64
+
+package server
+
+import (
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+// dup is an alias for syscall.Dup2 on most platforms or syscall.Dup3 on ARM64
+func (m *Command) dup(oldfd int, newfd int) error {
+	return syscall.Dup2(oldfd, newfd)
+}
diff --git a/server/dup_arm64.go b/server/dup_arm64.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..726890fec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/dup_arm64.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// Copyright 2017 Pilosa Corp.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package server
+
+import (
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+// dup is an alias for syscall.Dup2 on most platforms or syscall.Dup3 on ARM
+func (m *Command) dup(oldfd int, newfd int) error {
+	return syscall.Dup3(oldfd, newfd, 0)
+}
diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
index 80fccf4f9..a65ba09be 100644
--- a/server/server.go
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -414,6 +414,30 @@ func (m *Command) setupNetworking() error {
 	return errors.Wrap(gossipMemberSet.Open(), "opening gossip memberset")
 }
 
+// setupLogger sets up the logger based on the configuration.
+func (m *Command) setupLogger() error {
+	if m.Config.LogPath == "" {
+		m.logOutput = m.Stderr
+	} else {
+		f, err := os.OpenFile(m.Config.LogPath, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_APPEND, 0600)
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrap(err, "opening file")
+		}
+		m.logOutput = f
+		err = m.dup(int(f.Fd()), int(os.Stderr.Fd()))
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrap(err, "syscall dup stderr to logfile")
+		}
+	}
+
+	if m.Config.Verbose {
+		m.logger = logger.NewVerboseLogger(m.logOutput)
+	} else {
+		m.logger = logger.NewStandardLogger(m.logOutput)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // GossipTransport allows a caller to return the gossip transport created when
 // setting up the GossipMemberSet. This is useful if one needs to determine the
 // allocated ephemeral port programmatically. (usually used in tests)
diff --git a/server/setup_logger.go b/server/setup_logger.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 3dd0ff849..000000000
--- a/server/setup_logger.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017 Pilosa Corp.
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-// +build !arm64
-
-package server
-
-import (
-	"os"
-	"syscall"
-
-	"github.com/pilosa/pilosa/v2/logger"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-)
-
-// setupLogger sets up the logger based on the configuration.
-func (m *Command) setupLogger() error {
-	if m.Config.LogPath == "" {
-		m.logOutput = m.Stderr
-	} else {
-		f, err := os.OpenFile(m.Config.LogPath, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_APPEND, 0600)
-		if err != nil {
-			return errors.Wrap(err, "opening file")
-		}
-		m.logOutput = f
-		err = syscall.Dup2(int(f.Fd()), int(os.Stderr.Fd()))
-		if err != nil {
-			return errors.Wrap(err, "dup2ing stderr onto logfile")
-		}
-	}
-
-	if m.Config.Verbose {
-		m.logger = logger.NewVerboseLogger(m.logOutput)
-	} else {
-		m.logger = logger.NewStandardLogger(m.logOutput)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/server/setup_logger_arm64.go b/server/setup_logger_arm64.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a0591582..000000000
--- a/server/setup_logger_arm64.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017 Pilosa Corp.
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package server
-
-import (
-	"os"
-	"syscall"
-
-	"github.com/pilosa/pilosa/v2/logger"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-)
-
-// setupLogger sets up the logger based on the configuration.
-func (m *Command) setupLogger() error {
-	if m.Config.LogPath == "" {
-		m.logOutput = m.Stderr
-	} else {
-		f, err := os.OpenFile(m.Config.LogPath, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_APPEND, 0600)
-		if err != nil {
-			return errors.Wrap(err, "opening file")
-		}
-		m.logOutput = f
-		err = syscall.Dup3(int(f.Fd()), int(os.Stderr.Fd()), 0)
-		if err != nil {
-			return errors.Wrap(err, "dup2ing stderr onto logfile")
-		}
-	}
-
-	if m.Config.Verbose {
-		m.logger = logger.NewVerboseLogger(m.logOutput)
-	} else {
-		m.logger = logger.NewStandardLogger(m.logOutput)
-	}
-	return nil
-}