diff --git a/core/bbs.js b/core/bbs.js
index 58186af5..2ea975b1 100644
--- a/core/bbs.js
+++ b/core/bbs.js
@@ -218,7 +218,11 @@ function startListening(cb) {
 
 	moduleUtil.loadModulesForCategory('servers', (err, module) => {
 		if(err) {
-			logger.log.info(err);
+			if('EENIGMODDISABLED' === err.code) {
+				logger.log.debug(err.message);
+			} else {
+				logger.log.info( { err : err }, 'Failed loading module');
+			}
 			return;
 		}
 
@@ -228,14 +232,14 @@ function startListening(cb) {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		const moduleInst	= new module.getModule();
-        let server;
-        try {
-		    server		= moduleInst.createServer();
-        } catch(e) {
-            logger.log.warn(e, 'Exception caught creating server!');
-            return;
-        }
+		const moduleInst = new module.getModule();
+		let server;
+		try {
+			server = moduleInst.createServer();
+		} catch(e) {
+			logger.log.warn(e, 'Exception caught creating server!');
+			return;
+		}
 
 		//	:TODO: handle maxConnections, e.g. conf.maxConnections
 
diff --git a/core/logger.js b/core/logger.js
index dd918375..47f465f7 100644
--- a/core/logger.js
+++ b/core/logger.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
 var bunyan		= require('bunyan');
-var miscUtil	= require('./misc_util.js');
 var paths		= require('path');
 var fs			= require('fs');
 
@@ -57,7 +56,8 @@ module.exports	= {
 					stream	: ringBuffer,
 					level	: 'trace'
 				}*/
-			]
+			],
+			serializers: { err : bunyan.stdSerializers.err }	//	handle 'err' fields with stack/etc.
 		});
 	}
 };
diff --git a/core/module_util.js b/core/module_util.js
index e60d129a..651a2a8a 100644
--- a/core/module_util.js
+++ b/core/module_util.js
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ function loadModuleEx(options, cb) {
 	const modConfig = _.isObject(Config[options.category]) ? Config[options.category][options.name] : null;
 
 	if(_.isObject(modConfig) && false === modConfig.enabled) {
-		return cb(new Error(`Module "${options.name}" is disabled`));
+		const err	= new Error(`Module "${options.name}" is disabled`);
+		err.code	= 'EENIGMODDISABLED'; 
+		return cb(err);
 	}
 
 	//
diff --git a/core/new_scan.js b/core/new_scan.js
index b4879316..37dea421 100644
--- a/core/new_scan.js
+++ b/core/new_scan.js
@@ -165,12 +165,31 @@ function NewScanModule(options) {
 				},
 				function displayMessageList(msgList) {
 					if(msgList && msgList.length > 0) {
-						var nextModuleOpts = {
+						const nextModuleOpts = {
 							extraArgs: {
 								messageAreaTag  : currentArea.areaTag,
 								messageList		: msgList,
 							}
 						};
+
+						//
+						//	provide a serializer so we don't dump *huge* bits of information to the log
+						//	due to the size of |messageList|
+						//	https://github.com/trentm/node-bunyan/issues/189
+						//
+						nextModuleOpts.extraArgs.toJSON = function() {
+							let logMsgList;
+							if(this.messageList.length <= 4) {
+								logMsgList = this.messageList;
+							} else {
+								logMsgList = this.messageList.slice(0, 2).concat(this.messageList.slice(-2)); 
+							}
+
+							return {
+								messageAreaTag		: this.messageAreaTag,
+								partialMessageList	: logMsgList,
+							};
+						};
 						
 						self.gotoMenu(config.newScanMessageList || 'newScanMessageList', nextModuleOpts);
 					} else {
@@ -221,13 +240,13 @@ NewScanModule.prototype.mciReady = function(mciData, cb) {
 			},
 			function performCurrentStepScan(callback) {
 				switch(self.currentStep) {
-					case 'messageConferences' :
-						self.newScanMessageConference( () => {
-							callback(null); //  finished
-						});
+				case 'messageConferences' :
+					self.newScanMessageConference( () => {
+						callback(null); //  finished
+					});
 					break;	
-						
-					default : return callback(null);
+					
+				default : return callback(null);
 				}
 			}
 		],